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Photo Diary- La Sagrada Familia
A sneak peak inside the famous La Sagrada Familia, a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. C
May 16, 20171 min read


The Gibraltar Guide
Driving to Gibraltar- You can of course take a guided tour, but if like us you are in the middle of a road trip the drive from Costa Del...
May 4, 20174 min read


France | Mont Saint Michel & Saint Malo
Apr 18th- 20th Leaving Andorra behind, we had a 5 hour journey in front of us to Bordeaux. It actually didn't seem such a long journey...
Apr 18, 20173 min read


Andorra | And Another Country
Hello Andorra, my 50th country! We would be making our way back to our end point of St Malo, there were a few routes we could take, one...
Apr 18, 20171 min read


Spain | 24 hours In Catalunya
April 17th and 18th Up early and out of Valencia for our shortest drive of the trip to Barcelona at 353 km (3 and half hours). We had...
Apr 17, 20173 min read


Spain | Granada To Valencia
It was Easter Sunday, we had exchanged our cards and gifts yesterday and in the morning it was time to wave my family off to the airport,...
Apr 16, 20172 min read


Gibraltar | Monkeying Around
During this whole Brexit saga, we decided to visit Gibraltar, which although geographically borders Spain, is in fact a British Overseas...
Apr 15, 20173 min read


Spain | My Gran Turns 80!
April 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th The time had finally came, we were making progress down to the Costa Del Sol, we just had to find our Airbnb...
Apr 13, 20172 min read


Spain | A Quick Stop In Seville & A Trip To Ronda
A quick stop in Seville to see the famous Alcazar and Bull ring, a drive from Madrid to Costa Del Sol
Apr 13, 20173 min read


Photo Diary | Seville In 21 Photos
With no time scheduled in on our Spanish road trip to visit Seville we almost never went, but how could we miss it out? We weren't there...
Apr 13, 20171 min read


Spain | Segovia To Madrid
April 12th and 13th. Leaving Bilbao we headed to Segovia, which was a small detour on our way to Madrid, the drive to Segovia was over 3...
Apr 12, 20173 min read


Basque Country | San Sebastián, Gaztelugatxe, Bilbao
April 11th and 12th. A quick pit stop to the supermarche to pick up some jambon and stacks of water for the trip. This was to be the...
Apr 11, 20173 min read


Leaving For Another European Road Trip
My amazing Gran- the one who looked after me before and after nursery for years then whose house I went to after school every day, whilst...
Apr 10, 20172 min read


Munich and Neuschwanstein
Day 13, 14 and 15 It took us just under 2 hours to drive from Salzburg to Munich, where we checked back into the same Ibis at...
Dec 1, 20164 min read


Lake Königssee
Day 13 Only a 25km drive out of Salzburg and on the German- Austrian border, we went to visit Berchtagaden and Lake Königssee. On the way...
Dec 1, 20161 min read


Vienna and Salzburg
Day 12 and 13 We left Hungary in the morning and drove a nice short 2 and half hour drive to Vienna. Upon entering Austria by vehicle you...
Nov 30, 20163 min read


Photo Diary- 48 Hours in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the hilly Buda district with flat...
Nov 27, 20161 min read


Budapest
Days 9, 10, 11 We set off from Krakow early morning as we had a long drive ahead of us to Hungary via Slovakia, around 395km away. The...
Nov 27, 20165 min read


Photo Diary- Auschwitz- Birkenau
There's no sugar coating this post. Auschwitz, the largest Nazi German concentration camp and death camp where in the years 1940- 1945...
Nov 25, 20161 min read


Krakow and Auschwitz
Day 7, 8 The drive to Krakow from Berlin would be our longest drive at 600km and over 6 hours. Just after setting off there were road...
Nov 25, 20164 min read


Dresden and Berlin
Days 4, 5, 6 We left Prague for Berlin with a detour on the way to Dresden. We started on the motorway but as we entered Germany it...
Nov 22, 20166 min read


Nürnberg
Day 2 Woke, showered and left the Ibis by 7am. First stop- a bakery for frühstück (breakfast), then it was my turn to drive. I've driven...
Nov 20, 20161 min read


Prague and Useful Czech Phrases
Day 2 and 3 As we departed Germany it slowly became apparent that our Satnav didn't have Czech road maps (nor would they have them for...
Nov 20, 20163 min read


Munich- Arrival, and Useful German Phrases
Day 1 Unsure of where to go on our leave from work we decided upon a road trip around Europe, stopping in Germany, Poland, Hungary and...
Nov 19, 20163 min read
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