We farewelled the gorgeous Sant’Angelo le Fratte and headed towards Matera. As we were going in a more easterly direction, I expected less activity, but what a buzzing town it was! Despite the rain and lots of it, we had a lovely time here. Matera lies in a small canyon and is well known for […]

ITALY Our first night back in Italy occurred just over the border of France. On the way, we passed by countless French restaurants offering pizza pizza pizza. We were starving, but just couldn’t possibly have pizza anywhere other than Italy, after having held out so long for the delicacy. We arrived in a small ski […]

It would have been very rude to be in Bavaria around the end of September and not check out the Oktoberfest. So we made it to Munich in time for the opening weekend of the biggest festival in the world, along with 6 million other people who would make the trip here over the next […]

Sweden Hej Hej! After weeks of what felt like unrelenting rain, we entered Sweden on a sunny note. As we entered the country, we chanced upon some rock carvings in a place called Tanumshede, believed to be from the Bronze Age. These rock carvings, only recently having become a UNESCO site, were incredible to observe, […]

Dave and I were very excited to be returning to Abbeviille, in the Somme region, which we called home for 7 months in 1999. We were especially looking forward to catching up with old friends, with whom we had established strong relationships during our time here. The town itself, seemed a lot bigger and busier […]

It was probably one of the best days we have had throughout our entire trip. We were camped in a little village called Chouilly, about 5 kms away from Epernay, the starting point of the 7th stage of the Tour de France. We met up again with our great buddies, the Baileys, another travelling family […]

Well off Dave went to the World Cup in Brazil for 2 1/2 weeks. A once in a lifetime opportunity, for sure, and he went with all of our support and good wishes, despite how much we were going to miss him. He did set us up very nicely though; in a 3 bedroom, 2 […]

A week in Provence for my 40th birthday. We arrived on Saturday, May 31, bursting with excitement as we were to meet up with Mum and Robert for a week of birthday celebrations. Lourmarin, in the Luberon region, is the name of the town where we had decided to spend the week and it turned […]

We chanced upon this charming little village in the province of Bergamo, merely by having followed a brown sign. As we were finding it very difficult to find a free camping spot in the area, Dave approached a young lad, who spoke very good English. His name is Stefano and he was only too happy […]

We arrived here at around 5.45pm, when closing time was 6pm. Fortunately you could stay the night in the car park, meaning that we could have a look early the next day. We camped up, made dinner and the Dave and I took in turns to have a wander around the outskirts of the camp. […]