Author Archives: AdrianC

Cap Bon

Posted on January 25, 2012 by AdrianC

The road out of Tunis wasn’t straightforward – just getting away from the garage where we’d left the van took us round the edge of the main central market place (in full swing at 10am on a weekday, of course), … Continue reading →

Posted in Art & Culture stuff, By Country - Tunisia, Food stuff, Travel stuff | 2 Comments

In the heart of Tunis

Posted on January 21, 2012 by AdrianC

Tunis’ Medina spreads for a considerable distance in every direction – before the French colonisation, it was the entire town centre. The French new town spreads around it in a lovely regular grid pattern, but the Medina itself has nothing … Continue reading →

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A customs post

Posted on January 16, 2012 by AdrianC

One thing that made us slightly apprehensive in the run-up to arrival in Tunis was a lack of information on what hurdles you’d actually face at the port. We’ve taken a car across a couple of North African borders before, … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - Tunisia, Officialdom stuff | 2 Comments

A van made out of brick?

Posted on January 12, 2012 by AdrianC

A strange thing’s happened. We’ve just spent a week staying in one of those large and strangely immobile brick-built campervan things. What do they call ’em again? Oh, yes – a “house”… Casa Tre Sorrelle (Three Sisters) is a pleasant … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - Italy, Travel stuff | 5 Comments

A farewell to San Vito

Posted on January 12, 2012 by AdrianC

Our last couple of weeks in San Vito seemed to fly by, fortunately with a change in the prevailing wind that’d been threatening to blow us away almost since we’d arrived. Coming straight off the ocean, the campsite was a … Continue reading →

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With spanner firmly in hand

Posted on December 31, 2011 by AdrianC

One of the biggest risks of doing a trip like this is the van playing up. Choosing to do it in a vehicle that’s near-nuff a quarter of a century old was never going to minimise that risk. As the … Continue reading →

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Swings and Roundabouts (part 2)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by AdrianC

The laptop’s back! One week for the shipping materials to get from Dell to us, one week for the laptop to get to Dell in Germany. Then a couple of days for them to rebuild it with a new motherboard … Continue reading →

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Welcome to San Vito lo Capo

Posted on December 16, 2011 by AdrianC

Ever since the snow in Abruzzo, we’ve been aware of the approach of winter. Few campsites are open, and the days are short enough that there’s a real restriction on what we’ve been able to do. As a result, we’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - Italy, Personal stuff, Travel stuff | 8 Comments

Cefalu

Posted on December 16, 2011 by AdrianC

Just east of Palermo lies Cefalu – a city grown up around a cathedral, nestled snugly into the tiniest of corners of flat(ish) land between a monumental rock and the sea. The town is a maze of tiny back streets, … Continue reading →

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Swings and Roundabouts

Posted on December 5, 2011 by AdrianC

There are days when nothing goes right, and there are days when everything goes right. Saturday was the former, today seems to be the latter so far. (Well, apart from this morning’s little incident when Ellie and her bicycle were … Continue reading →

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