Day One – Wednesday It’s a long old drive from Athens to Thessaloniki – around 550km or 330 miles. There was nowhere in between that grabbed our attention, so we decided to make the journey in one day, which meant an eight hour drive along the toll roads. Setting the alarm early, we were on … Read more
Perhaps the only downside of parking for the night on a marina is that the van is exposed to the elements, so it can get very cold in the winter time with the winds blowing in off the sea. It’s OK in the night when you can snuggle under a warm winter duvet, and we … Read more
Yesterday morning we were up bright and early, and drove from Nafplion to the campsite at Drepano just 10km away. I think we got the owner up out of bed. The day was spent doing the laundry and charging up all of our gadgets and power packs, and our leisure battery is now back to … Read more
Mystras is an archaeological site close to Sparta dating back to the 13th century, and towards the end of the Byzantine period it was the second most important town after Constantinople. Today it’s a huge open air museum, famous for its Byzantine churches complete with frescoes, all overlooked by a castle at the top of the … Read more
Leaving Camping Ionian Beach late yesterday morning, we said our goodbyes to Julia and Simon, and Katherine, James and Oscar. We’ve had some good fun, so with a bit of luck our paths will cross again at some point. We drove the short distance to Katakolo, only stopping at Lidl to replenish the fridge. Katakolo … Read more
Back in 2013 we went to see the Pompeii and Herculaneum exhibition at the British Museum. Before then I had only been aware of Pompeii, but I was amazed by the artefacts on display from both sites, and added Herculaneum to my list of places to visit. The Herculaneum site is much smaller than Pompeii, … Read more
I’ve wanted to visit Pompeii ever since I was a kid at junior school, so it was great to be able to finally visit today. As the site we’re staying at is directly opposite the entrance for Pompeii, we were in there by 9:30 this morning. Not being lovers of the audio guides, we bought … Read more
On our way to Florence we made an overnight stop at Vinci, the birthplace of Leonardo. There’s a freebie municipal sosta there with services (no electricity though). We stopped on the way at a Co-op superstore to replenish the fridge, and boy did we regret it. The place was heaving and it was all a bit … Read more
After originally booking ourselves in for two days at Camping Stobrič, we quickly decided to extend our stay to seven days. It’s a well laid out site with spacious pitches and great facilities. It’s situated next to the Adriatic Sea with its own private beach, and there’s also a shop and restaurant on site. I’m … Read more
Plitvice Lakes is the largest of Croatia’s national parks which, in 1979, was added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites. We arrived in Plitvice yesterday, after driving down from Zagreb along the country lanes, and the site we’re staying on is located just outside the park. Minutes after we arrived at the campsite two … Read more