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# Istanbul to Salonica (6:33) - another quite long journey, but I think with much of it along the coast of the Marmara/Aegean, it could be awesome

# Salonica to Pristina (3:37)

# Salonica to Pristina (3:37) - I think there may be an issue here, with the whole Kosovo/Serbia thing - perhaps subst. this for Nis or similar. In fact, could subst. for Skopje, and have a long drive to Belgrade. I recall that stretch to be rather scenic from what could be seen out of a very hot train. Could be quite a nice bit to do as a long section.

# Pristina to Belgrade (3:43)

# Belgrade to Budapest (3:50)

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Notably this is 15 days, so there is still some slippage time

Could remove some of the Germanicness with either flights to Zagreb (or similar), or perhaps Eurostar+IC(E) to Munich or similar (a ~12 hour train journey, but on awesome trains, so probably tolerable).

== Lmm version, 4-hour-a-day style ==

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* Saturday: drive to Strasbourg

* Sunday: last stretch back to london

== Smith version (drive to Istanbul and fly back (all day numbers are +1)) ==

# Assemble in London

# Drive from London to Strasburg (c. 8.5h) [Alternative: Drive from London to Reims (c. 5h), spend rest of day in Reims]

# Spend day in Strasburg [Alternative: Drive from Reims to Strasburg (c. 3h), spend rest of day in Strasburg]

# Drive from Strasburg to Ljubljana (c. 8.5h) [Alternative: Drive from Strasburg to Munich (c. 3.5h), spend rest of day in Munich]

# Spend day in Ljubljana [Alternative: Drive from Munich to Ljubljana (c. 4.5h), spend rest of day in Ljubljana]

# Drive from Ljubljana to Zagreb (c. 2h), spend rest of day in Zagreb

# Drive from Zagreb to Sarajevo (c. 5h), possibly with detour to Banja Luka

# Spend day in Sarajevo

# Drive from Sarajevo to Podgorica via Mostar (c. 2h to Mostar, c. 5h to Podgorica, plus seeing-Mostar time)

# Spend day in Podgorica

# Drive from Podgorica to Tirane (c. 2.5h), spend rest of day in Tirane

# Drive from Tirane to Skopje (c. 4.5h)

# Spend day in Skopje

# Drive from Skopje to Pristina (c. 1.5h), see a bit of Pristina, drive to Sofia (c. 4h)

# Spend day in Sofia (game)

# Drive from Sofia to Istanbul (c. 6.5h)

# Spend day in Istanbul, fly home in the evening

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 # Istanbul to Salonica (6:33) - another quite long journey, but I think with much of it along the coast of the Marmara/Aegean, it could be awesome
-# Salonica to Pristina (3:37)
+# Salonica to Pristina (3:37) - I think there may be an issue here, with the whole Kosovo/Serbia thing - perhaps subst. this for Nis or similar.  In fact, could subst. for Skopje, and have a long drive to Belgrade.  I recall that stretch to be rather scenic from what could be seen out of a very hot train.  Could be quite a nice bit to do as a long section.
 # Pristina to Belgrade (3:43)
 # Belgrade to Budapest (3:50)
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 Notably this is 15 days, so there is still some slippage time
+Could remove some of the Germanicness with either flights to Zagreb (or similar), or perhaps Eurostar+IC(E) to Munich or similar (a ~12 hour train journey, but on awesome trains, so probably tolerable).
 == Lmm version, 4-hour-a-day style ==
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 * Saturday: drive to Strasbourg
 * Sunday: last stretch back to london
+== Smith version (drive to Istanbul and fly back (all day numbers are +1)) ==
+# Assemble in London
+# Drive from London to Strasburg (c. 8.5h) [Alternative: Drive from London to Reims (c. 5h), spend rest of day in Reims]
+# Spend day in Strasburg [Alternative: Drive from Reims to Strasburg (c. 3h), spend rest of day in Strasburg]
+# Drive from Strasburg to Ljubljana (c. 8.5h) [Alternative: Drive from Strasburg to Munich (c. 3.5h), spend rest of day in Munich]
+# Spend day in Ljubljana [Alternative: Drive from Munich to Ljubljana (c. 4.5h), spend rest of day in Ljubljana]
+# Drive from Ljubljana to Zagreb (c. 2h), spend rest of day in Zagreb
+# Drive from Zagreb to Sarajevo (c. 5h), possibly with detour to Banja Luka
+# Spend day in Sarajevo
+# Drive from Sarajevo to Podgorica via Mostar (c. 2h to Mostar, c. 5h to Podgorica, plus seeing-Mostar time)
+# Spend day in Podgorica
+# Drive from Podgorica to Tirane (c. 2.5h), spend rest of day in Tirane
+# Drive from Tirane to Skopje (c. 4.5h)
+# Spend day in Skopje
+# Drive from Skopje to Pristina (c. 1.5h), see a bit of Pristina, drive to Sofia (c. 4h)
+# Spend day in Sofia (game)
+# Drive from Sofia to Istanbul (c. 6.5h)
+# Spend day in Istanbul, fly home in the evening