Running Late: A high-speed romp around Europe

Every year, thousands of young people pack a rucksack and go off for a few months of backpacking through Europe, staying at youth hostels and trying to get in as much travel and experience as their meagre budgets allow.

I never did.

Now, twenty years later, I'd make that trip.

The result is Running Late: A high-speed romp around Europe in which I set out in my 40s to do the backpacking trip I never quite managed in my 20s.

It's a fast-paced, get-away-from-it-all tour through 30 destinations in 16 countries.

· Amsterdam, The Netherlands
· Arnhem, The Netherlands
· Antwerp, Belgium
· Bruges, Belgium
· Paris, France
· Cologne, Germany
· Geneva, Switzerland
· Munich, Germany
· Regensburg, Germany
· Pilsen, Czech Republic
· Prague, Czech Republic
· Krakow, Poland
· Vienna, Austria
· Bratislava, Slovakia
· Budapest, Hungary
· Pecs, Hungary
· Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
· Dubrovnik, Croatia
· Split, Croatia
· Rome, Italy
· Genoa, Italy
· Nice, France
· Monaco
· Nimes, France
· Barcelona, Spain
· Valencia, Spain
· Seville, Spain
· Lagos, Portugal
· Cascais, Portugal
· Porto, Portugal
· Lisbon, Portugal