Hello all....
For those of you that don't know - I'm on holiday hitchhiking with Oliver...will be posting to my blog when possible... http://arrhythmia.blogspot.com/ - Read it!!!!!!
I'm in Utrecht (Holland) right now (got there (1 timezone, three countries) in 2 days!). almost 10am here. One time zone ahead of London.
You may wish to browse through an atlas as you read this.
Tuesday: left London (Mottingham suburb) 9am. --> stuck on road half an hour --> Maidstone suburb --> Canterbury --> offered ride to Dover (arrived noon-ish). No luck with ferry, so bought tickets for delayed 3 o'clock trip (choppy seas forced delay by 3 hrs). Arrived 6-ish Calais. Stuck near motorway 45 mins, got weird ride (crazy, crazy, crazy woman) to Calais centre ... took us to hotel/hostel.
Wednesday: left Calais...stuck near motorway, finally get ride to Lille - given lunch by the driver - his brother is a doctor (GP) who spoke ultra rapid french. They then gave us lift through the city (with a quick tour!) to service station on suburbs of Lille....trying to get somewhere in Belgium...no luck until some Dutch guy gave us a lift all the way to Utrecht, Holland, thereby passing right through Belgium entirely! Found lodgings and watched a movie here. Will tour city in a while.
Oliver decided to write a short children's book (650 words) one afternoon last week and sent it as a bit of fun to a bunch of agents, one of whom replied expressing interest!
So far ... have encountered (as drivers) a female trainee priest, a Nigerian mature student, a bus driver (who has invented the TARGETMASTER - on sale now for 160 pounds... http://www.targetmaster.co.uk/ ) and hopefully many more.....
Am keeping a travel journal....
For reading material: Core Anatomy - Head & Neck....yes, it's good for putting oneself to bed quickly and effectively....
Will try to get to Amsterdam or cross into Germany, Poland, Eastern Europe....Russia?!
Good progress so far......btw - no moustache - I have a shaver with me.....hahaha.
Cheers all,
Jason
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