http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/ Europe, Morocco and Turkey 2007 en-us Ahhh, the delights of a villa in the Tuscan countryside, friends, food, wine, beer, a pool, a BBQ, and of course a wedding. A week was spent enjoying the high life and the wedding was beautiful in its simplicity and... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002809.php From leaving the harrowing Auschwitz and Birkenau, we hit country no. 21 1/2 (thanks Republika Sprska for that one!) and the Czech Republic. Rain, rain and more rain meant fairly miserable riding and a trip to a bike shop for... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002808.php Since our last blog we've been having a great time in the Balkans and Central Europe. Bulgaria was very interesting with a lot more horse and carts on the roads, no shops (where do they buy food?!) and of course,... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002748.php The Turkish border is quite a thing... jaunty waves abounded from the armed 'kids' on the bridge but then we hit the big guns. Hut 1: Greek farewell dude and a photo of the bike number plate; Hut 2: Friendly... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002712.php After a brief spell in Croatia (expensive!) we legged it to the more hardcore countries of Bosnia and Albania. The borders for both were suprisingly easy, the Bosnian one took a few of our hard earned sheckels for (needed!) insurance... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002692.php Phew, what an effort finding internet cafes here! We˙ve been island hopping and volcano watching (yes, we did see smoke coming out of Etna!), firstly to Corsica, a bikers paradise with fantasic scenery, great roads (but a tad `rustic`) and... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002667.php This latest offering sees us out of Morocco and back in the land of supermarkets and toilet roll.... The Atlantic coast is quite different from the rest of Morocco and, to be honest, not that exciting, other than the world's... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002628.php This latest offering sees us out of Morocco and back in the land of supermarkets and toilet roll.... The Atlantic coast is quite different from the rest of Morocco and, to be honest, not that exciting, other than the world's... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002627.php Arrived at the great Erg Chebbi, which is as amazing as everyone says. Needless to say, James and his pal Gunter (on a DR400) did the 40km circuit around the dune on piste (and off, when the bike got dropped!)... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002588.php Still heading south to try for the warmth of more Mediterranian climes...First stop Donana for another birding spot and LOTS of sand. Spotted some purple chickens (one for Paul and Jane there), short-toed eagle, glossy ibis (even Imogen thought they... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002562.php Yes, for some reason we found ourselves on the Camino de Santiago da Compostela, so made that our destination for northern Spain. Yet again, there were snow covered mountains (normally near our campsite!) and one memorable day there was a... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002550.php fleeing owners of our free camping spot and now chillling in the mountains in northern Espana... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002514.php Poisson d' avril http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002505.php Yes, this is our arrival in France …… next move, south!... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002504.php OK, so we managed to finish sorting the house and loaded up the bike. All our smug ideas on how little we have seem to have not quite materialised and the panniers are full to bursting. A wave off from... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/jimnim/002501.php