Where?

The easy answer to this is ‘Europe’, but then I suppose that doesn’t thin it down very much. So the next best thing is a list of the countries I passed through:

The UK
France (& Monaco)
Italy (& Vatican City)
Slovenia
Austria
Hungary (surprise!)
Slovakia (surprise!)
Germany
Czech Republic
Poland (surprise!)
The Netherlands
Belgium

But then that isn’t really all that precise either. So below is a list of all the places I ended up in at some point, stating whether I just passed through or stayed.

Proper travel is flexible, through necessity, and thus subject to pretty big changes of plan. I had a pretty far-reaching route laid out, much of which was altered or done earlier or later than planned. I didn’t go to some places I’d planned to go to, and in-stead went to others I’d never thought I’d go, I’ve added all of these places to this big bad list so you can see just how far your plans can change.

Albenga, Italy – stayed 1 night
Amboise, France – looked round
Amesbury, UK – passed through
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – stayed 6 nights
Angers, France – passed through
Antibes, France – passed through
Antwerp, Belgium – stayed 1 night
Apt, France – staying 1 night
Arles, France – stayed 1 night
Arnhem, The Netherlands – stayed 1 night
Arras, France – stayed 1 night
Asciano, Italy – passed through
Attendorn, Germany – staying 1 night
Augsburg, Germany – looking round
Auxerre, France – staying 1 night
Avallon, France – staying 1 night
Avaranches, France – stayed 1 night
Avebury, UK – stayed 1 night
Avignon, France – stayed 1 night
Baarle-Nassau, Belgium/The Netherlands – looked round
Bacharach, Germany – looking round
Bad Berleburg, Germany – looking round
Bad Oldesloe, Germany – passed through
Bakewell, UK – looking round
Bath, UK – looked round
Battle, UK – looked round
Baugy, France – stayed 1 night
Bayeux, France – stayed 1 night
Begunjscica, Slovenia – skirted, highest point of trip, ~1500m
Bellegarde, France – passed through
Belleville-sur-Loire, France – passsed through
Bergen, Germany – passed through
Berlin, Germany – stayed 3 4 nights
Bernau am Chiemsee, Germany – stayed 1 night
Besancon, France – staying 1 night
Biassa, Italy – stayed 2 nights
Birchington-on-Sea, UK – stayed 1 night
Blackburn, UK – passed through (honourable mention)
Bled, Slovenia – stayed 1 2 nights
Blere, France – stayed 1 night
Bloemendaal, The Netherlands – looking round
Blois, France – stayed 1 night
Bodmin, UK – stayed 2 separate 1 nights
Bologna, Italy – stayed 1 2 nights
Bolsena, Italy – looking round near miss
Bonn, Germany – staying 1 night looked round
Boston, UK – passing through near miss
Bouchemaine, France – stayed 1 night
Bourg-en-Bresse, France – staying 1 night
Bradford-on-Avon, UK – passed through
Brakel, Belgium – passed through
Bratislava, Slovakia – stayed 1 night
Brescia, Italy – passing through
Breda, The Netherlands – stayed 1 night
Bridgwater, UK – passing through near miss
Brighton, UK – passed through looked round
Bristol, UK – stayed 1 night
Bruck an der Mur, Austria – passed through
Bruges, Belgium – staying 1 night
Brussels, Belgium – stayed 1 2 nights
Bruton, UK – passed through
Burford, UK – looked round
Caen, France – passed through
Caistor, UK – stayed 1 night
Calais, France – staying 1 night, departed and arrived
The Calanques, France – looked round
Cambridge, UK – stayed 1 night
Camembert, France – staying 1 night near miss
Cannes, France – looked round
Canterbury, UK – stayed 1 night
Cassis, France – passed through
Castellina in Chianti, Italy – passed through
Castle Cary, UK – stayed 1 night
Celle, Germany – staying 1 night near miss
Chambord, France – looked round
Champagnole, France – staying 1 night
Chantilly, France – stayed 1 night
Charlestown, UK – looked round
Chateuneuf-sur-Loire, France – passed through
