It is definitely possible to camp for free Europe across Europe. Free camping, dry camping, wild camping and boondocking (all of which have slightly different meanings) are terms used to describe camping somewhere other than a paid campground. In most countries in Europe you can camp for free with a…
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Cinque Terre
Flashback Friday — this is the first of a series of Friday posts about memorable events from recent travels. They are a collection of writings that didn’t quite get published while we were on the road. Our plans to visit Cinque Terre (‘Five Lands’) on the west coast of Italy…
Still Tickin’…
Things have been pretty quiet on the blog for the last couple of months. This left more than a few people wondering where we are and what we’re up to. Don’t worry. We’re alive and ticking. Things just got busier through August and September, including a bunch of visits to…
Capuchin Crypt
One of the most shocking things on our trip thus far was a visit to the crypt under the church Santa Maria della Concerzione dei Cappunccini in Rome. I’ve seen human bones before, but nothing like this. Sue and Martin had strongly suggested that we go see this atypical attraction, so…
A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum
Our 2nd day in Roma (Rome) didn’t go as planned. It was sunny and hot, very warm to be touring the monuments. From our campground outside the city we caught the bus, then train, then metro to the famous Colesseum, a 2000 year old amphitheatre, the largest in the Roman…
Crazy Driving in Southern Italy
Driving in Southern Italy is challenging and exciting. It requires me to be on my toes, constantly ready to react. It stresses Diane out. I’ve written previously about driving in Europe, but driving near Naples takes this to another level and is not for the faint of heart. Here are…
The Blue Grotto
One of the items on my Dreams List is to swim in the Blue Grotto. I saw this on a television show years ago, and it looked incredible, so I added it to my ‘bucket list’ without knowing how I might achieve it, or even where it was. So it…
Ghost Ship – Our Semi-Private Cruise
We didn’t book a private cruise, but we had the entire ship virtually to ourselves. It was a pleasant surprise, but strange nonetheless. In each room the staff stood around attentively, watching our every move in the hopes that we might need something. They outnumbered us 10 to 1. Each…
I let my guard down for just a second…
I was looking forward to seeing Athens again. I was here for 1 day only when I was 17 years old, a stop on a whirlwind educational trip to the Mediterranean that I took with my school in Grade 11. Diane and I got up early and drove from Delphi,…
Europe Phase 2 Update
We’ve reached the point in our journey where we are about as distant as we’re going to get from London, our starting place for Phase 2. The blue lines on the map below show our route for Phase 2 so far. Phase 1 is in Red. This may look like…