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The conclusion of a great road trip

I definitely need to expand on the coldplay gig. I'd gone to Prague to see Sarah for a few days, really. She was there with the coldplay tour for 3 days. 2 days off and then the show on the Monday. I wasn't as interested in coldplay as I was in seeing Sarah, so I was surprised when Monday evening rolled around and Mark and I were driving over to the O2 Arena in Prague in the scooby doo mobile, getting excited about going to a show. Here's what Mark the writer had to say about the evening. He says it better than I would, but I do want to say thanks. Thanks to Sarah and all the catering crew on the tour who went out their way to make Mark and I feel welcome. And go us brilliant seats too :)

So that was then end of my trip to Prague. At 6am the next morning I was on my way again. The concluding part of a brilliant road trip which took in 5 different countries, 2000km and about 5 days.

Sure enough, my VW transporter with its new blacked out windows , driven by a long haired hippy like me is a total rozzer magnet. Rozzers and Customs officials. Not only did I get a 2000 Kr fine in Prague for driving the wrong way down a 1 way street (GPS is all well & good, but sometimes you do have to pay attention to the road signs), but also got pulled over and searched at 2 borders on the way back too.

So out of Czech, turn left and down through Germany to Munchen and up into the German Alps. I was heading for Oberammergau . I'm not sure why. It just seemed like a good idea at the time. I last went there when I was around 12. My family used to go on walking holidays all round that area in the summers & it seemed to be on the way home.

Anyhoo - Oberammergau turns out to be one of the most christian places on the planet. Probably something to do with the famous 10 yearly Passion Play but it did make me wander what on earth my family were doing there 20 years ago. Turns out there's a NATO school there too. The plot thickens. I guess my Dad (who was in the air force at the time) was there on some kind of undercover secret squirrel mission to save us from ze Russians.

I arrived around 4pm, got a hotel, had some dinner, got a great night's sleep and was heading into Austria by 9am the following day. Down into Innsbruck, out the valley and across Switzerland back home to Chamonix. I love my van.

I did get the chance to take these pictures of the Oberammergau before I left.

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