Too late ...

You guessed it ... I'm off!

We are on our way to the Euro Rally in Sweden.

As of 4 hours ago we (GF Kathy and I) are on a vessel called the 'Blue Horizon' and are currently in the middle of the Adriatic Sea between Greece and Italy.
I am in the ship's lounge area writing this on my laptop (with a wireless modem - very useful these ... gadgets) so consider this more or less 'live'.
We did the Athens to Patras Run this afternoon and our next destination is Bari in Italy.

Leaving Patras (below):


We raced with this ship from Patras for a while.


The route from Bari (commencing tomorrow morning) will be across Italy to Sorrento (south of Naples) -> Naples -> Rome -> Florence -> Bolzano -> Innsbruck (Austria) -> Munich -> Nurenburg -> Berlin -> Rostock -> Ferry across to Gedser in Denmark -> Copenhagen -> Malmo (Sweden) -> Gothenburg -> Bankeryd.

Sorrento, Naples, Rome and Florence were my additions as they are not a direct route but I just thought I would wave the BA.COM flag in those cities too.

This ship passed us on it's way back to Patras (below):


The route back as currently planned is Bankeryd to Karskrona for ferry across to Gdynia (Poland) -> down through Poland to Prague (Czech Republic) - Vienna (Austria) -> Budapest (Hungary) -> Bucharest (Romania) -> Sophia (Bulgaria ) -> Thessaloniki (Greece) and finally back home to Athens.


The bike is running beautifully.
We just left a heat wave behind us and I am anticipating all sorts of weather ahead ... let's see.
I look forward to seeing all my friends again in Bankeryd when we eventually get there - I wish you all a good and safe journey. The same applies to the friends on the Lake Superior Tour which should be running at the same time as the Euro Rally, if memory serves me correctly.

This is the Bedouin signing out.

Bedouin. Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).