Romantic Venice on a budget
Km: zero Trainride 1.5 hrs Weather:sunny and 35 degrees From our beloved campsite in Verona we decided to make a daytrip to Venice. Instead of driving ourselves, we decided to take the train. When you get out of the train…
Route decisions
When planning an expedition like this, you can’t decide beforehand which you route you will take exactly. This is because a lot of external factors influence your plans while being on the road. We had planned to stay about three…
Costa!
The coast of the Adriatic sea is dotted with touristy places. As we traveled along the Adriatic coast we decided to stop at Rimini. Michel had been there when he was young and remembered the white sandy beaches and gorgeous…
Romance galore!
As we placed our bets on Greece and after we headed south towards Brindisi. The heath was bearable on the highway and the car kept doing fine! We had a stop after two hours of driving to cool the engine…
With the bus on the ferry to greece!
Last night we left Brindisi by Boat on our way to Greece. A night like this on a boat is very special. They allowed us to sleep in our camper on the upper deck (which was relatively cheap) so we…
Ignition problems in Patras
On arrival in Greece we noticed that there are quite a bit of differences with the rest of Europe. For example traffic rules don’t exist, parking rules are never invented and occasionally you see a road sign in English. All…
Olympia
Olympia is one of those nice little towns tucked away in between the hills on the Peloponnesus peninsula. Normally this would be an ordinary and one of the thousands nice towns you find in Greece. But, xx years before Christ…
Nafplio
Nafplio was first a Venetian settlement, then conquered by the Turks and later it became Greece first Capital. Now what is left is a beautiful typical Greek small town, with white houses and all, surrounded by three fortresses. According to…
Nafplio citadel
The vast citadel of Nafplio stands on a 216 meter high outcrop overlooking the city. Two ways lead to the fortress. The first is for sissies and is a road you can drive by car. The second is the more…
Driving in Athens,
We decided to travel together with the ozzies we met in Nafplion to Athens. Paul, who’s family is greek had warned him not to drive into Athens and go wide around it. Rule number one of travelling is value a…
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