From the beginning….<\/p>\n
Hello everyone, sorry for the lack of blogs, were all finding it rather difficult to find free wifi, which halts our plans of keeping you guys all updated. But this blog is gunna’ be a biggen’, so grab your reading specs…<\/p>\n
We began our trip from goodwood, and our first stop was Harwich, where we were catching an overnight ferry to the party central that is Amsterdam. We arrived at the hook of holland at 8 am, well rested from a wonderful sleep on the ferry, we headed straight for the center of town. We found a great hostel, which was a stones throw away from all the naughty business. We looked around Amsterdam both in daylight and under the dim street lights. The city was nice through the day, but gradually got more and more seedy and gringey as it got dark. Personally I wasn’t as impressed as some people have been, but it is a good place to say I’ve been.<\/p>\n
We knew the early stages of our trip were going to be demanding, the day after Amsterdam, we had a monstrous drive… Amsterdam to the czechout party, in the Czech republic, via the German autobahn’s. The drive was meant to be a fun experience for us all, but the weather conditions were horrid. It poured it down, making visibility poor, but towards the end the weather cleared, leaving the driving capabilities of James and stu out for all to see. In all my life time I don’t think I’ll ever see two 1litre micras breeze past Porsche’s and Audi’s ever again.<\/p>\n
The czechout party was everything we were expecting, many funny outfits, many funny people, and some very fun times. Gin was meant to be free, but one team stole two bottles which ruined it for the rest of us, as the Adventurists put prices on things… The party was set in a castle, which had many small rooms with things to do. There was a cinema room, which had Jules Verne themed movies on, three stages where bands and dj’s played, and a small cove, where free tea was available and shisha’s for a small fee. We had several cups of tea, but didn’t partake in the shisha’s. The mighty choughs all played a game called white stripes, this consists of the player accidentally purposefully looking or dancing in front of someone walking past, stopping them for as long as possible. Before you ask, we had all been drinking.<\/p>\n
The day after we slept till 11, which in hindsight, was a bad move.. We got to Prague at 3, and we walked around for two hours. The city was really pretty, from what we saw there is some brilliant architecture, but sadly our bad luck with weather continued as it was a grey overcast day, but was still hot. We then left, heading for Austria, as we planned to see Vienna the next day. The journey through took longer than we had thought, and we had to stop at the first campsite we saw. Luckily we were greeted by a very jolly and smiley Austrian. He handed a key and pointed towards a large building, which had showers, toilets and also washing machines. Great success!!!<\/p>\n
The morning after we all awoke at 9, all bar Jonty, who arose a good forty minutes after us. We all showered so don’t smell so bad currently, and we all still have many clean clothes, so mums don’t worry. We arrived in Vienna early and I think it’s right to say, we all loved Vienna. For such a big city, everything was done perfectly… We walked out from an underground car park, straight into a lovely park, overlooked by a huge cathedral. We strolled down the main streets, and window shopped, as everything was mightily expensive. We stopped for tea, coffees and cake in a small cake bar. I thoroughly enjoyed my tea, macaroons and I had an amazing eclair!!! Jonty was less impressed with his cake, and was left wanting…<\/p>\n
We have now arrived in Hungary, and I am writing this from a small campsite about 600 metres from the town center. On the boarder from Austria into Hungary, both cars were stopped by police. Sadly we were unawares that we needed a vignette, like we did in the Czech republic, and we were each hit with a massive \u20ac120 fine….<\/p>\n
At the minute that is one of the worst things that has happened. The car that me and James are riding to Mongolia keeps on over heating in traffic, but James has now mastered a technique to control that problem. Both cars have also suffered from leaks from objects we have packed badly, but neither car has discovered where the leaks have come from, probably a loose water bottle…<\/p>\n
Anyway, gotta eat, so hopefully I’ll pass on some more terribly told stories, excuse the very poor English.<\/p>\n
Take care, and we will too!!!!<\/p>\n
Charlie Sarsfield
\nMighty Chough #4<\/p>\n