Its our second full day tour in Athens and the focus today is the Acropolis and the surroundings. Our guide and driver picked us up again at 10 and we worked our way through the chaotic Athenian traffic. We happened to be driving past the presidents residence when they had the changing of the guard and stopped to watch them. Greece was a monarchy till … Continue reading Day 28 – Steeped in History
We all had a really good nights sleep after the long day of travelling yesterday. The restaurant has a great view of the Acropolis and we got a table in the corner for breakfast. Its going to be a really hot day today with temperatures expected to get to 38 degrees and we could already feel it over breakfast. Our guide and car picked us … Continue reading Day 27 – Incredible Creations
Our hotel (Pucic Palace) in Dubrovnik was in the middle of Old Town which is a UNESCO heritage listed and protected area. The hotel was built in the 18th century and was home to the Dubrovnik noble family Pucić, and still includes the original doors, furniture and fittings. Old Town doesn’t allow any vehicles in and we needed to walk to the Polce Gate to … Continue reading Day 26 – Getting to Athens
I don’t have enough superlatives to describe our experience today. We had an early start out of Zagreb and drove to the Plitvice Lakes National Park which was a couple of hours drive. It is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Croatia and is famous for its travertine barriers and waterfalls. The vast majority of the water in the park comes from … Continue reading Day 21 – Incredible, Fantastic, Amazing….
Our guide picked us up from the hotel and we headed out to the town of Varazdin. Varazdin is known as Croatia’s “Baroque Capital” and “Little Vienna”. It briefly served as the nation’s capital from 1767 to 1776 but lost the title to Zagreb after a devastating city fire that started at the blacksmiths shop – which ironically still stands. We started at The Church … Continue reading Day 20 – Experiences in Varazdin
We drove down to Oostvoorne after breakfast to spend the day with Ishani and her family (Mark and Mia). I think the last time we saw Ishani Ben was around Thomas’s age and it has been a while. It was a lot easier driving out of Amsterdam this morning and before long we were on the freeway. Holland is a very flat country and there … Continue reading Day 16 – Road trip to Oostvoorne
One of the things that I really wanted to do was to drive across international borders and the trip from Brussels to Amsterdam seemed like the perfect opportunity. We checked out and took an Uber to the Brussels South train station to collect our rental car. Fortunately we have been provided with a Volvo almost exactly the same as the one at home which made … Continue reading Day 15 – Driving to Holland
We took off from San Luis Obispo today for the rest of the drive to San Francisco. Along the way we say quite a change in the vegetation. This reached from green vines and plantations to mines and oil drilling through to stark arid landscapes. We stopped at Monterey Bay for lunch at a Mexican restaurant. We are getting to realise that due to a … Continue reading More driving
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