I love a good road trip, and road trips in Europe are an entirely different beast to an Australian road trip - it's all about the distance. Driving across Australia takes days and is all in one country (and while some might find the desert a bit boring, I find it quite refreshing). Driving across …
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Passport pirouette: In and out of Slovakia, again and again
Slovak passport stamps ... lots of them I have completely lost track of the number of times I have exited and re-entered Slovakia over the years, but of course particularly during the year that I lived there. I had to look up Bratislava on a map after accepting a job there (some might argue …
Passport pirouette: Feeling criminal in Heathrow
Landing, for once, in an English-speaking country, I really didn't expect to have any problems at passport control. Two British airport employees who seemed to be watching the queue (I'm not sure of their real function!) were quite literally having a cup of tea and I felt like all was right with the …