Category Archives: Van stuff

From new friends to old

Posted on July 16, 2012 by AdrianC

Some very good friends of ours, Louis and Ana, together with their kids, Reg and Romi, have been spending every summer for years back in Ana’s homeland of Croatia. They’ve been telling us how wonderful it is, but until this … Continue reading →

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One of the best so Hvar

Posted on June 19, 2012 by EllieGee

The queue for the ferry to the island of Hvar found the van parked next to an icecream café, a good way to while away the minutes to departure. As we boarded the boat though, there was a last minute … Continue reading →

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Out on a limb

Posted on June 15, 2012 by AdrianC

Before leaving Dubrovnik, we’d managed to knock off the elusive items from our shopping list – and the tyre pump was most certainly needed, since we’ve managed to pick up a lively slow puncture on one front tyre. Sod’s law, … Continue reading →

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Onwards to Durmitor

Posted on May 29, 2012 by AdrianC

Once Kotor disappeared from view, we headed across the mountains (yes, yet again) via what looked like a simple route that cut a corner, avoiding Podgorica. The reality, of course, was slightly different – and the simple route was a … Continue reading →

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Another chapter closes

Posted on May 16, 2012 by AdrianC

After our couple of days in the mountains near Theth, our appetites were whetted for a last taste of the Accursed Mountains. There’s another road on the map, north of the Theth road, which curls along the Montenegrin border towards … Continue reading →

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The mythical road to Thethi

Posted on May 14, 2012 by EllieGee

Sometimes when a thing proves difficult to do or is in the end totally unattainable you yearn for it even more. So it was with Thethi, reputedly one of the most scenic of Albania’s remote settlements set in a deep … Continue reading →

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Albania again

Posted on May 7, 2012 by AdrianC

Our short tour around Macedonia almost over, we headed south from Tetovo towards Lake Ohrid, to cross back to Albania. The route took us through the Mavrovo National Park, meaning that, whilst we’d not spent much time in the country, … Continue reading →

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Something fishy

Posted on April 25, 2012 by AdrianC

As we entered Korça, our first impressions were less than enthusiastic. It seemed to have very few redeeming features indeed – certainly not the road surface… We found somewhere to park, conveniently right by the (modern but beautiful) Orthodox Cathedral, … Continue reading →

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In the shadow of a very active volcano

Posted on March 31, 2012 by AdrianC

We quickly settled back into the rhythms of Sicilian life. Our intention to spend a couple of days near Cefalu quickly turned into a week as we waited for a backlog of post (just minor stuff like the van’s new … Continue reading →

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Dipping into The Tell

Posted on January 30, 2012 by EllieGee

We woke to a sunny morning at our Hammamet hotel campsite, and I was greeted with pink roses picked from the gardens by the maintenance chap and by one of the cleaning ladies. The deeper we travel into Tunisia the … Continue reading →

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