After my visit to the fantastic Hill of the Crosses I wanted to get back to Vilnius as fast as possible; well maybe too fast as always. I was driving in the outskirts of Siauliai on a fairly broad road with 2 lanes in both sides. I was enjoying the s… This review was featured on Tuesday August 26th, 2008
As always in all countries you will find two kind of taxis; the ones that cheat you and ones that don’t. In Prague it is very easy to find the ones that cheat you, they might even find you! Of all the countries I have been driven taxis I guess this…
Usually when you jump into a taxi in a big city you never know where the trip is going to take and especially all the sites you are going to see on the longest way to your destination:-)
Here are the Shanghai taxis something completely different -…
Every time when I come to an airport, one of the big things is taking the first taxi to my hotel. For me this usually says a lot about the general situation of the place and what I have to expect.
In Budapest it was very efficient - no hazzle and …
Arriving in Rome can be something if you don’t know how your hotel is going to be. When we arrived this was supported by a railroad strike this meant that we had to take a taxi. For me taking a taxi in Rome gives me the same sensation as having som…
Arriving at Calais and seeing all the roads that leads to the ferries towards England is like entering a dish of spaghetti straight with your head. I cant remember seeing such a mess of lanes and gates since I drove the streets of Basel.
Since we… This review was featured on Friday June 20th, 2008
What do you expect from a Metro in Rome? Actually I didn’t have any wild expectations unless than it probably wouldn’t work perfectly. Well arriving a day where there is a strike did only confirm my expectations.
Today there are 2 Metro lines …
The last day of our stay we could see that the rain would be falling in Rome so we decided to rent a car. It also would make our check-out from the hotel easier since we had a late flight out of Italy.
We went to Hertz and wanted to have a small …
I have now rented cars in many airports and even if I almost use the same company every time I am amazed by the differences that I experience.
In Dublin Airport the delivery of the car was one of the fastest and best processes I have seen from Her…
Finding Hertz or the other car rental companies in Prague airport when you arrive in terminal 2 is not difficult but not easy and evident. Following the car rental signs brings you up to the departure area, from here you are guided on a 1,5 km walk o…
Birmingham airport is quiet easy to find your way in. For me one of the most striking things was the entry procedures due to that England is not a member of Schengen Agreement. The term Schengen Agreement is used for two agreements concluded among Eu…
In Tallinn the car rental offices are situated in the ground level just downstairs from the arrival area. The offices are all next to each other’s and the service level is usually quiet high.
One thing that I think is remarkable is that the pric…
The Hertz car rental in Kiev airport (Boryspil) is situated just as you enter the hordes of Taxi drivers in the arrival hall. Towards the parking lot you find 4 small booths. Inside the little booth a very efficient and well English speaking young gu…
Hertz in Vilnius is situated to the left when you leave the arrival area. At the end of the old main building there a number of boxes, where the rental companies are situated. Each box was one company.
The guy inside the Hertz box was very efficien…
Hertz in Trondheim airport is situated where everything else is situated, and I mean everything. When you enter the area where your luggage is coming out, you are greeted by enthusiastic Norwegian countrymen receiving their family members a lot of th…
Well I don’t think I know anybody who really appreciated a parking fine in any place, but in Norway they are quiet expensive. I got a fine of 700 Nkr for parking in front of a hotel.
I hate parking tickets; to me it is just another tax implemen…
Arriving at Trondheim Airport which actually is situated 35 km from Trondheim you will need to find easy access to the city. If you are not that lucky that you know Travbuddy Marit then you have to settle with the second best, which is flybussen.
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My next goal was Hill of the Crosses and I looked at the map and decided that I would follow the A1 motorway towards Klaipeda at the coast and the turn towards Siauliai (I have no idea on how you would pronounce this city) close to Pikeliai.
The …
Driving in Switzerland will guarantee you driving on some of the best and well maintained roads in Europe. You have as a visitor in this country to pay road toll but when you drive here you quickly come to the conclusion that it is worth it.
On ou…
Driving the M 17 from Metkovic to Mostar was somewhat of an experience due to the Bosnian police.
The road is very beautiful following the Neratve River all the way from the Border to Mostar. The first part of the road; well less than 5 km is newl…
The E65 Magistrala from Split to Dubrovnik is a single lane coast road that serpentines its way along the rocky Croatian coastline. The road follows the coast making it possible to reach any attractive coastal village along the way.
The road quali…
We still had no hurry getting back home besides just wanting to move in the right direction but this time it was getting ridiculous.
