I know I should complain now about how exhausted we are, having read roadbooks and studied maps for 2 days, while trying to avoid stumbling over families having a picnic or sleeping in the aisles and in the stairwells.

I’ll be honest though and admit that we had a great time, sleeping in the sun, eating delicious seafood and pizzas, and drinking … (insert your favorite drink here, no bar on earth is better equipped than a ship full of Budapest-Bamako participants), repeated in endless circles.

The serious part of the trip is starting tomorrow, today it’s still vacation time.