Cheddar, UK – passed through
Chelmsford, UK – stayed 1 night
Cheltenham, UK – stayed 1 night
Chenonceaux, France – looked round
Chichester, UK – passing through stayed 1 night
Chorley, UK – passed through
Cinque Terre, Italy – looking round stayed 2 nights
Civitavecchia, Italy – stayed 1 night
Cologne, Germany – looking round stayed 1 night
Cosne-sur-Loire, France – stayed 1 night
Crediton, UK – stayed 1 night
Croston, UK – looked round
Dartmoor, UK – passing through stayed 1 night
Decize, France – stayed 1 night
Delft, The Netherlands – looked round
Deutschfeistritz, Austria – passed through
Didcot, UK – looking round passed through
Die, France – staying 1 night
Dijon, France – staying 1 night
Dole, France – passing through
Dortmund, Germany – passed by
Dover, UK – stayed 1 night, departed and arrived
Dresden, Germany – stayed 1 night
Duisburg, Germany – staying 1 night
Dunkirk, France – looking round near miss
Dunsford, UK – stayed 1 night
Dusseldorf, Germany – looking round stayed 1 night
Dymchurch, UK – passed through
Eastbourne, UK – passing through near miss
Edale, UK – looking round
Edelschrott, Austria – stayed 1 night
Eindhoven, The Netherlands – stayed 1 night
Ely, UK – stayed 1 night
Essen, Germany – passed through
Evesham, UK – looked round
Evreux, France – passed through
Exeter, UK – staying 1 night passed through
Eze, France – looked round
Fiano Romano, Italy – staying 1 night
Figline Valdarno, Italy – stayed 1 night
Finale Ligure, Italy – looking round passed through
Firenzuola, Italy – staying 1 night near miss
Florence, Italy – stayed 2 nights
Folkestone, UK – passed through
Follonica, Italy – stayed 1 night
Fougeres, France – looked round
Frankfurt, Germany – staying 1 night
Frascati, Italy – staying 1 night near miss
Frejus/Saint-Raphael, France – stayed 1 night
Frohnleiten, Austria – looked round
Furstenfeldbruck, Germany – passing through
Genoa, Italy – stayed 1 night
Ghent, Belgium – looking round
Gien, France – passed through
Giverny, France – looked round
Givors, France – looked round
Glastonbury, UK – looking round stayed 1 night
Gmunden, Austria – stayed 1 night
Gouda, The Netherlands – looking round
Gravelines, France – slept rough 1 night
Graz (Leibnitz), Austria – passing through looked round (stayed 3 4 nights)
Greding, Germany – passed through
Greve-in-Chianti, Italy – staying 1 night looked round
Grosseto, Italy – staying 1 night passed through
Gstadt am Chiemsee, Germany – passed through
Haarlem, The Netherlands – looking round near miss
The Hague, The Netherlands – staying 1 night
Hainburg an der Donau, Austria – passed through
Hamburg, Germany – stayed 2 3 nights
Hamelin, Germany – staying 1 night looked round
Hannoversch Munden, Germany – looking round
Hanover, Germany – staying 1 night looked round
Harpley, UK – stayed 1 night
Hastings/Battle, UK – looking round stayed 1 night
Hathersage, UK – staying 1 night
Haworth, UK – looked round
Heidelberg, Germany – staying 1 night
Henndorf am Wallersee, Austria – passed through
Hilpoltstein, Germany – passed through
Honiton, UK – passed through
Hoxter, Germany – passing through
Imperia, Italy – passed through
Jablonne v Podjestedi, Czech Republic – passed through
Kaiserslautern, Germany – staying 1 night
Kassel, Germany – staying 1 night
Kidderminster, UK – passed through
Kinderdijk, The Netherlands – looked round
King’s Lynn, UK – staying 1 night near miss
Kirkham, UK – passed through
Klagenfurt, Austria – stayed 1 night
Koblenz, Germany – staying 1 night
Krems an der Donau, Austria – passed through
Krieglach, Austria – staying 1 night passed through
La Charite-sur-Loire, France – looked round
La Spezia, Italy – staying 2 nights looked round
Lake Chiemsee (Prien/Bernau), Germany – looked round/stayed 1 night
Lake Garda (Peschiero), Italy – looking round
Land’s End, UK – looked round
