First leg, Paris

The first day was tough. We were suppose to meet the teams in Dover 6:30am for the 9:15 ferry to Calais, but we didn't leave Wigginton until 5:45. Ryan was behind the wheel and he was testing the VW to it's limits. But it's alright, the car and us all made it in one piece. Minty (David) finally hooked up the external speakers to the CB so our radio is now up and running. Start of the trip mileage: 199,192 miles

From Calais it took us about 5 hrs to get to our hotel. The road is very smooth and the car is well good. I think our average speed was in the 80+ m/h zone. I took it up to 90 m/h a few times without hearing much complain from the car. At that speed, should grip the wheel very tightly. Just in case of a blow out.

After dinner in Paris, It was a wash out for me because I do not function very well with an early morning start and a 2hr sleep the night before. Minty functioned alot better than me considering he also got 2hrs of sleep. After hearing much grief from Ryan and Minty, I retired to the hotel at around 8pm, and left the two boys out clubing with the rest of the coyotes. But forget it, still only got around 3hrs of sleep! Think my body is trying to fight a flu cos I felt awful in France. Oh well, must get up for the early meeting in a service station at 8:30am. I miss my own bed... but wait, we just moved so I don't even have that anymore.

Next stop, Munich.