#europe tavel

[allthingseurope]

Fort La Late, France (by Charlotte)

[postcardsfromeurope]

I C E L A N D - november 2023

[annajewelsphotography]

Eibsee - Germany (by Anna Jewels (@earthpeek))

https://www.instagram.com/earthpeek/

[danielhchui]

[2022.04.25] Excited to see Big Ben and Westminster while passing across Westminster Bridge in London, United Kingdom.

[johnsgrandtour]

Since it will be a while until I go over, I’ll make a couple posts about preparing for my trip. The first thing i did was pack a bag and I’ll break it down.

Here is my backpack. It has a main pack and then a day pack so I can carry them together or split them apart. I can leave the big pack behind while still carrying the essentials in the day pack.

Here are the packs split apart. The main pack is on the left and the day pack is on the right.

Here's my pack split apart. I have some packing cubes to help organize. Enjoy a photo bomb by Peppercorn.

Here are the clothes i plan on bringing. 3x Button down travel shirts, 7x undershirts, and 3x pants. Also a blurry Peppercorn.

Here I have my toiletries. In the top bag I have extra shoe inserts, 3x quick drying towels(small, medium, large), another bag for toothbrush, soaps, and other stuff, flip flops for the hostel showers, and a personal mess kit. In my bottom cube i have my 6x socks and 5x underwear.

Here are the bags strapped together. It's not too heavy and it has a hip belt which helps take the weight. 

Thanks for reading and i’ll have more to post about once it get’s closer to June 29th. 

[rogueddie]

steve and eddie get engaged but don't actually get married, not even symbolically, until it's lega. not by choice. they tried to have a wedding just for them only a year after getting engaged, but the Byers had a family emergency and it got delayed. then Robin wanted to tavel europe for a year... then eddies band managed to get the opportunity to tour... more and more and more...

the very second gay marriage became legal, they kidnapped their friends and found family and dragged them to vegas. it was a quick wedding, barely more than a couple lines of vows, but they're married. finally.

[paulinedorchester]

Hanukkah, 1944

Scenes from the liberation of Europe: Germany...

(Above, from the B'nai B'rith Messenger (Los Angeles), December 15th, 1944.)

...and Italy

(From the Jewish Review & Observer (Cleveland), January 12th, 1945)

Chaplain Tavel was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1905. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati before receiving his ordination from Hebrew Union College, also in Cincinnati, in 1929. Prior to his induction in July 1942 he served Congregation Beth Emeth, in Wilmington, Delaware. By late 1945 he had been promoted to Major and awarded the Bronze Star. Remaining in the Army until 1960, he later earned a Commendation Ribbon with pendant. After retiring he served the Congregation for Reform Judaism, in Houston, Texas, and was the author of several books. He died in 1969.

[merulast]

Planing #2 - To Bukarest

(source: @paluten - Probably worst Bus Driver on youtube)

I actually wanted to travel as much as possible by bus, not by train. Right now im not even really sure why. Somehow I had the feeling that Railroads always try to avoid urban scenery. But in fact .. dont Highways do the same? Weird.

Anyway. I wanted to take the @flixbus-official bus from passau up to the black Sea. The original plan was to travel over Serbia, Sofia and then maybe Varna or Istanbul - more about that later.

For me the most important rule was to never travel more than 8h a day in order to stay alive. In the end this journey is not a sprint. Even thought I plan to tavel half the world faster then others parts of a single country.

The original Route

(original plan)

You can order Flixbus Tickets about 6 months in advance. Sometimes ne new shedules are not out on that time you would like to book. This hint should taken seriously because in my case it was an early sign, that they change something. So I still 'could' travel over Serbia. But all busses arrive at 1am and depart on 1am. Always. In other words: If you dont 'love' to sleep on a bus that is departing another station every hour (lights on, noises etc etc) then you should-not-travel-this-way.

Two nights in a row in an Flixbus? Hah! I reather shoot myself! And to be honest: Its not greyhound. They dont kick you out in the middle of nowhere and let you alone for 'reasons'. But still. This was too much.

The new Route

(made with graphhopper - a cool site for this kind of stuff. But no support for railways :/ )

So. The new Plan is to take the Flixbus from Passau to Budapest. At night. This saves 4 hours of traffic jam time and the ticket is extra cheap if you book early. I paid 30€ for mine. You arrive in the early Morning and have plenty of time for some sightseeing! After that, we hopp into the IRN79 sleeper train from Vienna to Bucharest. We will share an room with 4 other people for 55€ in total and arrive on Bucharest next Morning. That's less than a hotel room! It's even close to an hostel night in Budapest. Since there was not much sleep in the night before, im pretty sure it will be that night.

Tickets had been booked at MAV - the homepage only accepts 3 months advance booking and credit card. But you 'could' also buy the ticket on Budapest main Station.

(you can find plenty of yt videos about that night train!)

So yeah. We made huge steps crossing east Europe. We still will have about 6 hours in each city to look around and paid 85€ for tickets. This is the same price as Legos cute 75375 Millenium Falcon!

[toposopos]

Via Egnatia highway

Epirus - Macedonia - Thrace

North Aegean coast

[allthingseurope]

Burford, England (by Billy Wilson)

[black-arcana]

Lisbon, Portugal ( 📷 Julio Pereira)

[annajewelsphotography]

Lake Constance - Germany (by Anna Jewels (@earthpeek)) 

https://www.instagram.com/earthpeek/

[breathtakingdestinations]

Lofoten Islands - Norway (by Ub(66)) 

[netherlandsdiary]

Volendam is a Dutch town on the Markermeer Lake, northeast of Amsterdam. It’s known for its colorful wooden houses and the old fishing boats in its harbor.

[floblake]