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I spent the best part of the last 10 years in contracted research in the UK and The Netherlands and am now planing to settle down in Germany. But before I do that it is time for some adventure. Inspired by Rolf Potts' “Vagabonding“ I decided to have a look around in Eastern Europe and, budget permitting, around the Mediterranean sea. I will use this blog in the coming months to share my travel experiences and experiences from life on the road.

This map shows how far I have got so far. If you wonder about the different colours... blue are places where I stayed for at least one night, red markers are day trips and yellow shows my current location.

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Thursday, 23 April 2009

3. April - The Start

My last thought before leaving the house was “What am I going to do with my keys?”. Well, in the end I decided to leave them with my tenants, after all I will not need them during my travels and I also save a few grammes in luggage that way.

I board the train for my first lag which will take me near the German-Austrian border, not far from Passau. That might seem like the wrong direction for someone set out to explore Eastern Europe, but I had promised to visit friends there – and some more friends near Trier – before embarking on my adventure. So for the next two weeks I will get a chance to see how my friends organise their day-to-day life and I will also be able to prepare my trip a bit more. I am still lacking a travel insurance for instance!

En route to my friends I have to switch trains in Passau. It is midday, the sun is burning. I grab a beer from the station shop and place myself outside the station where I watch people pass. Suddenly I am overwhelmed by a feeling of heading for a perfect few months on the road...

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