The end of our Europe trip

Sorry it's taken me a while to finish this blog post! Life just got in the way a little - as it does ;)

Just wanted to do a quick round up of the end of my trip with Gareth! As I talked about in my last post the final place we went to was Corfu, from there we flew back to Manchester and then headed back to good old West Yorkshire. Once we were back in Huddersfield we were soon off again!... but this time just to Cornwall with family, which relatively speaking is a lot closer - though it may have actually taken longer to get there, ha!

Here is a map of our complete journey of Europe (thanks largely to Gareth). Still a lot more of Europe to discover, but it was fantastic to get to visit the places we did.

As you may know if you've read my previous posts, a lot of our travelling in Europe was by train...and I thought it might be nice to post a few photos from the carriages we travelled in! :) It was a really good way to see some of the countryside of many of the countries we visited, and I'd really recommend it.


France

Switzerland

Switzerland

Italy

Slovakia

Austria

Austria

Carriage to ourselves in Slovenia

Slovenia



An example of our fun make-shift train meals: Wine, cheese and apple.



Slovenia

Slovenia

Croatia

Serbia

So as I said before, after our little adventure in Europe we had time with family and friends in various parts of the country, and even managed to visit the Blackpool Tower Dungeons again, which was cool. It's interesting to visit a place after you've left and see how things have developed and changed. I've not yet visited Nidd Hall Hotel again where I used to work and live but I hope one day I will - think it would feel a little strange though. So yeh that was interesting, and whilst in Blackpool we also got to see a new band from Manchester called The Difference at an event organised by Shane Foley. They were really inspiring.

Cornwall was great fun. We went to a house we used to go to as kids with another family. Only this time with extended family - partners/niece/nephews in tow. Lots of playing in the sea, family time and chilling on the beach. I do love Cornwall.

 

At the end of August was the final part of my Summer of Adventure - I went somewhere I've wanted to go for years - the International Jazz Summer School in France. I had a wonderful, challenging time there, and I will tell you all about it in my next post!