A day in Xativa with Vicki
25 de maio de 2024, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
South of Valencia we caught up with Christchurch friend Vicki Johnson
Checked out the local Castle, dates back several hundred years BC
Interesting to learn that Valencian’s speak a unique dialectLeia mais
Begur, Spain
26 de maio de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Home Exchange Apartment with Pool (Communal for 11 homes)
A Day exploring the beaches of the Costa Brava
Scary seeing where some the houses are being built on the edge of cliffs
Hanging out withLeia mais
Girona Day Trip
29 de maio de 2024, Espanha ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Day Trip to Girona -
Oliver Tours found narrow streets in the old town (trying to find a park)
Doskiwis Brewing - Produce a wonderful array of beers - Hops from New Zealand
Started by two kiwis -Leia mais
Marignane, near Marseille
30 de maio de 2024, França ⋅ 🌬 25 °C
Leaving Begur was eventful. A major crash on the motorway had everyone diverted to nowhere - anywhere . Nobody indicating where to go and the GPS was useless - there are unsealed farm roads - noLeia mais
Aix en Provence
31 de maio de 2024, França ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Busy tourist wise.
Lovely buildings - very clean city and well thought out
We chose to go on a city tour with an electric train much easier than driving ourselves.
Marseille
1 de junho de 2024, França ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Impressive Cathedrals -
With the hundreds of Tourists it reminded us of Le Mont -St Michel on a previous holiday.
9 Million inhabitants and loads of cars and trucks on the motorways surrounding itLeia mais
La Spezia, Italy
2 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After 6 years we returned to a wonderful BnB in La Spezia .
Piero - the landlord had even bought us bus tickets to go to Portovenere - down the road from where we were staying .It is notLeia mais
Lucca, Italy
5 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
On the wish list to visit - so as we were heading to Tuscany stopped off to have a walk around and of course some lunch.
Could have spent a lot more time there - Gerald was pleased to see Puccini atLeia mais
Hu Camping Village in Tuscany, Italy
5 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Norcenni Girasole Village - in the Tuscan countryside -
2006, with Mel, 2018 and again 2024 - Wonderful place for a break - Pools, restaurants,
There were numerous groups like a few hundred ebikers,Leia mais
Greve in Chianti, Italy
8 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Short distance from the camping village we explored the sights and tastes of the Chianti area.
On The Road To Rome, Italy
9 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Tuscany to Rome -
Our Peugeot decided to play up and on the navigation panel it suggested we get to a service garage asap - Unfortunately it was Sunday morning and it is Italy - nothing open.Leia mais
Hu Camping Pini - Fiano Romano,
9 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Fiano Romano north of Rome
The Hu Camping Village was very empty and quiet the rush comes in July
Roma at Night
14 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Decided to go on a Rome by Night Tour -
A great guide very knowledgeable - Having seen these sights previously it was interesting to see them in a different light - So many people.
Bastia, Umbria Between Puglia & Assisi
14 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Getting out of Fiano Romano wasn’t simple the GPS had us heading back into Rome to get on the Ring road to head north.
Slight detour to check out Orvieto - Another lovely Tuscan hillside villageLeia mais
San Clemente
16 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
One of our favourite spots in Italy. We stayed with Ana again - 6 years on and we just picked up like old friends.
Out one side of the house is fields of olive trees and vineyards on the other.Leia mais
Ancona Italy, to Split Croatia
19–20 de jun. 2024, Itália ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Overnight ferry From Ancona in Italy to Split in Croatia.
Slow uneventful smooth crossing -
Split - Croatia
20 de junho de 2024, Croácia ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C
When in Croatia - eat seafood. This was a meal Gerald had (not Pauline!)
Walked around the old town seeing the various sights
Diocletians Palace, St Domnius Cathedral, Markets
Day trip out to theLeia mais
Dubrovnik
23 de junho de 2024 ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Dubrovnik - Spectacular trip into Dubrovnik - Loved all the various architecture of the engineering of the bridges
Picked up Helene & Cameron from Airport and started our gastronomic 4 days togetherLeia mais
Dubrovnik continued
24–27 de jun. 2024, Itália ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
A few more pics from our time with Helene and Cameron - Great to catch up and enjoy the sights and tastes of Dubrovnik.
Zadar, Croatia
27 de junho de 2024, Itália ⋅ 🌩️ 30 °C
Zadar - We used these few days to prepare ourselves for the sailing - Finding Home Exchange was difficult in Croatia so we chose Booking.com and were delighted with the apartment -
#Funkytours was aLeia mais
#FunkyTours - Kornati National Park
29 de jun.–2 de jul. 2024, Croácia ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Welcome Aboard - “What Else” (The name of the catermaran)
Sailing for a few day around the Kornati National Park
First night stopped at an island that had 2 restaurants - all generator run andLeia mais
Sailing in the Adriatic Sea
1–2 de jul. 2024, Croácia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
The photos show it al - Beautiful weather, great company fellow passengers and crew -
Good food provided by company - Well done FunkyTours
Trieste, Pula & Rovinj
3–5 de jul. 2024, Itália ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Leaving the sailing and Croatia behind we drove north west to Trietse.
My Dad Bob had been there at the end of the war - wish I had remembered more info from him.
We spent a day checking out theLeia mais
Slovenia
5–7 de jul. 2024, Eslovênia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Heading to Slovenia on a beautiful July morning. By the time we reached Lake Bled -the town was heaving with tourists and vehicles - no where to park so we took the obligatory photo of Lake Bled andLeia mais
Back into Italy with Home exchange
7 de julho de 2024, Itália ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
As most of our trip was planned months ago it was some last minute organising of somewhere not too far to drive and a place we could experience living like the locals.
On the way to Castelnova ne’Leia mais















































































































































































































































































































































































Great views. Lots of driving. Nice places to stay- might be a little more comfortable than a tent. Looks hot enough to check out the beach there- some good cycle lanes in that city too. [Ann & Michael Hutchi]
Viajante
Wow….great design
Good to see you are still enjoying every day. [Julia]