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Re: DOWL's DRM-Free European Mega Tour
Posted: 21 Oct 2019 21:29
by OfficialDOWL
Part 32: Cabbages from Chişinău (MO) to Cluj-Napoca (RO)
Through the countryside of Moldova & Romania to the ancient city of Cluj-Napoca.
Leaving the farm on the outskirts of Chişinău.
The rain continues to fall as we leave the capital behind.
Passing through a town, the sun starts to come out from behind the clouds.
Back across the border.
The rain finally stops.
Driving passed the ruins of an ancient castle.
Mountains tower above the forest.
Looking out across the Romanian Carpathians.
Arriving in Cluj-Napoca.
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 29 Oct 2019 21:06
by OfficialDOWL
Having picked up some gearboxes from the factory I was asked to take some medical waste from the hospital, so I hooked up the second trailer and set off.
Part 33: Transmissions & Medical Waste from Cluj-Napoca (RO) to Debrecen (H)
From Romania into Hungary.
Leaving the garage in Cluj-Napoca.
Under a bridge and through the fields of Romania.
The road skirts round the edge of a forest.
We go past a small rural town.
Across the border into Hungary
Beautiful Countryside.
Arriving in Debrecen.
Lots of trees give the city a nice feel.
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 29 Oct 2019 22:24
by krigl
Great to see pictures of Romania, I really enjoyed touring there too. Very nice!
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 30 Oct 2019 21:40
by OfficialDOWL
Part 34: Plastic Bottles from Debrecen (H) to Budapest (H)
220km from Debrecen to the Ancient City of Budapest - the capital of Hungary.
Along a gravel track back onto the main road.
On the M35/E79.
Through the gentle hills & fields.
Heading into Budapest.
The Budapest skyline.
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 03 Nov 2019 18:11
by OfficialDOWL
Part 35: Metal Cans from Budapest (H) to Kielce (PL) via Banská Bystrica (SK)
500 km across Slovakia and into Poland.
On the road heading away from Budapest.
Weaving our way through the fields and into Slovakia.
Into a forest.
A hot air balloon flies over a power station.
We arrive in Banská Bystrica in the late afternoon.
Back on our way the next morning.
Over the top of a hill and into Poland.
A few hairpins coming down the other side.
Going around Kraków.
Arriving in Kielce.
At the depot after a long few days.
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 05 Nov 2019 16:41
by OfficialDOWL
Part 36: Precast Stairs from Kielce (PL) to Warszawa (PL)
200km north to the Polish capital.
Filling up with diesel at a petrol station just north of Kielce.
More fields of sunflowers.
Going through Radom to pick up some supplies.
On the motorway around Warszawa.
Past the train station in central Warszawa.
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 06 Nov 2019 14:01
by Sam!
beautiful shots again. Driving such a long truck is not for me, I try to avoid
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 07 Nov 2019 22:19
by OfficialDOWL
Sam! wrote: ↑06 Nov 2019 14:01
Driving such a long truck is not for me, I try to avoid
It'll get Longer In Finland!
Part 37: Ketchup from Warszawa (PL) to Gdańsk (PL)
450km north to the port of Gdańsk, earning €12,000.
Leaving Warszawa as the sun sets.
A fighter jet has slid off the semi trailer, an expensive mistake.
The Polish countryside at night.
Turning onto the E75/A1 at Łódź.
More fields.
Arriving in Gdańsk.
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 08 Nov 2019 15:21
by OfficialDOWL
Part 38: Plastic Rolls from Gdańsk (PL) to Калининград (Kaliningrad)(RU)
A trip into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast.
Looking over the port of Gdańsk at sunrise.
Bales stacked up in the fields.
Around Elbląg on the S7.
Fields of sunflowers stretch for many kilometres into the distance.
Entering Russia at the border checkpoint.
Roadworks to widen the 27A-002.
At the depot just south of Kaliningrad.
Re: DOWL's European Mega Tour
Posted: 08 Nov 2019 19:41
by pro_boos78011