Upto this point in time I was expecting my bike to arrive in Hamburg mid October and had booked my flights accordingly. From Shiraz to Dusseldorf, visit friends in the Netherlands and then a train to Hamburg to pick up my bike. BUT while waiting at Shiraz airport for my flight I got an email from the shipping agent that my bike would only be available for pickup at Hamburg in mid November which means I had a month to kill. After some research into flights to various countries (I had to get out of the EU as I am only allowed 3 months in the Schengen area) and a few quick messages I booked a return flight to New York.
I now had a week of taking it easy with friends in Veghel and doing nothing after months of non-stop travel.
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- Shiraz Airport
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- Shiraz Burger
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- Shiraz ice-cream
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- Heading out
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- via Istanbul
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- Dusseldorf finally
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- Welkom to Holland
Chris's space 
O my goodness – a month is quite a length of time to kill, but what a wonderful opportunity you had! I am so pleased you enjoyed an ‘added experience’ , brrrrilliant! 😀 A nuisance initially, but turning out to be great! Yay!
H xxx
Except for the air travel security checks, which I hate because my leg always causes delays, it was fun.