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 […]
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 […]
Σπάρτη / Sparti, home of Spartans
The road from Kalamata to our next stop, Gytheio, took us through the town of Sparti. Well, you can’t just drive through a town like that, can you?! We didn’t […]
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 […]
Western Greece to Πελοπόννησος/the Peloponnese
Departing Lefkada was not the end of our driving for the day, however! In our desire to travel away from the eye of the coming storm, we headed south from […]
Silves
Hi all. It’s hard to believe but, three days ago, we were still in Lisbon. The reality of the coronavirus is hitting mainland Europe. When we saw Spain was about […]
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, […]
LX Factory with Sammy & Brian
7th March 2020: Always a special treat to meet up with friends from home! We spent a lovely afternoon with Sammy and Brian in the LX Factory, another rejuvenated area of […]
Tavira, the Algarve
29th January – 11th February 2020: We fell in love with the picturesque town of Tavira. It shares the same set of historical visitors as Castro Marim, is full of […]