We had to drop Delaney off in Lille and with another 4 countries on the agenda in the interim we had a pretty epic drive ahead of us with some sightseeing on the way. We headed east back towards Italy with the plan of making it to Switzerland to camp that evening but this proved … Continue reading Five countries in five days – The final leg of our European tour
European Road Trip
A day in Venice, two hours in Florence and very happy birthday in Provence
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
Three stunning days in Slovenia
The border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia is absolute chaos so it took us a little bit of time to navigate our way through the multiple lanes of traffic but we eventually made it across. Slovenia is one of those countries requiring a vignette to drive on motorways but as it was quite expensive we … Continue reading Three stunning days in Slovenia
A run of bad luck in Serbia
With the notable exception of Romania, all of our border-crossings had passed off without a hitch until we reached the Hungarian/Serbian border where we were forced to abandon our British queuing etiquette and jostle along slowly with everyone else for two hours. This would turn out to be the opening act to a run of … Continue reading A run of bad luck in Serbia
The Rolling Stones 