BELGRADE
01 SEP - 14 SEP 2015
Sometimes you know the mistake you've made even before you make it. You can read the lay of the land, the pitfalls, the hassle, the trouble. I knew, the moment we drove out of Belgrade that this road trip was going to be a lot of pain for a little gain.
Originally the idea of this road trip was just going to be a cruisy Summer vacation undertaken by my cousin and I. With him it would at least have only been one person. I know how he operates, what he doesn't like to do and what he can handle. With just him things would on this trip would have been alright. Somewhere along the line my aunt and my mother decided to change their plans to spend a couple weeks in the Greek sun in order to spend a few weeks with us road tripping...sigh...that's two 70 year old women that are nice in their own space, where things are comfortable, but, when things become even a little difficult, well, that's where 'stress management' comes into play
So now, in the tradition of all my other kick-off write-ups such as Life in a year full of Saturdays, the wing and a prayer tour, Don't call this a comeback, 43: The tour of awesome, Argentina - the two timer tour and trienta y cuarenta - the tour of never say never, I now bring the tour of Western Europe - 'Keep calm and drive on'.
This was to be a two week driving tour of Western Europe. I had my doubts as to how this would play out, but still, we went with it. This is how things unfolded.
