Crete to Ireland, part 3: France
On 7th June, we crossed the border via the Mont Blanc tunnel into France. Here we are arriving through the tunnel: After having our four lovely Irish passports and our […]
Crete to Ireland, part 2: Italy
It’s really time to put the pedal to the floor now, with over 1,600km ahead of us from Ancona, Italy to Cherbourg, France. After a quick pit stop in McDonald’s […]
Crete to Ireland, part 1: Greece
We finally have news that Saul’s passport is in the Irish Consular Office in Iraklio, hooray! This means we can collect it and start our journey back to Ireland. Saul’s […]
Travelling Drapanias to Agia Galini
On the road again! Today we departed Camping Mithimna and headed east along the northern coastline of Crete almost as far as Rethymnon, then turned inland. We stopped for lunch […]
Crossing the Rio-Antirrio bridge
Next step: the Peloponnese, woohoo! It has long been a dream for us (Saul & Caitríona) to return to the Peloponnese where we went on our first holiday together in 1997 […]
Portugal to Greece (part 3, arrival!)
Saul: After 1,100+ miles and two overnight boat trips, in under 87 hours, we landed in Igoumenitsa in Greece this morning and are recharging the batteries in a nearby camp […]
Portugal to Greece (part 2)
Good evening from the Golden Bridge ship at Brindisi port! We are delighted to have all the driving done and to be safely on board and headed for Greece. We […]
Portugal to Greece (part 1)
Portugal – Barcelona – Civitavecchia Hi friends, a quick update on our journey from Portugal through Spain and Italy towards Greece. Caitríona: As I type this, we are travelling down […]
Imminent lockdown: where to go?
12th March 2020: With coronavirus spreading rapidly across Europe, we are weighing up our options. Our plan had been to travel north from Lisbon to Porto, then to travel inland, […]
Driving south search of sunshine
1st December: Ypres to Andalucía; via Tours and Biarritz Following our afternoon in Ypres, and having been bitterly cold for several days, we decided to start our journey south in […]