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…
Posts tagged Camping
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…
21. The Dory story
Steve’s daughter, Rosie, is one of those warm and lovely people that attract lots of other warm and lovely people. And then she looks after them all, so they stay in her life forever (my…
18. Oh, Vienna
At this stage in our travels, I am starting to feel the need to give back. I’d always planned to do some volunteer work as we travelled, but so far I’ve just been having an…
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…
15. Eastward, Ho!
We are off again, and this time we are heading towards Istanbul. When I say that name it conjures up mystery, noise, romance, colour, the drifting scent of spice, and Indiana Jones lurking in a…
14. Mugged by the Mistral
After leaving Mini Hollywood (see previous blog), we head off towards our next destinations – Barcelona and Figueres, mainly because I want to do some arty stuff, and see lots of Gaudi and Dali. About…
11. The land of plastic sheeting
As we drive towards Malaga in the Costa Del Sol, I am charmed by the unexpectedness of the mountains that frame the eastern horizon, topped with snow in the sparkling sunlight. There are certainly a lot…
10. Y Viva Sevilla
There is only one place to stay in Seville if you have a motorhome, and it looks like the scummiest district in town. You cross the river, after sailing past Ikea, and skirt around until…