Travel in Western Europe – Our wanderlust takes us through the diverse landscapes and cultures of Western Europe. We’re always on the lookout for new experiences, from hiking in the Swiss Alps to indulging in Italian gelato. Join us as we share our tips for traveling with kids and beyond, overlanding and navigating different languages and customs, and finding the balance between relaxation and adventure.
Ligurische Grenzkammstrabe (LKGS) If you’re planning on exploring the Ligurische Grenzkammstraße (LKGS) tracks around the Maritime Alps on the French / Italian border, you’ll need a few maps of the area. The best single retailer for maps in the UK is Stanford Maps in London. They have three floors of travel books and maps. This […]
Taking Dangerous Roads Escaping to Bovec Wurzen & Vršič Pass Our mission was to travel from Hove to Bovec, Slovenia – Day’s 0 to 5, taking the Wurzen Pass and Vrsic Pass to get into Slovenia. I was curious if the road was as dangerous as we were told. So after the shenanigans at the
Well we are at this time just over 40 minutes late on our booked departure time, the board is saying we’ll depart an hour and six minutes late. Luckily apart from not having a place to stay yet when we get to France, we have nowhere important to be. Seen a nicely refurbished Mercedes truck,
So tomorrow we depart for our next trip. Yet again I am nervous, this time we are once again unaccompanied, and heading to new territory. Why do people keep asking if we will be safe? We have spent the last two evenings getting stuff together, packing the boxes and making sure we are organised. What
Well as I mentioned earlier in this post, we have been thinking about what we might do this summer. Actually we have been thinking since last summer. I guess we are probably not alone on this, we tend to think from trip to trip, from day to day, even during a trip. I guess most people who
Another winding journey down off the mountain this morning. We stopped in a small, sleepy town and had the best coffee we have had so far on this holiday. From here, we decided to drive along the coast and make our way to Cinque Terre National Park. The drive along the coast was lovely. We
Overlanding in the Maritime Alps, France and Italy Col Linaire, Col de Sanson, Pas de Colle Ardente – Mount Saccarel After finishing up on Col de Tende we headed back down to the town of Tende for supplies and to freshen up at the local piscine (swimming pool) (If only they had known!), before we
Baisse d’Ourne, Col de Tende – Fort de la Marguerie, Fort Central Yesterday morning we woke at our Campsite in Barolo in Italy early, the plan was to get to Tende in France, stock up on supplies at the super market, fill up with diesel, grab some petrol for the stove and head up to
Summer 2012: Calais to St Jean D’Aulps – Leg 1 Dan woke on our departure morning with unusual pre-trip nerves. We packed the vehicles and headed for a pre journey tea and cake. Our European journey started out with us managing to get onto the Chunnel (channel tunnel) earlier than expected. The excitement was building,
Wendy and I, have recently walked from Ford railway station to Devils Dyke, we followed the Arun river up-stream past Arundel to Amberley, were we spent the night. From there we walked along the South Downs Way to Devils Dyke. We spent the night in Amberley which is a fantastic little village in Sussex. We