Wow! The journey has well and truly begun, right in at the deep end. Bus to Cologne was fairly easy and it was fun to go on the ferry to Calais, great to leave the ‘ole White Cliffs in the darkness. After a few hours in Cologne watching street artists and marvelling at the cathedral I got on the next bus – Slightly scary as no one seemed to speak a word of English and the bus only said to ‘Minsk’ but they said to get on, and I thought at least it is in the right direction! (more…)