In Which Two People Are Inspired by a Jules Verne Adventure…
Many lifetimes ago, we took a trip. It was the benighted time at the Turn of the Century (i.e. 2001) and my Dearest Travel Companion and I undertook a journey inspired by the Jules Verne character, Phileas Fogg. Like Fogg, we sought to circumnavigate the globe – from London to London – without using airplanes. Ideally we would go – as the title of Verne’s book suggests – Around the World in Eighty Days.
The posts below are a collection of our web posts on this site during our journey and excerpts from the personal journals we kept. Since we traveled in the dark days before prevalent Wi-Fi and social media, our updates on the road were limited to whatever internet cafes we could find. Our original web postings are noted with the typewriter icon.
Interactive map with our route and shortcuts to posts
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Stockholm (Day 5)
Leaving Germany for a night train to Copenhagen and the new land connection to Sweden.
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Leaving Stockholm (Day 7)
Leaving Germany for a night train to Copenhagen and the new land connection to Sweden.
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Helsinki (Day 11)
From our hostel in Helsinki, we toured the UNESCO world heritage site of Suomenlinna.
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Helsinki (Day 12)
Last day in Helsinki before departing for Russia. Tour of the city including the Rock Church of Temppeliaukio and loads of coffee.
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St. Petersburg (Day 14)
Escaping the cold by touring the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia – a mix of art and history.
