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QUIT Forest Rally, let the ARC train begin
A few weeks ago the first round of the ARC was held in Western Australia, this was the –th running of the QUIT Forest Rally and my 6th year in a row covering the event with South Australia being the only event I have covered more (8). It is well known that this is my favourite round and by
Sagrada Familia, Arc de Triumf, Barcelona continues
Barcelona, Spain And we are back in the markets :), these markets were not as hectic as La Boqueria and I think had better quality produce, without tasting it anyway.
Barcelona, la boqueria, Artisits and more
Barcelona, Spain After a successful WRC Spain and a long time on the road working without much of a break it was great to be able to set aside a week of downtime and exploration time in Barcelona. I visited the city many many years ago on a Contiki Tour, back then however I was sick and spent the
WRC Rallye de Espana aka WRC Spain
Finally WRC Spain aka Rallye de Espana. After a long year my final WRC even came and went, I was lucky enough to cover WRC Argentina, WRC Italy, WRC Australia, WRC France and finally WRC Spain, for me this was probably one of my favourites all year, I cant quite put a finger on why but it just was,
Ken Block testing
Salou, Spain > WRC, Spain I made it to Spain, not without dramas though. As most people know I tend to travel with a lot of gear, you can see what I managed to take with my on my last trip here, so far I haven’t really had any issues, from Argentina to Portugal to Italy and even within
Trier to Paris – Windmills to a War Cemetery
Trier, Germany > Paris, France My last day in France, I didnt have much planned, I just wanted to be near Paris around sunset, little did I know I would end up at an amazing War Cemetery, this was my last day on my roadtrip before I headed to Barcelona for WRC Spain.
day 20 – dombuhl to trier
Dombuhl, Germany > Trier Germany With only two days left till I returned to Paris I finally got the chance to visit some of the stages from WRC Germany, something I had been looking forward to for quite a while, but first I needed to there, I had 450km ahead of me so had to make a move.
2015, and it continues, and well … Iceland here we come
The world is my oyster for 2015, so much traveling, so many new places, so many new faces, it is going to be one hell of a ride, so stick to behindvm for updates on all my adventures, with a trip to Iceland rounding out the year.
day 19 – Dombuhl and the romantic drive and Canola as far as the eye can see
Dombuhl > Dinkelsbühl > Nördlingen > Donauwörth > Augsburg The Romantic Drive, thats what its known as anyway, Dombuhl > Dinkelsbühl > Nördlingen > Donauwörth > Augsburg or the reverse, through small cobble stoned colourful towns, thats what the brochure said, thats what lonely planet said, but
day 18 – The weird and wonderful sights and sounds of Munich
My time in the Alps was almost up and I was heading north into Germany through Munich and in to a town called Dombuhl where I was staying for a couple of days. I must say of all the places I had to leave so far I was a little sad to leave Abtenau, it is a beautiful part of Austria and the world, we
day 17 – The Sound of Music, visiting the Von Trapp family in Salzburg
Abtenau, Austria > Salzburg, Austria Finally I got to live a life long dream and visit some of the locations from the sound of music the famous movie about the Von Trapp family during World War II, most of the scenes were filmed in Salzburg, so that was my destination for the day.
day14 – Innsbruck to Oberstdorf to Lindau
Innsbruck, Austria > Oberstdorf, Germay > Lindau, Germany Quite an ironic day really, a friend of mine (Stefan) who now lives in Japan suggested I visit his hometown of Oberstdorf in Germany, lucky for me it was in the same area I wanted to go to today, my only problem, there was a classic Rally