Day of many borders

[skyring]

Lets's see. Yesterday was Netherlands to Germany, spending the night in Trier after lunch in Munster.

Today, we crossed into Luxembourg, back into Germany once or twice, back to Lux, to Belgium, to France and back to Germany, where we are currently in Freiburg in the Black Forest.

We got a VW Golf from Amsterdam Zuid, Melydia has been driving with KomradRikardo navigating, and Kerri, I and crrcookie wedged into the back. Kate like driving, KR knows the land and the language and the road rules, and the rest of us just sort of look out the window and gasp at the scenery.

Luggage barely fits, but we worked it out.

My driving was in Amsterdam, pretty nervewracking, and a bit in Trier last night/ this morning. Otherwise Kate is doing a superb job.

Very tired now. Looks like flights are back to normal. Tomorrow we drop KT back into Switzerland, which means we'll have more room but less guidance. However, we have Tom Tom the guide, and a paper Tom Tom. We'll do it.

Having a blast!

Comments

[shendoah.livejournal.com]

Where are you going to be when?

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Planning Lucerne or similar, Tyrol, Frankfurt, Amsterdam on Saturday arvo.

[elhamisabel.livejournal.com]

Sounds fun enough to me.

[discoverylover.livejournal.com]

*grin*

Glad you're having a good time, and managing to turn the disruption into an adventure! Pity you can't stop off and visit my sister....

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Why can't we stop off and visit your sister?

Is she anywhere close?

Southern Germany?

We've got a couple of days spare.

[discoverylover.livejournal.com]

She's in the UK....I believe if you can fly there, you can fly anywhere!

[skyring.livejournal.com]

Ah. Will only be there a few hours in Heathrow.

[discoverylover.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's ok...I'll see her at some point :-)

[lytteltonwitch.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you are all having fun. Are you going back to Amsterdam as I will be leaving The Hague on Saturday o go back to Amsterdam. I will be staying at a Stayokay in the city.

[skyring.livejournal.com]

We should be back in Amsterdam Saturday afternoon to drop the girls at a hostel or similar, and then go off to a hotel near the airport for our flight to Chicago on sunday morning.

[holmesfan.livejournal.com]

Great to be making the most of what could have been just awful mishaps. The thought that you can so easily 'hop' across borders almost every which-way and no mention of needing passports stamped and check at the borders. How the world is changing.
Really exciting to have these regular reports.
Sounds a bit like the "Where in The World is Skyring?" game.

Schengen

[er-optimist.livejournal.com]

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

Re: Schengen

[holmesfan.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for that useful link. I can see it would take serious study to assimilate all the variations but it certainly answers my original comment re border controls.

Good to see you looking well and in control of things.