Today we invaded Liechtenstein

Today we invaded Liechtenstein... a country any less diligent tourist may have missed. This tiny tax avoiding zone has only 33,000 inhabitants. As usual our two man invasion was stopped at the border for the usual hooligan checks and 101 questions. But like all good invaders we talked our way through and made for the castle. The prince sadly didn’t invite us in for tea or a beer and our invasion was halted again - this time by their army (a single security guard) :-) We decided instead to head for the hills and start our own country. Heidlehoff (our car) doesn’t generally do hills, and on this occasion she complained constantly. However, she soldiered on up some steep and winding roads to the highest village in the country, 1602 meters above sea level. The views were immense as we gazed down onto the top of the clouds. Considering how small this country is we decided it would not be fair conquer their land; that mission will continue elsewhere! Before leaving we joined the locals in their capital village (Vaduz) to watch the day’s football on a big screen. The invasion abandoned we left in peace. x

First Sweden Match - Salzburg

As most of you will be aware Andy and I decided to support Sweden for the Euro 2008 championships. Therefore on Tuesday we went to Salzburg, Austria for their first game. This place rocks. We found cheap(ish) diesel, and even found a Macdonald's that had a euro menu! The city itself is amazing and overlooked by a giant castle. Its set in the foothills of the Alps, and moving around the city involves using tunnels under the mountains. The Sweden army had arrived, making the town slightly more yellow than normal. Before watching the match on a big screen, we joined the (reportedly) 60,000 fans on a 5km march around the city - inheriting a good collection of hats & scarfs along the route. These fans rock! We are now currently taking a break in Bratislava before heading to Vienna later. Next Sweden stop Innsbruck in a few days. Ciao for now. Daves x

Update from Munich

Hi again! Finally i have a mo to write my first proper post :-) ... Lets begin at the beginning shall we. Back on June 1st we had an unsuccessful attempt at navigating the english roads, which involved a tour of hastings (dont ask why we were there). Anyhow this meant we were on the top of a very un-dover like cliff as our ferry left port = awesome start! :-) As soon as we did finally find dover and made it to mainland Europe; we did what any self respecting traveller should do and make for the border to escape France! Our 1st night was spent in our tent in a Belgium service station b4 we headed to Amsterdam... Since Amsterdam we have now visited Utrecht-Holland, Leuven-Belgium (home of Stella beer), Bastogne-Belgium (site of the biggest battle in ww2 the Battle of the Bulge), Luxembourg city, Strasbourg-France, Basel-Switzerland, and finally Munich-Germany. I promise photos are on the way. Anyhow for arguements sake we have decided we can only say we have been to a country if we actually spent the night there! Rightyhoo im gonna leave it there as its time to explore Munich. Goodbye for now. Davex

The tour has begun

Heya everybody!

Just a quick note to say that our travels have begun. So far we have visited Holland and Beligum, and are due to head to France tonight. Will get this travel blog on updated properly very soon... :-)

Dave