Stansted to Spain
20 Temmuz 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 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 alarmOkumaya devam et
Las Fuentes 1
21 Temmuz 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Our first few days in Yvonne’s apartment - work, beaches and dinners - unwinding and enjoying our new norm.
Las Fuentes 2
22 Temmuz 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 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 Temmuz 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Playing catch-up with photos from our week in Spain!
From Las Fuentes to Barcelona
30 Temmuz 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 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€Okumaya devam et
Our final days in Las Fuentes
30 Temmuz 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 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 aboutOkumaya devam et
Barcelona Departure
31 Temmuz 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 theOkumaya devam et
Croatia and Montenegro Arrival
31 Temmuz 2023, Hırvatistan ⋅ ☁️ 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 reallyOkumaya devam et
Hotel Edelweiss - that view
31 Temmuz 2023, Karadağ ⋅ ☀️ 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 packedOkumaya devam et
Birds and Beach
31 Temmuz 2023, Karadağ ⋅ ☁️ 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. ItOkumaya devam et
A change in the weather
1 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ ⋅ ☀️ 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 forOkumaya devam et
From Sv Stefan to Kotor
3 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ ⋅ ☀️ 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 windowsOkumaya devam et
The early bird catches the worm
4 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ ⋅ 🌙 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 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ ⋅ 🌩️ 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. ThisOkumaya devam et
Walk up to St John’s Fortress
4 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ ⋅ 🌩️ 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 KotorOkumaya devam et
Boka Bay Boat Trip
4 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ
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 ofOkumaya devam et
Apartment Castello
7 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ ⋅ ⛅ 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 Ağustos 2023, Karadağ ⋅ ☀️ 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 -Okumaya devam et
Goodbye Kotor Hello Dubrovnik
10 Ağustos 2023, Hırvatistan ⋅ ☀️ 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 theyOkumaya devam et
Boat trip out to the Caves
12 Ağustos 2023, Hırvatistan ⋅ ☀️ 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 involvesOkumaya devam et
The City Walls
12 Ağustos 2023, Hırvatistan ⋅ ☀️ 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.
WeOkumaya devam et
Last night in Dubrovnik
12 Ağustos 2023, Hırvatistan ⋅ ☀️ 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 anyOkumaya devam et
A week back in Spain
13 Ağustos 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 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 localOkumaya devam et
Back in the UK
23 Ağustos 2023, Ispanya ⋅ ☀️ 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 hardOkumaya devam et
Blenheim Palace and BBQs
27 Ağustos 2023, İngiltere ⋅ ☁️ 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 likedOkumaya devam et














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































