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And you thought I wouldn´t be back



So it's Brad again, just when you thought I´d had enough of the blog and had given up I am back to summarise our driving adventures in Europe!
Western Europe Statistics (who says Engineers are detail oriented?!)

Time Taken - 3 months & 1 week around Ireland
Distance Travelled - 15,962kms and approximately 1,200kms around Ireland
Speeding fines - none so far
Scratches on car - 1 (contrary to previous posts, I think Kath was driving when it appeared!)
Cathedrals visited - too many
Most Expensive - Zurich Switzerland (although Venice was the most overpriced!)
Cheapest - Tavira, Portugal (10 euros for more fresh seafood than you can eat and a couple of beers!)
Most interesting place to visit - Schemp hirth glider factory (Kath begs to differ)
Best food - Proscuitto, fresh mozzarella, fresh bread followed by a pizza and of course some wine in Rome
Cheapest diesel - Luxembourg
Best Beer - the kind that comes with free tapas in Southern Spain
Best campsite - Geres National Park Portugal, until it started pouring rain!
Worst campsite - Bolzano, the facilities were good but it was jam-packed!
Best ride at Euro Disney - Crushers Coaster
Best roads - Germany, got to love the freeness of it all




Google maps wouldn't let me enter enough points so I had to spread over two maps and missed out some stops. Oh #firstworldpains....


First half of journey

Second half of journey
Whirlwind tour around Ireland

We are now 6-7 weeks into our adventure in South America, we have a good computer and a rest day after a 5 night hike so maybe there will be some more posts coming very shortly...


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