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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

Day 17 – from France into Spain, during a transport strike

Avignon Centre – Perpignan – Perpignan Bus Station – Barcelona Nord Bus Station – Barcelona Arc de Triomf – Barcelona Sants -Madrid Puerta De Atocha

Day 16 – through the French Riviera to Nice and Avignon

Milano – Ventimiglia – Nice – Avignon

Day 15 – where anything resembling a plan goes out of the window

Koblenz – Basel – Mulhouse Ville – Basel – Zuerich – Milano

Day 14 – a small country and a big hill

Bruxelles Central – Luxembourg – Koblenz

Day 13 – back on the move

Stone – Stafford- Euston- St Pancras – Bruxelles Midi – Bruxelles Central

Day 12 – Back home, and already thinking about the next leg

Lille – London St Pancras – London Euston – Stafford – Stone

Day 11 – the highest railway passage in Europe

Tirano – Pontresina – Samedan – Chur – Basel – Strasbourg – Paris – Lille

Day 10 – Genoa, then through Milan and into the mountains

La Spezia – Genova – Milano – Tirano

Day 9 – A change of plan, La Spezia, and a visit to Cinque Terre

Verona – Florence – La Spezia – Cinque Terre (Manarola and Vernazza) – La Spezia

Day 8 – over the Alps and down into Italy

Salzburg – Innsbruck – Verona

Day 7 – Heading into the Austrian mountains

Vienna – Bruck an der Mur – Leoben – Stainach Irdning – Attnang Puchheim – Salzburg

Day 6 – Berlin to Vienna on the high speed ICE train

Berlin – Nuernberg – Wien (Vienna)

Day 5 – Berlin, visit to the East Side Gallery and a special evening

One of the things I love about this city is that it confronts it’s difficult history head on.