Launceston, UK – passed through
Laval, France – stayed 1 night
Leeds, UK – stayed 1 night
Leek, UK – passed through
Leiden, The Netherlands – looked round / wild camped nearby 1 night
Leipzig, Germany – stayed 1 night
Lemgo, Germany – stayed 1 night
Lens, France – looking round near miss
Lewes, UK – passed through
Lincoln, UK – stayed 1 night
Linz, Austria – stayed 1 night
Lisieux, France – passed through
Liskeard, UK – passed through
Lisse, The Netherlands – looked round
Livorno, Italy – passing through
Loches, France – looking round near miss
The Lorelei, Germany – looking round
Ljubljana, Slovenia – stayed 1 night
London, UK – stayed 4 nights
Lons-le-Saunier, France – passing through
Lostwithiel, UK – passed through
Lubeck, Germany – stayed 1 night
Ludwigslust, Germany – passed through
Lyon, France – stayed 2 3 nights
Lytham St Anne’s, UK – departed and arrived – home
Macclesfield, UK – passed through
Maidstone, UK – staying 1 night near miss
Mainz, Germany – staying 1 night
Manchester, UK – stayed 1 2 nights
Mannebach, Germany – looking round
Marburg, Germany – staying 1 night
Marden, UK – stayed 1 night
Margate, UK – staying 1 night passed through
Marseille, France – stayed 2 nights
Meissen, Germany – passed through
Melk, Austria – stayed 1 night
Mettlach, Germany – looking round
Milan, Italy – staying 1 night
Mixnitz (Barenschultzklamm), Austria – hiked
Modena, Italy – looking round
Monaco – looked round
Mont Saint Michel, France – staying 1 night looked round
Montargis, France – staying 1 night
Monte Baducco, Italy – stayed 1 night
Montepulciano, Italy – staying 1 night looked round
Monteriggioni, Italy – looked round
Montrichard, France – passed through
Moreton-in-Marsh, UK – looking round
Mousehole, UK – looked round
Mulheim, Germany – passed through
Munich, Germany – stayed 2 3 nights
Mureck, Austria – looked round
Neunkirchen, Austria – passed through
Neuruppin, Germany – passing through near miss
Nevers, France – looked round
Neulise, France – stayed 1 night
Neustadtl an der Donau, Austria – passed through
Nice, France – stayed 2 4 nights
Nieuwegein, The Netherlands – stayed 1 night
Nimes, France – stayed 1 night
Nordlingen, Germany – staying 1 night
Norwich, UK – stayed 1 night
Nuremberg, Germany – stayed 1 2 nights
Nyrany, Czech Republic – passed through
Oberwesel, Germany – looking round
Okehampton, UK – staying 1 night passed through
Old Sarum, UK – looked round
Orange, France – passed through
Orpierre, France – passing through
Orleans, France – stayed 1 night
Oschatz, Germany – passed through
Orvieto, Italy – stayed 1 night
Ostia & Ostia Antica, Italy– looking round
Oxford, UK – looked round
Padua, Italy – looked round
Parchim, Germany – passing through near miss
Paris, France – stayed 3 nights
Parma, Italy – staying 1 night
Penzance, UK – stayed 1 night
Pernegg an der Mur, Austria – stayed 2 nights
Petersfield, UK – looked round
Piancenza, Italy – passing through
Pierrefitte-sur-Loire, France – passed through
Pierrefonds, France – looked round
Pillnitz Castle, Germany – looking round near miss
Pisa, Italy – stayed 1 night
Plzen, Czech Republic – stayed 1 night
Poperinge, Belgium – passed through
Portogruaro, Italy – stayed 1 night
Porthcurno, UK – passing through near miss
Postojna, Slovenia – stayed 1 night
Potsdam, Germany – staying 1 night looked round
Prague, Czech Republic – stayed 3 nights
Prato, Italy – passed through
Preston, UK – passed through twice
Pritzwalk, Germany – staying 1 night near miss
Redruth, UK – passed through
Reggio Emilia, Italy – passing through
Roanne, France – looked round
Roeselare, Belgium – passing through
Rognac, France – passed through
Rome, Italy – stayed 3 8 nights
Romsey, UK – passed through
Rosans, France – staying 1 night
Rosenheim, Germany – passing through near miss
