In a very short while – not that short, but getting closer – I will be boarding a series of planes to take me from this small island to the other side of the planet. I have been doing a lot of research, from books and on-line, text and photo, studied languages and maps to get this far.

I’ll be landing in Frankfurt, but it’s not Germany that will take my time. I’ll head off to catch a train from Berlin to Poznan to begin the first of the 5 countries that I plan to travel through.

I will certainly be taking pictures along the way, rather than resorting to linking to other peoples’ photos. If given time and network access, some of them may be posted here while I am still traveling. No guarantees, though. I may be left with a huge pile to sort through at the end, some of which may land here, either as a trickle or a flood. In any case, it may be better to watch facebook and twitter to see what’s happening along the way¹.

¹ I may or may not update Cedric’s twitter. He’s currently neither followed nor following anyone. It’ll depend a lot on whether I can get relatively cheap mobile phone access when I’m over there.