Accelerate To The Sun
So here I am loving my now Day 5 stay in one place of what will be almost a 2-week stay at two small towns at Lake Garda. Due to the rain at Fussen meaning that not much could be seen, I had made the right decision to cut short the visit, avoid stopping in Innsbruck and head to the sun.
The.. →
Romantische Strasse – Germany
This is a well-known drive in Germany heading south from near Wurzburg to Fussen in Bavaria, the location of the fairy-tale Neuschwanstein and other castles. Reminded of it by friends, I decided to do this route as part of the planned journey to Lake Garda in Italy.
Koblenz
After a.. →
Maastricht, Leiden, Amsterdam
The sunshine and blue sky for the first 2 weeks painted everything gloriously!
Maastricht
I spent my first 2 nights a couple of kms or so outside of Maastricht, which I chose to visit as it was within 25km of the Terhill Centerparcs. I didn’t really know what to expect, but I absolutely.. →
The Netherlands, & my travel, infrastructure
Heading on the way back to Rotterdam we met up with my eldest son and his German partner as they came across from Cologne. We stayed for one night in a BnB in the city of Eindhoven, Netherlands, which was a social enterprise within a large campus-type setting providing services and housing for people.. →
Travels with a Toddler Part 2
The Terhills Resort Centerparcs in Belgium is an easy 2 hours drive south-east from Rotterdam. It’s a peaceful setting with a beautiful centre having attractive, relaxing indoor and outdoor pool and play areas, more suitable for adults and younger children. There is a lakeside beach for some.. →
Winter 2024-25 & Escape to the Continent May-June
My Hull to Rotterdam cabin was booked back in October between coming back from Spain and the South Africa trip, using the catalyst of the booking of some of my family to come to a Belgium Centerparcs in May. I decided to tag along for the outward journey at least and the trip also crystallised the.. →
Plett Camino – SA Week 2
From Hermanus we continued our drive to Plett and the Plettenburg Bay. Our first stop was to spend 24 hours in a lovely guesthouse overlooking the bay, then most of the next day in Plett itself before meeting up with the Camino outfit, our co-walkers, Vanessa’s sisters from SA and another woman.. →
South Africa 2024 Week 1 – Capetown & Hermanus
The amazing trip of a lifetime I’d been invited on last year finally rolled around 3 November 2024. I had returned from Spain with almost 4 weeks to go to get 3 vaccinations each against Hep B and Rabies, have long-overdue cuddles with my granddaughter and various other life admin activities.. →
Spain 2024 – Last Post
I broke the journey between Toledo and Bilbao by staying once again at the minicipal campsite in Burgos, and woke up to a cold morning, but sunshine eventually breaking through. The route to Bilbao went through beautiful orange, yellow and some green patchwork plateaus unfolding in the distance, and.. →
Toledo
Heading north now towards Bilbao, the autoroute adjacent to much of the N-630 was the route I followed before turning east after Merida. It was great to be able to see from a slightly more birds-eye perspective the landscapes we had cycled through only 2-3 weeks earlier. The autoroute was almost.. →