km 7429
The trip is over! At around 2pm I arrived back at the Two Towers in Barcelona. The 20 hour ferry ride back from Civitavecchia in Italy was a great way to finish things off, i just sat back and watched the sea roll past. Around midnight we crossed the straits between Corsica & Sardinia, a solitary lighthouse on the Sardinian side guiding our way.
It’s been an amazing trip, Bronny’s clocked up almost 7 and a half thousand kilometres, the only real problem being the burst tire in Italy. I made my goal of getting Barcelona to Berlin and Back again, with the unplanned ‘bonus’ leg to Italy thrown in.
Looking back at that World Cup Month, that footballing fiesta, it’s an experience i’m never going to forget. So much went on, and when i think now of all the travelling back and forth to FanFests and games, it really is quite mindblowing.
So anyway,a few thanks and comments … Frank & Dirk, we realised the dream … Stef, Tatiana, Giuseppe & Alessia for putting me up in Switzerland and Italy … Torben & Nicole for the Berlin lowdown … Uli for the Koln fiesta … Daniel for the ‘Maultaschen’ … Marcus the ‘fanmobile’ fanatic … Jana for showing me Marburg … and last but certainly not least, thanks to Germany and the German people for organising a very ‘efficient’ World Cup which had an incredible atmosphere throughout the whole month.
From Barcelona to Berlin, now i’m back again!