Thus far our route had made some vague sense despite covering an ambitious amount of ground in a short period of time. Over the next few days all common sense went out the window as we had a date to keep in the south of France. Caro’s mum was celebrating a milestone birthday and, unbeknownst … Continue reading A day in Venice, two hours in Florence and very happy birthday in Provence
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Castles and gorges in Slovakia, a slight hiccup at the Romanian border and an impromptu overnight stay in Hungary
Due to the miserable weather in Zakopane, we carried on south through to the Slovakian side of Tatras Mountains where, predictably, it was still fairly miserable but the scenery that we could see was really dramatic and what would have been a damp and unpleasant hike was in fact a lovely drive. As we progressed … Continue reading Castles and gorges in Slovakia, a slight hiccup at the Romanian border and an impromptu overnight stay in Hungary
Our fleeting impressions of Poland
Almost the very first thing that we saw when we arrived in Poland was this: So, we were off to an awesome start and we continued to enjoy our brief foray in to the country. It was late afternoon when we crossed the border and after our earlier walk we were really just looking for … Continue reading Our fleeting impressions of Poland
Three days in the Czech Republic
Disclaimer: We have not included all of the diacritical marks in place names because our computer recognises some of them but will not allow us, for example, to put an umlaut over a consonant. We've tried our best to add them from Google but may have missed some. On the plus side, this has given … Continue reading Three days in the Czech Republic
The start of our European tour
Once we had made our decision to explore Europe, we needed to find a campervan, our preferred mode of travel. This turned out to be a fairly challenging undertaking at the last minute in summer but James was persistent and finally tracked one down. This large hurdle crossed, it was pretty straight forward organising ourselves. … Continue reading The start of our European tour
The Rolling Stones 