In arrived in my home at 10.00am on Tuesday after staying the night with Stone Monkey near Tunbridge Wells in the South of England. My European Tour started on 2nd May and finished on 16th May. I visited 7 countries and travelled 5239Km/3256miles.
I met many wonderful people, plus a few crazy ones! Ate really good food, drank in moderation and perhaps talked too much. Thanks for following my epic journey, I have an enormous amount of material for this blog including over 2 hours of video, 1500 photos and lots of great stories that will feature here over the next few weeks.
For now though here are my personal reflections and statistics from the tour:
Best roads: Germany
Worst roads: Slovenia
Best Food: Italy
Worst Food: Germany
Most enthusiastic bonsai Nation: Hungary
Highest point: 1760 mtrs in Austria
Lowest point: Sharing the stage with a Prima Donna
Best Night Out: Ljubljana
Strangest drink: Fruit of Myrtle Spirit (Italian homemade)
Best bonsai personality: Marc Noelanders
Hero: Tomaž Kovšca (organiser of EBA Ljubljana)
Zero: Brussels Ring Road
Best Weather: Italy
Best Audience: Belgium
Worst Coffee: Germany
Best Coffee: Italy
Favourite place: On top of a mountain in Slovenia
Funniest name: “Gasthof Wanker” in Austria
Best thing of all: staying with friends old and new
Now you need rest, good fertiliser, and a quiet sunny place in your garden to regain vigor and maitain good health 🙂
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Worst food: Germany?
Did Walter cook for you by himself?
Now I regret that I didnt get a chance to bring you to that local brewerie with home-brewed beer and delicious german coutry cuisine.
Cheers, Marius
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Ah… the food with Walter was excellent (Bavarian) Northern Germany (Bad experience)
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You’re a kind man Tony!
Welcome Home!
Take a sit in the armchair and drink a glas of red wine!
Cheers!
Greatings!
Balázs Tóth-Szabó
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Thanks for sharing you bonsai adventure! Remember they good forget the bad for there is one in every crowd.
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Tony, you have not yet tried Russian roads!!!! :))))
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