Final checkpoint

So now I'm writing from Southampton. More particulary: Kingsley road 75. And the upper level of the house.
But how did it happen that I'm here? It was like this:
Farry ticket already ordered for 29 Euros...

...so esterday night around 7 o' clock I set in my Seat and pushed the gas towards the La Manche channel.
When aproaching the port, I saw a sight what is really rare to see: there was no moon or sun, but the clouds clould be visible... even with low quality photo camera:

Probably because of the planty lights of the docks.

It took five hours to arrive there so even before 1 AM I was at the dock, waiting in the car line to get on the farry. So i was there two hours before the check in. I saw some movies from the laptop, bite some candies listen some music just to make the time to pass faster.

After one hour I felt sleepy so I lean to the window and felt asleep. My next memory it was that I heard a horn from beside me. I scared up from dreams and realized that I'm the only one standing there with the car, everybody else is already on the ferry. It was 3:45, and the Farry departed at 4.
So it happened like this I almost missed the farry even if I arrived 3 hours before.

After this a long 3 hours came and I could try how is driving in the left side. It was all right, did just one time to face a car in the right lane. Weird but can get used:

Anything else was all right.

Here's Dover at morning:

(Private humour: I'm on a horse... isn't it, Old Spice)

Arrived to Southampton, leave the car without asking ticket and run to change money. I survived without parking penalty, but it was too early to be happy 'cause of it.
Met with Simon, pay the rent, fill the contract, wish a good day, so everything was fine. After moved in I just realized I don't have any bedding and additionaly my laptop died because I didn't have adapter for this English, 3 phase plug.

Went to a hypermarket, bought bedding and adapter for 80 Pounds and back to the car. But alas! I didn't set my watch to UK time and I tought it's just passed 6 o' clock so the parking ticket is free. But actually it was just 5 o' clock. So meanwhile shoppping, I got a 25 Pounds penalty at 5:47 (13 minutes before the parking became free).

But finally I moved in and right now I gonna jump into my soft California-king-bed surrounded by new bedding ten thoulsand miles apart. I can do it already ;)

For some extra here I come with a late-afternoon-idyl from North France. I think, they're doing it perfect:

Let's copy them!

Mooood night!

And again

I don't like two-in-ones but I'm doing it again. And when? In the worst time: sleeping time. In the time, when I really would like to do something else.

Do I LIKE or do I HAVE to write theese entrys? Right now I feel that I HAVE to write, because I can not say that I have mood for writing. But can not say that when I decided that I'll write blog about my steps: I wouldn't like to be my steps written day by day. So that time I pretended that I will like it today as well. Or at least that I'd like it when it'll be done.
So who is that smart guy, who can tell me: do I LIKE to write my blog or do I HAVE to write my blog tonight.
Maybe I got the answer: once I liked to few weeks ago, now I have to. But when I'll finish it (maybe 30 more minutes), I'll be happy. So yes, now I'd like to be happy 'cause finishing my entry. Woooow, I made it so complicated.
But closing this meaningless theory I say I'd LIKE to, cause generally I can't do bad for myself even if I want to (cause if I want to, that's not bad anymore ;) ).
Congratulations if you had enough perseverance to understand it.

And let's get back to real life: yesterday I bought the phone ticket: cheap France to Europe phone calls. It was 10 Euro and I have 2000 minutes to Spain and 1200 to Italy and for England I don't know, but a lot as well.

So after I bought that, I searched after a lot of rent advertisement in several webpages and find around 25-30, what was nice and affordable. All around a renting price 250-350 Pounds/month.

After that I didn't call any one of them, just went to sleep.

But there comes today. First meanful thing: I called the most conveniable advert. It was a nice house, upper level nice room, looks like nice housemates, 290 Pounds for a month, all taxes included, so let's try. Called Simon, the landlord, who sounds like a nice guy. He ask some information about me, he liked it, i told him, if the room is already available, I'll stay there immedietaly, he said ok, so we set an appointment to Saturday 12 o'clock.
I ordered the tender ticket from Dunkerque to Dover to 4 AM at Saturday. We hope the best, I'll be there.

So theese are the meanful things what I did yesterday and today.

Interesting that how fast is the technology developing nowadays. Just an example. This is the flat where I'm almost sleeping writeing my blog now in Versailles - photo by google maps:

And this is a photo made by this Peter guy yesterday:

Not so big difference than few years ago. Isn't it?

Ok, now have a good sleep and finally I can join to you. Or better say I'de like to. But I even liked it one our ago so why I didn't do it? Cause I HAVE to write my blog?
WAIT!
I think, now I got the point: if I'd like to do both of them I have to make more efforts for them: like writing my blog earlyer. Yes! This is the answer: all of the things what I'm doing, I'd LIKE to do, just like this two: writing blog and joining for a good sleep. But to have the chance to make both of them I have to make efforts to make them in separate time: one before the other: blog before joining for a good sleep. Cause otherwise I have to sacrifite one for the other, just like now. Huh.

Wow you really making me understand myself better.

Now I join finally. By!

Two in one

...the title doesen't mean to represent those old gameboys, which had a "tetris" and a "snake" game in them, but to tell you that yesterday I didn't write my blog. So now I'm making up the leeway (got it? ;))

So whant happened?

