Dogs – Just Juliet

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Sarajevo or bust – first stop Granada

I’m writing this on day two of my 2024 summer road trip with Lottie. We’re off to an inauspicious start at an Ibis hotel in a dusty corner of a…

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Birthday trip from Tavira to Vila Real de Santo António and Ayamonte

Making friends and getting the terminology right A few weeks ago, I met a new dog-owning friend who lives in Vila Real de Santo António (VRSA). Dina, a remote worker…

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