Málaga
2024年6月23日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Said goodbye to family in the UK and flew to Spain to catch up with some friends in Málaga. A great town on the Costa El Sol, we treated ourselves to some Paella (yum) and wine (more yum) beforeもっと詳しく
Ronda and Setenil
2024年6月24日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
While in Málaga, we jumped on a day tour up into the mountains to visit the beautiful towns of Ronda and Setenil. Ronda is perched on the edge of a 150m cliff with brilliant views of the countryside.もっと詳しく
Torremolinos
2024年6月25日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Next day we hopped on a train to spend the day in Torremolinos, a beautiful beachside town just south of Málaga. It's a popular place for UK and US expats and I can see why, the beaches here areもっと詳しく
Marbella
2024年6月26日〜28日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Next stop was Marbella, a lovely coastal town. Weather wasn't the best, but at least it didn't rain
旅行者Great town to ride a bike along the boardwalk by the beach and food is great, especially the seafood. Old town is very pretty, can't go inside the castle, just walk around the outside walls. Lots of nice shops, not quite as much history as other Spanish towns though. Lots of golf courses around Marbella.
Granada
2024年6月29日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
From Marbella we jumped on a bus to the city of Granada. A really nice town up in the hills known for the royal residence of Alhambra, which we'll visit in the coming days.
Alhambra
2024年7月1日, スペイン ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today we visited Alhambra, a complex of palaces, gardens and fortresses from the 8th century.
Bordeaux
2024年7月2日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We say goodbye to Spain and jump on a plane for a whirlwind tour of France. Our first stop was supposed to be Paris, but someone decided to hold the Olympics there, so we started in Bordeaux instead.もっと詳しく
La Réole
2024年7月5日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Today we hired a car and drove through the French countryside to the small medieval village of La Réole, which is in the middle of Bordeaux's wine country. Arrived in time for their Saturday morningもっと詳しく
La Rochelle & Isla de Ré
2024年7月7日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Next, we drove to the coast to visit the lovely port city of La Rochelle and the Isla de Ré, a beautiful island just off the coast connected to La Rochelle via a most impressive bridge.
La Baule
2024年7月10日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Our next destination was La Baule-Escoublac to catch up with Nicky's cousin's son. Was a great visit and got to experience more wonderful fresh vegetables from the markets...
Mont Saint-Michel
2024年7月12日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
A big tick off the bucket list was a visit to Mont Saint-Michel, the famous monetary off the coast of France. An absolutely amazing place.
Loire Valley
2024年7月14日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Our next stop was the famous Loire Valley, which is absolutely chockers with vineyards and chateaus.
More Loire Valley
2024年7月18日, フランス ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Another couple of days driving through the Loire visiting numerous tiny medieval villages and sampling a wine or two.
Palermo, Sicily
2024年7月20日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We said goodbye to France and hopped on a plane for Palermo in Sicily. Spent a day wandering around the city, which was in the middle of a heat wave, so had to drink lots of water and beer.
Trapani and Erice
2024年7月21日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We hired a car from Palermo and drove west to stay in the medieval town of Erice, perched on the top of a serious rock near the coast. A lovely town with magnificent views up and down the coastline.もっと詳しく
Valley of Temples, Agrigento
2024年7月23日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Another bucket list item bites the dust with a drive to Agrigento to see the Valley of Temples. A large collection of Greek and Roman temples that are awesome to see. Would love to see what it wasもっと詳しく
Villa Romana del Casale
2024年7月24日, イタリア ⋅ 🌩️ 32 °C
Another surprising bit of history was Villa Romana del Casale. An ancient Roman Villa with magnificent mosaics and tiles. Apparently the Villa was buried by a landslide centuries before, keeping mostもっと詳しく
Ragusa
2024年7月24日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Next stop was Ragusa, a small village in the mountains famous for it's Baroque Architecture. It's a lovely town and we took a day trip out to visit a few other mountain villages nearby.
Syracusa
2024年7月26日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Next was a quick stop at Syracusa to have a look. A pretty good sized city, but we stayed near the island of Ortigia, which was very nice. Technically it's an island, but easily accessible by a 50mもっと詳しく
Taormina
2024年7月28日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
We continued our drive around Sicilliy to the beautiful town of Taormina. The town was highly recommended and it had the advantage of being less than a kilometre from the beach... according to Googleもっと詳しく
Mount Etna
2024年7月29日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We were lucky that Mount Etna had a couple of semi-serious eruptions the weeks prior to our arrival, so we joined a day tour to climb the slopes of an active volcano. The lava fields we climbedもっと詳しく
Cefalù
2024年7月30日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Heading back to Palermo airport, we stopped for a day at Cefalù, a lovely little town on the north coast east of Palermo. A lot of Italian tourists come here as it's one of the few sandy beaches inもっと詳しく
Mykonos, Greece
2024年8月3日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
And now for something completely different... we drove to Palermo airport to catch a flight to Athens, where we met up with a good friend who will join us in the Greek Islands.
We met Linda at theもっと詳しく
More Mykonos
2024年8月4日, ギリシャ ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We had two days in Mykonos, which allowed us to see the town and spend some quality time at the beach.
