Stansted to Spain
20 июля 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Bus X 2 to Stansted Holiday Inn near the Airport. The restaurant offered three meals or pizza - so we went across the road to the M&S at the servo and bought some delicious food! After an early alarmЧитать далее
Las Fuentes 1
21 июля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Our first few days in Yvonne’s apartment - work, beaches and dinners - unwinding and enjoying our new norm.
Las Fuentes 2
22 июля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Started running again C25K - getting into a rhythm of waking, coffee, run, work until 2pm, lunch, beach, shower, chill time then dinner - either in or out.
More Spain and Market
22 июля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Playing catch-up with photos from our week in Spain!
From Las Fuentes to Barcelona
30 июля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After 9 nights at Yvonne’s place in Spain we cleaned 🧹 up, washed all sheets and towels and were picked up by Mark the driver who took us to Benicarlo Train station. The tickets cost only 13€Читать далее
Our final days in Las Fuentes
30 июля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Beautiful sunrise, mostly good food and great weather.
So what I’ve learnt about Spain from our week in Spain -
1. The sun rises and sets really late! (7:30am - 10pm)
2. Nobody gets out and aboutЧитать далее
Barcelona Departure
31 июля 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After a 2am wake-up we caught another crazy but friendly taxi to terminal 1 Barcelona Airport only to find we couldn’t drop our bags yet.
By 3:30 we were through a very quiet security as we are theЧитать далее
Croatia and Montenegro Arrival
31 июля 2023 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
After a fairly uneventful flight which left an hour late we landed only 30 minutes late.
We sailed through the airport because there was no passport control 😳 and our bags came out reallyЧитать далее
Hotel Edelweiss - that view
31 июля 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We were shown to our room on the top floor - and wow - the best view in Sveti Stefan - we are at the highest point in the whole town! We headed down 1000s steps to the beach which was certainly packedЧитать далее
Birds and Beach
31 июля 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We are so high up that the little birds come and rest on the balcony. They are after crumbs from our breakfast!
After a couple of hours work with some unstable wifi we headed to the pebble beach. ItЧитать далее
A change in the weather
1 августа 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today we woke up to very dark clouds followed by some serious rain. It wa a the perfect excuse to stay in and do lots of work. By lunchtime it had cleared so we headed to our favourite restaurant forЧитать далее
From Sv Stefan to Kotor
3 августа 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Well we thought Sveti Stefan was amazing - but Kotor Old Town is the winner. Our apartment is inside the Old Town Walls next to the Clock Tower. I am blown away with the location. We open the windowsЧитать далее
The early bird catches the worm
4 августа 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
We got up early at 5am to start our walk up Kotor Ladder to the fortress and used this time to take in the Old Town before the crowds arrived. It was lovely!
Old Town Kotor at Dawn
4 августа 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ 🌩️ 20 °C
Up at 5am to walk up to St John’s Fortress - Old Town was beautiful at dawn with no tourists at all. This UNESCO world heritage site dates back to 168 BC when it was founded by the Roman’s. ThisЧитать далее
Walk up to St John’s Fortress
4 августа 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ 🌩️ 20 °C
Yesterday the alarm went off at 5am and we headed off through Kotor Old Town, up Kotor Ladder which was a steep 1,200m and over 1,350 steps to St John’s Fortress / San Giovanni. The views over KotorЧитать далее
Boka Bay Boat Trip
4 августа 2023 г., Черногория
Yesterday we took a boat ride out into Boka Bay.
First we went past Perast, a beautiful old town, then we stopped off at the Lady Of The Rock island. This is an artificial island created by bulwark ofЧитать далее
Apartment Castello
7 августа 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We moved apartments to yet another beautiful view!
Near Boka Bay it was just lovely. Yesterday we took a walk and had an amazing fresh salad and coffee:
My 55th Birthday
9 августа 2023 г., Черногория ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Up bright and early - coffee and a relax then we headed to 99 for breakfast. I had French toast with ham and cheese - with a lovely coffee ☕️ . It was so relaxing. I wore one of my two new rings -Читать далее
Goodbye Kotor Hello Dubrovnik
10 августа 2023 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Danilo picked us up and we had a fairly good drive to the border- shooting to cross at the little border not the big one. There was no queue at all.
Arrived at the new apartment early and theyЧитать далее
Boat trip out to the Caves
12 августа 2023 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We took a 4 hr trip on AWOL -
The first stop were three caves - I went in the first large one - but there were SO MANY PEOPLE that I swam back and chilled on the boat. The other two caves involvesЧитать далее
The City Walls
12 августа 2023 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Up bright and early and walked down the hill to make the almost 2km walk along the city walls.
The views were amazing.
We stopped along the way at a cafe for coffee, and then a FaceTime with Zoe.
WeЧитать далее
Last night in Dubrovnik
12 августа 2023 г., Хорватия ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
After our usual 1km walk from Zoom Zoom Apartments to Old Town, we headed to the infamous Lady Pipi restaurant. We got there around 6:20pm - but were prepared to wait as they don’t take anyЧитать далее
A week back in Spain
13 августа 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We arrived back in Spain for our second stay at Yvonne’s place in Las Fuentes.
It was a week of work all day until
3pm then a few hours relaxation at the beach each day.
Add a visit to the localЧитать далее
Back in the UK
23 августа 2023 г., Испания ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We had a great flight back to Stansted and were so lucky to get a free lift back to Yvonne’s with Ian and Kelly who were in the apartment below us and driving to Swindon.
We have been working hardЧитать далее
Blenheim Palace and BBQs
27 августа 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Day off today spent with Mark , Maria Maddie and Sam. (Plus Josh & Emily later on). The weather was cooler and changeable but we had a great time visiting Blenheim Palace grounds, I especially likedЧитать далее














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































