Month: April 2023

Day 35 – by coach through the Baltic States to Vilnius

Tallinn – Vilnius

Day 34 – across the Baltic to beautiful Tallinn, then a trip to the Russian border

Helsinki – Tallinn – Narva – Tallinn

Day 33 – over the border into Finland

Boden C – Haparanda – Tornio – Kemi – Oulu – Helsinki

Day 32 – Narvik Museum, some interesting conversations, and my first sight of the Northern Lights

Narvik – Boden C

Day 31 – off the sleeper and into the Arctic

Stockholm Central – Boden C – Narvik

Day 30 – The Bridge, Stockholm and onto the northbound sleeper

Koebenhavn H – Malmo C – Stockholm Central

Day 29 – wonderful – but expensive – Copenhagen

Hamburg Hbf – Koebenhavn H

Day 28 – Cologne then to Hamburg

Bruxelles Midi – Koeln Hbf – Hannover Hbf – Hamburg Hbf

Day 27 – back on the move, but only just!

Stone – Stafford _ Euston – St Pancras International – Bruxelles Midi

Day 26 – one more change of plan before home

Penzance – Plymouth – Bristol Parkway – Swansea – Cardiff Central – Birmingham New Street – Stone

Day 25 – Penzance, then down the wonderful St Ives Branch

Portsmouth Harbour – Westbury – Plymouth – Penzance – St Erth – St Ives – Penzance

Day 24 – over the sea to the dubious joys of Portsmouth

St Malo Ferry Terminal – Portsmouth Ferry Terminal

Day 23 – All the way through France, after more changes of plan

Hendaye – Bordeaux St Jean – Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 – St Malo

Day 22 – The Guggenheim then to the French border

Bilbao Matiko – San Sebastián Amara Donostia Irun – Irun Ficoba

Day 21 – From Madrid to Bilbao, and a first look around

Madrid Chamartin – Valladolid – Miranda De Ebro – Bilbao Abrando

Day 20 – beautiful Sevilla and a major change of plan

Sevilla Santa Justa – Medira – Badajoz – Madrid Atocha Cercanias

Day 19 – a bus trip to Gibraltar, then the first northbound journey

Algeciras – Gibraltar – Algeciras – Antequera Santa Ana – Sevilla Santa Justa

Day 18 – a day in Madrid, then a long journey to the south coast

Madrid – Antequera Santa Ana – Algeciras