Summer 2024 Trip

A Vagabond Life: Ultimate Travel Guide
The Final Leg Of The Summer 2024 Journey | Bordeaux to Sarlat The Final Leg Of The Summer 2024 Journey Bordeaux to Sarlat, France On the final leg of our journey, we explored Bordeaux, navigated its bustling station, and admired scenic vineyards, reflecting on the contrasts across Europe. We arrived […]

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Greece Athens: The Ultimate Travel Guide
A Wonderful Week in Athens A Wonderful Week in Athens Athens, Greece Our week in Athens: exploring the Acropolis, savoring local and international cuisine, uncovering ancient history, and navigating an unexpected travel hiccup that led to new adventures! We were up bright and early, heading to the Thessaloniki train station […]

A Wonderful Week In Athens: Travel Stories From Greece

North Macedonia: The Ultimate Travel Guide
Ohrid To Athens: North Macedonia Stories Ohrid To Athens: North Macedonia Stories Two Days Crossing Borders from North Macedonia to Greece Join us on a scenic two-day journey from Ohrid to Athens via Bitola, Florina, and Thessaloniki — full of charming towns, breathtaking landscapes, and vibrant city life. Getting from […]

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Nth Macedonia: The Ultimate Travel Guide
Ohrid: North Macedonia Stories Ohrid: North Macedonia Stories A Relaxing Month on the Shores of Lake Ohrid We had a wonderful time in Kavala, Greece, but after a month it was time to move on. We decided to head to Ohrid, a small town on the shores of Lake Ohrid […]

Ohrid North Macedonia Stories – The Ultimate Travel Stories

Greece Kavala: The Ultimate Travel Guide
A Month In Kavala Greece A Month In Kavala Greece Living Like Locals by the Sea in Northern Greece The next stop on our adventure was the port town of Kavala in Northern Greece, roughly midway between Thessaloniki and Turkey. We left Thessaloniki on the midday bus. The journey was […]

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Greece Thessaloniki: The Ultimate Travel Guide
Beautiful Thessaloniki: Two Days and Three Nights Beautiful Thessaloniki Two Days and Three Nights in This Lovely Northern Greek City Our next stop on our journey through Eastern and Southern Europe was the vibrant northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Although our final destination was Kavala, border crossings and multiple bus […]

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Nth Macedonia: The Ultimate Travel Guide
Skopje, North Macedonia – A Disastrous Airbnb and a Very Unusual City Skopje, North Macedonia A Disastrous Airbnb and a Very Unusual City Our bus journey from Niš to Skopje took us through endless farmland filled with sunflowers and corn. The sunflowers were still in bud, but in a few […]

Stories from Skopje – The Ultimate Guide

Nis, Serbia – What a Lovely Surprise Nis, Serbia What a Lovely Surprise The first leg of our journey south took us from Novi Sad to Belgrade, where we changed buses for Niš, a town in the very south of Serbia. Our ultimate destination was Skopje in North Macedonia, but […]

Two days in Nis Serbia – The Ultimate Guide

Novi Sad, Serbia Novi Sad, Serbia A Pleasant Week in Northern Serbia In 2019 we travelled from Mongolia to France mostly overland and really enjoyed the time we spent in Belgrade. So when planning this trip through Eastern Europe, Serbia was an easy choice. We left Budapest early on an […]

A Week In Novi Sad Serbia – The Ultimate Guide

Stories from Budapest Stories from Budapest Returning After 15 Years We first visited Budapest back in 2009 and found it an exciting city full of energy, restoration, and development. Buildings were being refurbished, squares and roads repaved, and there was a strong sense of a city on the rise. We […]

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Slovakia: The Ultimate Travel Guide
Our Visit to Banská Bystrica – A Lovely Mountain Town in Slovakia Our Visit to Banská Bystrica A lovely mountain town in Slovakia Oh what a lovely town on the edge of the Tatra Mountains! We were looking for a good place to break our journey between Krakow and Budapest, […]

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Banska Bystrica Slovakia Travel Guide
Our Visit to Banská Bystrica – A Lovely Mountain Town in Slovakia Our Visit to Banská Bystrica – A Lovely Mountain Town in Slovakia Oh what a lovely town on the edge of the Tatra mountains. We were looking for somewhere to break the journey between Krakow and Budapest, and […]

A Quick Trip Through Slovakia – Travel Stories

Krakow: How Did We End Up Here? Krakow: How Did We End Up Here? Our Unexpected Start to Summer 2024 in Poland How did we end up in Krakow, Poland, you ask? A very good question indeed! As we planned our Summer 2024 holiday, we knew we’d be heading east […]

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Our Journey to Bordeaux and Beyond Our Journey to Bordeaux and Beyond The Start of Our Summer 2024 Adventure We set off from our home in Sarlat on a cool, grey Wednesday morning. Thankfully, the rain had finally stopped after a very wet spring. Walking the 2 kilometres to the […]

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