We had just left he motorway in Slovenia after passing Ljubljana and the magnificent area around Bled. On the Austr…
We had no hurry getting back home besides just wanting to move in the right direction. The motorway in Croatia is amongst the most fantastic road that I ever have driven on. The road is spun like a serpentine through mountains and wild forest areas i…
I guess I am one of the guilty ones, who is speeding a lot, well I also drive a lot in different countries but this time I got my first speeding ticket in Germany on the road.
I had been driving in good speed on these fantastic German motorways, t… This review was featured on Friday January 30th, 2009
It was my first time in Riga and first time renting a car there. I had booked my rental car at Add-rental which is Baltic air's car rental. I booked the car over the internet and it had worked pretty well, I even had upgraded the car after my origina…
Those of you that have been reading my blogs knows that getting stopped by the police seems to happen a lot to me. It almost happens in every country I visit. I should stop driving around in these neon coloured cars.
This time I was on my way to …
Snow scooter are for men and women who enjoys speed and snow in a breathtaking combination.
I had never driven snow scooter before but my girlfriend had done it before and I was really looking forward to do it. We left Elva at 6 pm in the dark to…
Riga Airport is a small but fairly modern airport. When you arrive in the airport from abroad you will in many cases be picked up by bus from the plane. The bus ride is fairly short and buses are modern and multiple so you don’t have to wait that l…
I had been driving most of the day. We had left Bratislava in the late morning after a good breakfast at the hotel and my son had asked if we couldn’t visit Polen since we were so close and he had never been there. I told him that we were pretty cl…
Since I came to this wonderful city 3 years ago I think that me morale of parking has changed dramatically. Coming from Copenhagen where hunting down parked cars is a way for the municipalities to increase their always endangered funding of the budge…
I guess almost everybody that have a car once or more time in their life has gotten a parking ticket. I have managed to collect a few over the years but I have also encountered some good experiences as well.
One of the best systems I have seen is f…
In general driving taxi in Brussels is a pleasure. The cab drivers know the city very well and if you have the ability to pronounce the name of the street, bar or whatever you are heading at they will get you there without cheating you too much.
T…
A major issue when landing in an airport and renting a car is always to find the car rental office of the vendor one has chosen. This is also very describing in Zurich airport.
Here you have to walk and walk trying to follow signs that do not connec…
Munich airport is huge and finding the car rental office brougt me out on another long walk. Almost at the end of my long endurance the obstacles got evident; a huge building project coverrd all the signs so suddenly my path through the airport was b…
Earlier I had always admired the security in Brussels airport but lately I have to say that it has become ridiculous.
Having travelled the last year in and out Brussels I had found that this was one of the few security checks that always was staff…
I know I have been hard on the security in Brussels airport but in general I actually like the airport. It always feels like you get your luggage fast because you walk half a walkathon but it feels like you are moving the right direction. I must also…
In general airline food is a joke, unless you are flying on first class, business class or whatever they call it. The purpose of the food seems to be; putting something in a box that look like something, taste like something and cost like nothing. Fo…
Renting a car in general in Setubal can be quite a challenge at least it was my experience, and again it might just be a question of timing. After I had to send my car to the garage in Setubal I tried to get a rental car there on an ordinary Tuesday …
I had been waiting more than two hours for the call. I had hoped that it was good news; that they had found a rental car for me somewhere. The guy in the phone just said he was sorry; there were no rental cars anywhere, maybe not even the day after.
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I have been driving over many nice bridges but this one is truly awesome. The Millau Viaduct is located on the territory of the communes of Millau and Creissels, France, in the département of Aveyron. The bridge traverses the Tarn valley above its l…
Taking a taxi from Arlanda airport (Stockholm) to Stockholm centre can be an okay solution if you are more than one person who wants to share a cab. Actually I find it even a possibility if you are alone but then the train might be a better solution.…
The last year they have done a lot of modifications in the A-terminal in Zaventem. I can only agree that it was the least you could do but one good thing is that they have upgraded some of the eating alternatives that they have there. Establishing th…
Spending time in an airport is like being locked in a secluded area that they try to cover up with luxury and tempting gods. In fact you are lock in to a certain area and for me the most important thing there is timing; timing so you don't spend any …
The Shanghai Maglev or in Chinese the Shanghai Magnetic Levitation Demonstration Operation Line is the first commercial high-speed maglev line in the world.
When I landed in Shanghai airport one of my targets was to have a ride with this magnetic …
One of the most striking things observed in this enormous airport was how huge and long it was. It felt like we landed at a gate that was at the other end of the Chinese wall. It could naturally be influenced by the fact we also just had spent 9 hour…
Well when you are stuck in an airport there are not many things that you can do, that don’t cost money. In Arlanda Airport most of the things you do cost a lot of money. I wanted a cold beer on my way home after a long day in Stockholm and I decid…
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