I wasn’t sure what to expect from Greece: my vision of it having been formed by films like Shirley Valentine, and posters of Santorini. So the reality is somewhat to the left of centre as regards…
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26. The good, the bad and the vomity
Since we sauntered into the Czech Republic all those months ago, we’ve got very used to being offered a choice of pizza or schnitzel pretty much everywhere we’ve been. The schnitzel wins hands down; beaten…
25. Feeding mozzies and finding Heaven
As my friends and regular readers know, my grasp of geography is absolute rubbish. So as we cross from Hungary into Croatia, I have no idea what to expect. I know Dubrovnik is further south…
24. Filling out, filling in
There’s good toothache and there’s bad toothache, right? The good kind is just a dull ache – enough to induce the weirdly enjoyable need to constantly press on it, whilst not exactly being a throbbing…
23. Festivals, fireworks and the Hand of the King
Campsites have a difficult time out of season. Most close altogether, transmuting into strange little glamping-pod ghost towns. Others diversify and let out the space to groups and organisations. Several times we’ve been told we…
20. Angloville 2: my lovely wife
It is time for our second bash at volunteering with Angloville, the English immersion course that we came across in Slovakia (read the full story here). This one takes place in southern Poland, which is…
19. Angloville 1: the dumpling days
Angloville is a company that runs immersive courses in English, specifically for people who have a goodish grasp of the language, but need to improve their confidence, fluency or pronunciation. So you spend several days…
17. Bohemian Rhapsody
We arrive at a lovely campsite, just on the edge of the village of Chvalsiny (Pronunciation: make the sound of someone clearing a hefty wedge of phlegm from your throat, whilst being punched in the gut. Followed…
16. What do you mean, you’ve got no brakes?
There are things one never wants to hear when travelling with a seven ton vehicle like Georgie: – ‘I’m stuck’, is not great; ‘I left the sewerage tap open’, is worse; and ‘I’ve lost your car…