Denouement Dashboard - Euro Trip Ep. 6

Since Europe is the size of a large Australian suburb, it will be too difficult to do 'Country Summaries' every couple of days as we cross borders. Since we are doing Europe as a road trip, I'm just going to to 'week-by-week' Dashboards, that will probably encompass a couple of countries at a time. Then an overall summary at the end.

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Anyway, let's get into it:

Ep. 6: 5-11/8/23

Where We Went:

Poland: Praga (Old Warsaw), Minsk Maz
Lithuania: Kaunas
Latvia: Riga

Tracks:

Driving distance in 'Monsieur Gustave H.', our lovely Renault Scenic:

789 km

Walking:

57.3 km

Total = 846.3 km

Running Total of Eurotrip Mileage = 8,491.7 km

Expenses:

Total Expenses for the 7 Days: $2,125.98 AUD

Expense per day = $303.71 AUD/Day

Specific Transport Expenses Total: $913.04 AUD

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Running Total for all expenses on the Expedition Denouement: $94,747.36 AUD total to date + $3,444.88 of future expenses already accounted for

Travel Bingo:

I don't think I should make multiple bingo cards per week, so the running totals in Europe:

France: 15 'Influencers', 1 'Karen', 2 'Americans'
Belgium: 5 'Influencers', 1 'Khaki Queen'
Netherlands: 4 'Influencers', 2 'Americans' and 1 'They're Not Gonna Make It'
Luxembourg: 6 'Influencers'
Germany: 3 'Influencers', 2 'Americans'
Switzerland: 6 'Influencers'
Liechtenstein: 1 'American'
Poland: 2 'Influencers', 1 'Spiritual King'

An explanation of Travel Bingo is here.

Relevant Media:

Poland/Warsaw: There are a few old movies about the Warsaw uprising in 1944 which I have to get around to.
Honestly, I've got nothing for Lithuania and Latvia. I think they produce a weirdly disproportionate number of 'Strongman' competitors, but as for 'Media'....I dunno.
Actually, I just remembered! 'It's Pronounced Nikolag'

Culinary Corner by a Non-Foodie:

Polish service stations are weirdly good for snacks on a roadtrip.
The servos called 'Orlen' have strangely good coffee from their machines.
And they all will serve hotdogs. Really tasty hotdogs...
In Warsaw, some nice modern Polish food can be found at 'LAS - Lokalna Atrakcja Stolicy'.

Then again, I don't have much for Lithuania and Latvia.

Tips and Tricks:

Road travel takes longer than expected in the Baltics. The roads are single lane each way, with endless roadworks.

Recommendations:

Kaunas is a quite and very pleasant little city in Lithuania. Don't spend more than a couple of days.
And the same for Riga, it's the capital, yeah, but small and easily walkable.

Summary:

Nice little drive up the Baltics are leaving the Polskas around Warsaw.
The roads are now the worst in Europe...
It is a bit cheaper, thankfully.

Thanks for reading along.

The next weekly road trip update will come... next week.

Luke.