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – looked round
Rudesheim, Germany – looking round
Saarbrucken, Germany – looking round
Saarburg, Germany – staying 1 night
San Gimignano, Italy – looking round
San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy – passed through
Saint Amour, France – passing through
Saint Auban, France – staying 1 night
Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire – looked round
Saint-Etienne, France – stayed 1 night
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France – passed through
Saint-Lo, France – passed through
Saint-Gondon, France – stayed 1 night
Saint Michael’s Mount, UK – looking round passed by
Saint Omer, France – stayed 1 night
Saint Quentin, France – stayed 1 night
Saint-Tropez, France – saw
Sanremo, Italy – passed through
Saumur, France – passed through
Savona, Italy – passed through
Salisbury, UK – looked round
Saltaire, UK – looked round
Salzburg, Austria – stayed 1 2 nights
Sankt Polten, Austria – staying 1 night
Schwabisch Gmund, Germany – looking round
Schwerin, Germany – looking round passed by
Semmering, Austria – looked round
Shaftesbury, UK – staying 1 night
Shipley, UK – staying 1 night
Siena, Italy – stayed 1 night
Skocjan (Ice Caves), Slovenia – looked round
Soest, Germany – stayed 1 night
Soltau, Germany – passed through
Springe, Germany – passed through
Stafford, UK – passed through
Steyr, Austria – staying 1 night
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – stayed 1 night
Stonehenge, UK – looked
Stow-on-the-Wold, UK – looking round
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK – looked round
Stuttgart, Germany – staying 1 night
Sully-sur-Loire, France – passed through
Taunton, UK – staying 1 night passed through
Tavistock, UK – passed through
Thibeville, France – stayed 1 night
Tivoli, Italy – looked round
Toulon, France – stayed 1 night
Tours, France – stayed 1 night
Tournon-sur-Rhone, France – passed through
Towersey Festival (Thame), UK – stayed 5 nights
Traunstein, Germany – passed through
Treuenbrietzen, Germany – passed through
Trier, Germany – staying 1 night
Trieste, Italy – stayed 1 night
Truro, UK – passed through
Trzic, Slovenia – passed through
Tulln, Austria – passed through
Uffington, UK – passed through
Unna, Germany – looked round
Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic – staying 1 night
Utrecht, The Netherlands – looking round passed through
Valence, France – stayed 1 2 nights
Vatican City – looked round
Venice, Italy – stayed 2 3 nights
Vernon, France – stayed 1 night
Verona, Italy – stayed 2 nights
Versailles, France – looking round near miss
Vezelay, France – looking round
Vic-sur-Aisne – stayed 1 night
Vicenza, Italy – looked round
Vienna, Austria – stayed 1 2 nights
Vienne, France – passed through
Villefranche-sur-mer, France – looked round
Vohenstrauss, Germany – staying 1 night passed by
Wassenaar, The Netherlands – looked round
Wasserburg am Inn, Germany – passed through
Waterloo, Belgium – looking round
Weiden, Germany – stayed 1 night
Weinstrasse, Austria – looked round
Wegberg, Germany – looked round
Wells, UK – passed through
Wells-next-the-sea, UK – passing through looked round (nice name)
Wels, Austria – passed through
Westfield, UK – stayed 1 night
Whiteparish, UK – stayed 1 night
Wiener Neustadt, Austria – stayed 1 night
Wilmcote, UK – looking round
Winchcombe, UK – looking round near miss
Winchester, UK – staying 1 night looked round
Winsen an der Aller, Germany – stayed 1 night
Wittenberg, Germany – stayed 1 night
Wolfsberg, Austria – staying 1 night passed through
Wolverhampton, UK – passed through
Worcester, UK – stayed 1 night
Wurzburg, Germany – staying 1 night
Yeovil, UK – passing through
York, UK – stayed 2 nights
Ypres, Belgium – stayed 1 night
Zaanse Schans, The Netherlands – looking round
Zittau, Germany – stayed 1 night