Operation TOAL: Phase One

Operation Trip Of A Lifetime: Phase One goes something like this…

Tomorrow morning , lauperr and I get up at 1am to drive to Stanstead Airport where we catch the 6:30 flight to Venice (for £45!). We then spend two days there with lauperr in the sun.

lauperr then goes home on the plane and we wave her off. The following day djkoa and I catch a 24 hour ferry to Patras in Greece, sleeping on the Deck. Once we get to Patras we have 2-3 weeks to see Greece, Italy, France, Belgium, Slovenia, Netherlands and Luxembourg (and possibly Istambul) and find our way back to England on the trains! (I say 2-3 weeks because the interrail ticket lasts for 22 days but djkoa has to come back a few days early for some exam retakes!).

We will be sleeping on overnight trains, in a tent (preferably on a camp site but the side of the road works too) and in youth hostels, living on an extremely small budget and living out of an 85 litre backpack.

I will probably make Amsterdam the last stop where I might meet up with Adam (my boss) who seems to know the place like the back of his hand.

For the next three weeks this blog becomes a travel blog and I hope to update about every three to four days (Internet Access Permitting).

Wish us luck.