So, we left off in Leuven, Belgium… wow, that feels like ages ago! Been a while since the last update. Internet time has been rather limited lately.

After Leuven, we caught our bus to Rock Werchter, a 4 day rock concert with an 80,000 person capacity, over 60 bands and super strong beer!

Day 1:
Started with Seasick Steve ft. John Paul Jones, and ended with The Chemical Brothers. Sean got a bit drunk. Made friends with neighbours and generally rocked out.

Day 2:
Started with My Chemical Romance and ended with Kings of Leon. Jord got loser drunk, climbed a fence trying to leave the festival (and ended up in the VIP section), got tackled by 3 security guards and kicked out of Rock Werchter. It’s ok, we told the ticket desk he lost it while in a mosh-pit. He got back in (sorry Mom and Dad).

Day 3:
Relaxing day. All our 12% beers are now gone. Bed early.

Day 4:
At Rock Werchter they have a rule: if you pick up 20 bottles and bring them in, you get a free drink token. Well, we collected a lot that morning. By 2pm, we were ready! We made a slap bet stating that Sean could not finish all his drinks before Iron Maiden. Well, he won… but missed Iron Maiden (passed out). Video of Jord being slapped to be posted on YouTube when we get home.

So, that was Rock Werchter. Upon leaving Rock Werchter, we went to the happiest place on Earth… Amsterdam! Sean put his back out just as he was leaving the train station. Wonder where we could find something to relax those muscles?!

After a few mellow days in the dam, we headed north to Hamburg, Germany (making sure to avoid the produce… don’t worry). The following day we headed up to Copenhagen, Denmark on a very long train-boat ride… where the train actually got onto a boat.

After a couple expensive days in Copenhagen, we researched our ferry ride from Stockholm to Turku… after this, we decided to bail on going to Finland and opted to go back via night train back south… back to the happiest place on Earth… Amsterdam! First, we headed to Goteborg, Sweden, for a couple days of beach camping and relaxing. Then, back to the dam for 3 wacky nights of absinthe and memory loss, we are now on our way to Prague via one night in Berlin!

Since Norway, Finland and Poland have fallen from our itinerary due to railway work and expensive boat costs, we have added a two new countries to our list:

– Albania
– Montenegro

Both of which will be visited after Italy, via Corfu, and ending that coastal trip in Dubrovnik, Croatia before heading to Serbia.