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2024 summer road trip – Croatia and Pension Kezele

I’m back in the UK now and my last three overnight stops in Germany, Belgium and France weren’t very eventful, so this post on the journey from Sarajevo to Croatia and the glories of Pension…
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2024 summer road trip – Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Sarajevo

Although I’d done some route double-checking while in Albania, to make sure I didn’t end up stranded on a mountain pass, I normally take a serendipitous approach to navigation, i.e. keying in…
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2024 Summer Road trip – Albania

The ferry from Crete reached Piraeus at about 5:30 am – about 45 minutes earlier than scheduled. I’d set my alarm for 5:15 so had to scramble to pack up my overnight things and take…
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2024 summer road trip – Paleochora diary

I couldn’t check into my studio in Paleochora until 4, so I stopped for a coffee at the cute little village of Kandanos, half way along the steep and winding one-and-a-half hour drive from…
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2024 summer road trip – Arrival in Greece and Crete

Meg and I made an early start and bid a sad farewell to the lovely pool and surroundings at Tenuta Badessa. Half an hour later, we were at Brindisi airport to drop Meg off at the start of her…
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Road trip summer 2024 – Campania and Puglia

Meg and I had an uneventful drive down the motorway past Naples. Then we followed the signs for Bari but after a while turned off onto B roads to venture into the unknown depths of the…
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2024 summer road trip – Capena diary

When I first arrived in Capena, I wished I’d spent a few more days exploring Tarquinia, enjoying the beach and nice bars. But wasn’t long before I settled back down into Capena life, warts and…
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2024 summer road trip – Tarquinia

A mere 25 minutes after rolling off the ferry, I was driving up the steep main street of medieval Tarquinia, very happy to be back in Italy. I easily found Camere Del Re, my overnight hotel.…
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2024 summer road trip – Catalonia and the Barcelona-Rome ferry

After I left the Costa Blanca, I drove 3 hours up the motorway to Hotel Diego in Santa Bàrbara. This was a pin-in-the-map exercise in the sense that it was exactly half-way to the next night’s…
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