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Before we finally make our long way home, we head for a few places in Burgundy. First we go from Auxerre to nearby Chablis. Of course we go to a winery, since it's still early...

After the very short night on the ferry, we are pretty tired in Caen in the morning, so we limit our originally planned visit to the city to shopping at the E. Leclerc...

We spend the last night in Scotland on this voyage on the shores of Loch Lomond. In the evening and in the morning there is only a cloudy sky. Today we must 'eat up' kilometers...

Let's start 'Tour of Kintyre'

So gehts durch die Berge

We visit the 151st gathering at the very traditional 'Blackford Highland Games' in the village of the same name. The Highland Games have been an important part of Scottish...

Eilan Donan Castle

After an early departure from Tarbert on Harris and a fairly short crossing we also arrive in Uig on the Isle of Skye early in the morning. We're about to start the north-east...

The next stop is for the 'Calanais Standing Stones' (Callanish 1) - a key reason we crossed to Lewis. The Callanish (Gaelic: Calanais) complexes are the largest known megalithic...

Today we take the Caledonian - Macbrayne ferry from Ullapool to the island of Harris & Lewis to the main town of Stornoway in the north. It is quite original that one island...

We follow the NC 500 west along the north coast of Scotland, making a brief stop to photograph a beautiful bay and find some Brits enjoying themselves in the sea water, which is...

We continue north - the A9 takes us over the almost 1.5 km long Cromarty Bridge over the Firth of the same name. We are now essentially following the tourist route 'North Coast...

After the days in Edinburgh, going north we cross the newest of the three bridges 'Queensferry Crossing' over the Firth of Forth. We stay with bridges - heading to Dundee and...

After a few problems - three (!) firmly booked and confirmed guides cancel at short notice - we are fortunately still able to meet Alice as our guide on the Royal Mile in...

On Wednesday, May 11th in Ijmuiden near Amsterdam we board the DFDS ferry to Newcastle / North Shields. We are relatively early when we check in and after a surprisingly short...

On the first day of our Amsterdam stopover, we go on a three-hour city tour by bike with our guide Anna. We take the free ferry from the Vliegenbos campsite to the city. After...

On the afternoon of May 4th, we are finally starting. On our way to Amsterdam to the 'Vliegenbos' campsite, we take our time. The first stage takes us to the Bavarian Forest...

So this is approximately our planned route until mid-June. This shall be approximately our route until mid of June.