It was great to see agota Saturday for her birthday. I really want to goto Ireland in the summer to see her for longer, and see Ireland before she leave for good.
Holland was great fun. First was queens night in utrect, it seemed like few other than us got dressed up. Utrect is like a cool, chilled, smaller version of Amsterdam.
The next day queens day started with the drama of a mad man driving his car through a crowd out to see their queen. But then we headed to Amsterdam for what was one of the best parties of my life. All of the streets were set up with stalls and parties, for what seemed like the entire city, we just walked for hours, going from party to party. Even in the canals, every boat was a party. We spent some time at a rave under a multistory car park by a large canal. Then the night was messy moving between clubs. It’s well worth going, but it might not be so good again, first experience being possibly unbeatable.
Ian l, courtney and I set course for Bordeaux, but not using any toll roads, without using the gps, to have a pleasant chilled scenic drive across France. Ian helped drive, as courtney can’t yet drive manual. At one point, ian got spooked by a fast driving bike who slowed down, dropped his speed, and good thing he did, with the gendarme waiting around the corner!
We only got lost once,
…So now it’s almost a week since I started writing this. We’ve;
Spent two days in the Bordeaux countryside.
Driven down and stayed on the coast near marseille.
Spent lunch in st. Tropez.
Stayed by a beach and swum near st. Tropez.
Driven through and had lunch in nice.
Driven through monte carlo.
Stayed a night on the Italian riviera.
Driven across to Venice.
Partied in venice last night.
This morning I woke at 6am, after 3 hours sleep, to go into Venice to take photos before the sun got too high, and avoid the tourists.
Now I am super tired, and by the almost silence from everybody else, I guess that they are too.
So tomorrow we’re driving towards Croatia, maybe staying the night in Slovenia. The idea is to sky dive over the Adriatic in Croatia.
But as we have quickly learned, nothing goes to plan. So onwards and southwards towards Athens.
I’ll end this now and maybe not have a chance to post of online until I next find wifi, which is rarely free, ciao.

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