So off again on another big journey! Liz and John left Wellington on a very cold 29 June for a bike trip from Copenhagen to Barcelona. The Coberamba stands for Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam, Barcelona. 2600 km by bikes which we take with us, and about the same again by train doing transfers. We are a group of 14 friends doing a self organized trip. It's planned to take 50 days but we have an extra week at each end for visiting family and friends. The trip is supported by a big van driven by Des, a friend from Melbourne.
We got 1 upgrade seat to premium economy from Auckland to Hong Kong which Liz availed herself of! John had two seats in cattle class. The onward leg to London was quite long but uneventful. The flight is routed over Chungdu and the Taklikaman Desert in China which John drove across last year with his brother Paddy. It looks just as barren from the air as it does from the ground.
We arrived at 3.30, and took till 4.30 to exit Customs. Then we spent a while finding the left luggage storage at Terminal 5 where we depart for Copenhagen on Tuesday, this involved a train transfer from Terminal 1. It meant we could leave our two bike boxes and large bag at the airport. Then a 1 hour tube trip to Finsbury Park and a welcome shower to freshen up when we arrived at Amy and Jerome's flat.
They have a great 2 bedroom flat overlooking lots of trees, a very quiet street. Then on to dinner, it was a 15 minute walk to a Greek restaurant where we had a lovely meal - alas of no assistance to the ailing Greek economy!
Liz & John
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