14 Comments I sit here writing our last post from Greece, as tomorrow we head off across the border to Turkey. Its been a real dilemma this […]
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8 Comments We are sitting at the top of the Halkidiki Peninsula. Often referred to as “Poseidon’s trident” which consists of three smaller peninsulas: Kassandra, Sithonia, and […]
Wild Camping on Secluded Beaches, Halkidiki
6 Comments En-route to the Greek border we stop for breakfast at Sandanski, our final stop in Bulgaria. A small town were residents make much of the […]
Repairs, Spares & Green Card To Turkey, Thessaloniki
15 Comments As we made our way through the winding roads deep into the mountains our cell service dropped; we knew we were in for a treat. […]
The Bulgarian Mountains & Beautiful Brown Bears
10 Comments Time to say cheerio to Ivan, cough up €30 (3 days) and head to 100km to our next stopping point, Rila Monastery. But not before […]
The Spiritual and Social Life of Medieval Bulgaria, Rila
1 Comment Once through the Bulgarian border control we headed straight to Ivan’s pad in Sofia. Its a couple of years since we stayed here and the […]
Triangle of Religious Tolerance, Sofia
12 Comments Seven o’clock on a Sunday morning and there is an air of excitement. People are out in the streets again, shops are open and the […]
The Longest Passport Control Queue In Europe
8 Comments We eat breakfast and sip coffee in the car park of Studenica before we enter Serbia’s most beautiful monastery. We enter via the gate in […]
The Most Imposing Serbian Site, Maglic
8 Comments After a night of storms and wild dogs fighting over scraps, we wake rather bogged eyed and cranky. It is 5.30 am and lorries hurtle […]
Disappearing Roads & Catching Snakes, Studenica
14 Comments Early morning, we feed the station chickens and then set off for Zlatibor. Within ten minutes, the sunshine disappears and the rains returns. Poor Vin […]
A Landmine of Cow Pats as we Hug the Kosovo ...
4 Comments Today, we are taking a historical train journey, the Sargan Eight Line from Mokra Gora to Sargan Vitasi. Our initial plans to catch the 10 […]
A Serbian Cultural Train Journey, Mokra Gora
6 Comments Normally, our motorhome summers are filled with endless days of sunshine, pining for a cool ocean breeze. Rarely do I count the days of rain […]
Floods, Lakes and Bears, Tara Mountains
11 Comments A rather late start but then again, we did have a late night. Yesterday we parked up and had a walk around Openac park. We […]
Mosaic Mausoleum to Make Shift Motors, Bajina Basta
9 Comments The blue skies of yesterday are gone and we wake to a rather grey and dismal sky. The thunderstorms in the night have cleared the […]
From Flea Markets To Monasteries, Topola
9 Comments We pack up and prepare Vin for the last time before crossing the border to Serbia. Croatia has been quite different than we expected. A […]
Venturing Over to Serbia, Novi Sad
8 Comments We wake at sunrise and sip coffee as we listen to the dawn chorus. On the river bank, a little bird with a red crown […]
Sunset & a Spot of Fishing on the Danube, Ilok
8 Comments On a lovely bright, warm summer’s morning (no rain, whoopee) I wake to the smell of fresh percolated coffee. Craig is already up and planning […]
The Scars of the Siege, Vukovar
4 Comments The following day, the weather remains unchanged. We utilise our time by cleaning and making Vin nice and clean. Clean bedding, clean towels, clean everything. […]
The Twin Towers of St Peters, Dakovo
4 Comments We wake to torrential rain, it bounces on the tin motorhome roof like gun fire. Its mighty windy, furthermore gusts fling open our door when […]
One Of The Deadliest Concentration Camps WWII, Jasenovac
10 Comments After a breakfast of bananas, yogurt, chopped nuts, cranberries and a sprinkle of granola we are back on the road. The weather is still rather […]
Medieval Village with Storks, Storms & Pigs, Lonjsko Polje
15 Comments It’s eight o’clock in the morning and the first streaks of lightening flash across the sky as we drive along the narrow roads to Sinj. […]
Exploring Croatia Beyond the Coastline, Plitvice Lakes
14 Comments Have you ever missed the wrong junction and thought, dam! Only to then wander in to the most amazing place and think, thank god I […]
The Ruins & Memories of Ancient Solona
14 Comments We wake to more storm clouds and decide it will be a good day to travel to our next destination, Split. On our way to […]
A Cause for Celebration, Split
15 Comments Trogir, is 40 miles from Krka national park, if you use the motorway. However, we chose the slightly longer route via the D8, a wide, […]