Europe 2012 Northern Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Romania & Turkey
We returned for our Third year in Europe in late March, flying into London and rejoining our Tiger, which we’d left stored in Cheltenham. This year we’ve spent the summer and early fall visiting the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland as well as the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Before entering these countries we made our first visit to The Netherlands and after leaving them we moved through Poland, Slovakia and Hungary on our way to Romania and then Bulgaria, where we visited old friends and met new ones. By mid-October we arrived in Turkey, making a total of thirteen new countries plus five we’ve visited in the past. Wow, sounds like we’ve been pretty busy, and we have. By the way, of these eighteen countries, only seven are on the Euro, making a total of twelve different currencies we’ve needed to juggle. Who says Europe is all homogenized these days? Not us! We ended our year with a little over two months in fabulous Turkey. From Istanbul, where we parked for three days along the waterfront overlooking the Bosphorus and listening to the call to prayer from the Blue Mosque just above, to the Black Sea, Anatolia, Cappadocia, and the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts. What a great country to visit! We plan to be back in the Spring to begin 2013 right where we left off. Hope you can come along. Just click on any of the links below to read the stories and enjoy the photographs of our third year in Europe. Thanks for coming along!

Journal Postings for 2012:

  1. 1.  Behind the Dykes & Along the Canals    Belgium, The Netherlands & Northern Germany

  2. 2.  Yes, Of Course They’re Better in Denmark    Denmark, along with just a bit of Sweden

  3. 3.  Gulf Steam Country    Southern Norway 

  4. 4.  Nord Norge    Northern Norway, above the Arctic Circle

  5. 5.  Lapland    Northern Finland & Sweden

  6. 6.  The Karaoke did us in?    Central Sweden and Southern Finland

  7. 7.  A Tale of Three Cities    Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; Vilnius, Lithuania

  8. 8.  Indian Summer    Bits of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary & Romania

  9. 9.  Çay for Two    Turkey, from Istanbul to the Black Sea and Anatolia

  10. 10.  Wandering Through the Ruins    Turkey’s Mediterranean & Aegean Coasts


Extras

  1. •Europe by Motorhome Summary    Information on motorhoming in Europe

  2. •Camping Logs    Where we’ve stayed & a whole lot more

Photo Albums for 2012: Click on one of the photo albums below to see more pictures from each region. You can also access each photo page directly from the corresponding narrative page. Go directly to our Photo Albums Menu to access our photos from other regions. We invite you to download any photo you find of interest. We upload them in medium quality, if you’d like a higher quality version or if you have any difficulty downloading a photo please email us and we’ll be happy to send you one. Send us an email  1. The Netherlands 2. Denmark 3. Sweden 4. Norway - South 5. Norway - North 6. Lapland Northern Finland & Sweden 7. Sweden 2 Central Sweden & Stockholm  8. Finland Southern Finland & Helsinki 9. The Baltics Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania 10. Romania Maramureş & Moldavia 11. Turkey 1 Istanbul and the Black Sea 12. Turkey 2 Anatolia and Cappadocia 13. Turkey 3 Mediterranean & Aegean Return to Europe Page Return to Home Page http://travelin-tortuga.com/Travelin-Tortuga/Photo_Albums_Menu.htmlmailto:kathyandrick@mac.com?subject=photo%20requestPhotos_from_Netherlands.htmlPhotos_from_Denmark.htmlPhotos_from_Sweden.htmlPhotos_from_Norway_South.htmlNorway_Photos_North.htmlLapland_Photos.htmlSweden_Photos_2.htmlFinland_Photos.htmlBaltic_Photos.htmlRomania_Photos.htmlTurkey_Photos_1.htmlTurkey_Photos_2.htmlTurkey_Photos_3.htmlhttp://www.travelin-tortuga.com/europe/overview/index.htmlhttp://www.travelin-tortuga.com/Travelin-Tortuga/Home_Page.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6shapeimage_4_link_7shapeimage_4_link_8shapeimage_4_link_9shapeimage_4_link_10shapeimage_4_link_11shapeimage_4_link_12shapeimage_4_link_13shapeimage_4_link_14shapeimage_4_link_15shapeimage_4_link_16