Having stayed in Budapest a little longer than anticipated (no complaints, beautiful city), it has given me the chance to do a little research on the next leg of the journey. Initially I had planned on continuing to follow the Danube down to Belgrade and then cross the Balkans to north Greece. Reading the various descriptions of the proposed route it has become clear that there seems to be little advantage in going that route. Several reasons for this including mountainous totpography, little by way of scenic value, no camp sites and wild camping prohibited in Croatia and Serbia due to land mines. Didnt fancy Romania (well who would!) so have decided to back track a bit so tomorrow I finally leave here and head to Venice by train. Italy is probably my favourite European country so I'm unashamedly going to see Venice and cycle through Verona, Florence and down the Adriatic to Brindisi and hop on a ferry to Greece and make my way across Greece. Now at this point I could use some help. If anyone knows of a ferry service from Greece or Cypress to Egypt, Jordan, Israel or Lebanon could you kindly advise. I can't find anything, but before I hit Turkey I would love to travel through those countries and it looks like the Turkey-Syria border may not be too welcoming at this time.
So why Italy? well the culture, scenery, cuisine what else. Yes, it is a little self indulgent but seems to me to be a far preferred option than my original intentions. So I have a 13 hour train ride through Austria changing at Vienna and Interlaken before arriving in Venice the following afternoon.
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