As if we haven’t had enough of pizza, William had requested that we return to Pisa for pizza (almost works). We were in Pisa a couple of years ago, but Will was too young to climb the tower and he really wanted to go back, so one of the wonderful things about this trip is …
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the italian job…scene three
The B52s said ‘rome (1) if you want to’…so we did! Oh man….what a city… Leaving the gorgeous Amalfi behind us, we headed up the coast with a one night stop over in a terribly expensive, massively busy Italian camping village, and a few nights in the absolutely lovely Abruzzo National Park. We stayed in …
the italian job…scene two….
So….we left Bari and headed across Italy to the west coast, with a small town called Paestum in the sat nav. It was highway all the way to make up our miles but still through some picturesque countryside with towns perched high on the hills. We knew we could only be in Italy when we …
the italian job – scene one…..
So what can top a month in Croatia? A month in Italy perhaps? Although we had been to Tuscany before, spending Easter in Florence a few years ago, nothing prepared us for the feast that is the history, scenery and gastronomy of Italia. The time flew – it honestly felt like two weeks and not …
the final croatian chroncicle…..
Our final week in Croatia was spent in the nether regions, exploring Dubrovnik and the Pelješac Peninsula, along with just a few more islands in Southern Dalmatia. As we rejoined the mainland and headed south from Brač, we had a brief stop over in Zaostrog, a long narrow shingle beach with astonishing sunsets, but …
croatia….split in the middle
Croatia is split into the north and the south by the lovely city of Split….clever weren’t they, those city naming folk…..and it was here that we headed to after leaving the island of Pag. We tracked down the coast expecting more of the same gorgeous Adriatic views, but were slightly disappointed to find lower end …
…a bit more cheese and a touch more torrential rain…..
After leaving Krk, we headed south down the Dalmatian coast, hugging the hillside with its steep rocky drops into the sea, where only the cars parked on the side of the road and a slight indent into the trees hinted there would be access to the sea below. At times the coast road was slightly …
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blown away by croatia…..literally….
We didn’t really know what to expect of Croatia, but we had an inkling we might like it so we gave it four weeks in our travel plan –boy oh boy are we pleased we did. We fell head over heels in love with this unassuming country, where the dramatic rocky coastline is met by the …
time flies….so do the miles…..and the smiles…
Wow…what a blast this last month has been – I don’t know where time has gone. We have just had an amazing four weeks in the absolutely gorgeous Croatia, island hopping our way from top to bottom…and will have to write these up in installments. I am so far behind on blogs ….sorry about that…but …
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on your bike….balaton
I know we said we loved Budapest – but on departure from Szentendre, one missed turn on the satnav saw us plough head long into Central Budapest, traffic and all. I loved having one last look at the beautiful buildings – though the commentary from the driver was slightly different to that on the tourist …
The Winding Road 