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…
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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 – 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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Summer 2024 road trip – Altea and the Costa Blanca
Altea was a scenic 4 hour drive from Granada. You approach the town through the outskirts of Benidorm with its ugly high rises and scruffy highway of storefronts catering to…
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