Day 14 Well what an adventurous journey we've has to arrive in the centre of the old town of L'viv! Our journey through the Ukraine was the only part that we were unable to get maps for so it was with some trepidation that we set off this morning. We left Lublin quiet early as neither us has slept well due to the most uncomfortable nights sleep yet. We also knew that we would get some rough with the smooth hotels; yesterday's hotel was very quaint. When we had...

Day 14 Well the things Colin talks me into on our holidays! We arrived here in Lublin to find a European festival of street entertainers happening, the place is alive with jugglers, mime artists, acrobatic acts, fire eaters and high wire walkers. The whole town is buzzing and alive with excitement; we chose a great weekend to arrive. We watched a couple of street theatre shows and whilst we appreciated the talent of the artists we struggled to understand why t...

Day 13 There were many reasons Colin chose to do this tour on motorbike; his love of riding the bike obviously was the primary reason but also because on bike you can experience so much more of the countryside that you are travelling through. Today we could smell the harvesting of the hay, the mowing and the earthy smell of the soil as it was ploughed. We travelled for miles through the national forests of both Lithuania and Poland, the scent of pine and the for...

Day 12 I had to add this! Colin was bullied by the tiny waitress in our hotel; who seemed to take it as an insult when we declined to have any of the hot meal options. As he was drinking his final coffee before we left she was back chastising him again; in the end she persuaded(?) him to have a traditional Lithuanian apple pancake! He was worried about how big it would be after watching omelettes as big as dinner plates being served, but as you can see it was ...

Day 11 We are now in our 7th country of the trip. We breakfasted with Phil and Sandy, rang home to wish Mum a happy 80th birthday and then set off. We had a brilliant 2 days in Riga and I'm sure that spending it with friends made it even more enjoyable. The photo is of the view from our service station roadside cafe! This our second stop and in both places the young waitresses have spoken excellent English; I wonder when they began teaching English I presume ...