After laying my head to sleep in Müncen, I planned that other day I gonna wake up, take a look of the famous Bayern-Müncen football team's arena and after that just heading to Strassbourg for a sleep. But the plan changed because of me the arena. I met with Larry, a Chineeze guy from the hostel so we started to find the Allianz-Arena (the official name) together. First of all we waste one hour because of me the GPS, cause it can not find the route to the arena (I took out the motorway option before, but the Arena could not be aproached just by highways, so...). But finally by asking and fallowing the road signs, whe found it.
What to say? Is was really big. So after finded the cheapest (5 Euro) parking place and wasting half an hour to find the entrance, finally we was "inside" in the side of the arena. Found some bistro we eat some breakfast, check some souvenirs in the Bayern-München shop and book an Arena-tour for ourselves. Yes, it was not in my schedule, but once i made so much efforts for finiding this place, I didn't feel sorry about that 10 additional Euros and one hour for the tour. And really I didn't regret it. We saw a lot of things, and heard a lot of interesting information about the theam, stadium and generally about football. So let's see some pictures:

And from inside (if i don't say you won't find out that it's not from outside...):

And what I bought from the souvenir shop?

So after finished touring in the Arena I said hello for Larry and started my way to Strassbourg. But meanwhile heading toward it, just find out, what should be if I skip one night and go straight to Versailles. I had 866 km 'till Versailles, so i choose this option. When I became tired, I slept for a while, where i was relaxed, I was driveing. And now, I'm here in the Rue des Missionaires 11, so I did it.

Meanwhile in the car in the middle of the night, after a lot of experimenting i made the best two night-time-pictures of my life 'til now:

It was a photographers-full-moon so I had to try it. I know, they are not so good, but is this mine or the camera's fault? Or both?

Watever. So tomorrow phone card buying, England calling, flat searching. If I'm lucky (and I am, yesorno?) I'll find some good in very short time.

More news tomorrow.

Sleep well, dream nice, wake calm.
By,
-Peter from France.

Münchenben

Second checkpoint done

So I'm in München now. Stopped for one hour in Linz and get some internet connection to check the adress of this hostel in which now I'm staying. It's a really good place. The price for a single bed in a 8 bed dormitory it was just 12 Euros, and the Hostel is in really good condition. Even in the dormitory there is a private bathroom! Really wide and nice.

 And the room is nice as well. We are just four of us there.

München is big, Austria ic clean and both of them have beautyful sights. Worth seeing. For an example, they have beautyful logs:

Now it's time to banish the tiredness by relaxing til morning. Maybe I gonna check the stadium over here. They say it's big and famous I'll see.

Tomorrow's stop Strasburg.

If you're sleeping, nice dreams; if you're partying, enjoy; if you're working, keep up!

By for now.

On the road again

Who tought that I had so many things to arrange and to load into the car that my departure had to be delayed with 3 hours. Because I didn't have a guess about it.
My car after finished the loading:

What should I say, I am prepared even for a smaller nuclear disaster, nut just for living in England.

Whatever. I started my journey until Budapest and afer a short stop and a visit, arrived to Sopron at 7 pm. The ride was without any problems. My home for this night is the Park Hostel, a very good place to be.

Here is a fast look to my actual bed and environment:

I'm alone in an 8 bed dormitory so I can feel like in a first class apartment... just too much beds around... and too few luxury items, equipments and facilities... so almost.

Tomorrow Munich, where accidentally I found a hungarian guy, who is the manager of the Easy City Hostel.  Interesting isn't it. I just wrote an e-mail in English and somebody answers Hungarian: hey Peter, how are you? We aren't used to reserve rooms without pre-paying for it, but let's make an exception. So i got the bed for 12 Euros. Lucky me.
Tomorrow gonna met with him. World is small.

Have a good night, i wish a lot of similarities in your value-judication and differences in style and beeing, as much as possible.
If any time I'm mistaken, correct me, but if I have right, just consider it a small thing ;) just to make me stronger by my decisions.

Tsüß for now!

Last last day

Yes, finally it's here. I was waiting for just one more thing: the bike repair seat and it doesen't arrived, so I was waiting for nothing. Now I gonna buy that set at Budapest, while I'm trespassing. I don't want to arrive there without full bike-repair ability.
I packed all my stuff together, and after that today early morning I packed everything in the car, I gonna start my journey.
The stops: Sopron, Münich, Strasburg, Versailles and Southampton. Probably Versailles gonna take more than one day 'cause I have to find my accomodation from there. So approximatively it's gonna be a one week road.

Traduced certificates ready, breakfast for more then one month ready, money ready (still in dollars), car ready, bikes and parts ready, clothers and stuffes ready, farewell party/say hi to friends done, and Peter much more than ready. Put all of theese things together and I'm already not here anymore.

Late night already so have a wonderful night everybody and here it goes a bit of rhymeing:

take your stuff and walk your way,
all of you, if hard to stay.
don't think much just chase your dream
if I succeded, there is hope-beam.

So be tomorrow number seven!
Or eight, may nine, could ten, should 'leven?

Let's go.

Almost done

Yes, now I just waiting for my bicycle tools to be ready for the journey. The documents was translated, the car is ready, my stuff is packed even the bicycle parts, now i just witing for a box of bicycle tools to leave this coutry and for heading into a strange land: England.
So probably I gonna depart at Sunday morning and start my journey from hostel to hostel until Paris. Over there  I gonna hire an accomodation and continue my trip to Southampton to occupie my apartment.
So now I'm waiting for just a box of tools to start this journey... I really hope that will be arrived tomorrow.

I collected all my bicycle parts what i needed for one/two more bicycles:

I transleted all the documents what I needed:

And I gave my best bike for sale for my friend, while I'm not at home:

So I' m almost ready for the departure. I'm just waiting for that bike-repair-set, what i ordered yesterday. If they don't bring it tomorrow, I gonna regret that I ordered it.
They say tomorrow it'll be here. So day after tomorrow I can go finally.

I'd like to go sooooo much. I don't want to wait here, cause I gonna miss some very imprortant.

Tomorrow I gonna write more understandable, I hope.

Have a great night and see you all tomorrow. Yesorno?

Byby!