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Sunday, July 26 The end of the long road home. Photo from Wikipedia Travel time: 5 hours 30 minutes Distance: 485km Destination: The Hague I’ve always felt German hotel breakfasts to be severely underrated. French breakfasts aren’t much more than a croissant, a few preserves and some underwhelming coffee; Danish smorgasbords are heavy on pastry … Continue reading Dad’s gone to Iceland: Day 16
Saturday, July 25 The signs are unambiguous: we are back in mainland Europe. Travel time: 11 hours (ferry), 5 hours 15 minutes (car) Distance: 525km Destination: Neu Wulmsdorf The boat is on Faroese time, the same as BST, but my over-zealous phone picks up a signal from the Norwegian coast and jumps forward in the … Continue reading Dad’s gone to Iceland: Day 15
Monday, July 13 Getting there … in Aalborg Travel time: 8 hours, 18 minutes Distance covered: 758km We set out for the German border at 8.15am, only 15 minutes behind schedule, though it stretches to 25 minutes when I have to go back for my glasses and my eldest son forgets his raincoat. The last … Continue reading Dad’s gone to Iceland: Day 3