Where winding roads, rusty rails, iffy health and lean budget meet the calm
Sept 29
A month after we took off to Europe.
It is Sunday afternoon and we’ve been back for a couple of days now. Fighting jetlag and enjoying the lovely weather: sunny, warm and dry. Perhaps the best month that we missed. Continue reading “The most happenstantial trip we’ve ever had”
This short video is to let everyone know that we are safe and sound, if a little wet, in Europe. In mid September, parts of Europe suffered severe flooding from a massive and long-lasting rainstorm. We were in Sofia, Bulgaria when all the warnings began, and we had to get to Budapest via Vienna early in the storm’s approach. More to come.
Off to Europe again. This time we’ll visit my Bulgarian friends, Hungary where my grandfather used to live and along the way Austria, Slovakia and The Netherlands. Stay tunned.
It is July and I have booked our next flights. And accommodations. And some trains. In February Alex thought we would not travel again. Continue reading “Warm dry winter, wet cool summer”
In a year Porto has changed. The streets are steeper and the up-hills are longer. We stay with the same people. Loved their studio and the location. That grocery store around the corner is now perched on a steep hill far away. Continue reading “Porto, the revolting city”
Lisbon
We arrived in Lisbon exactly a year after we there in January 2023. Arranged to stay with our old hosts with whom we had kept in touch. Continue reading “Why did we miss Evora last year?”
Life got in the way and we haven’t posted anything for a long time. We are currently in Coimbra, the medieval capital of Portugal, Continue reading “Coimbra, the old capital of Portugal”
We’ve been travelling for over 2 weeks in Europe. By the end of our short journey, we’ll visit 6 countries. Usually our travel is slower, however the goal of this trip is to visit friends in Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. We have a return flight from Amsterdam. And along the way we stopped in Germany and France. We’ve enjoyed European train travel in the past. This time German trains were chaotic, so we have a few stories to tell when we have time to post.
It’s not exactly stolen or borrowed, since I was already writing of “The red sun”. But I am months and many posts behind. Continue reading “A borrowed headline “The summer the sun turned red””
Fri, Jul 14
We head back. Eh, not due to the looming emergency yet. After breakfast we fill Doranya up with water (who knows where the next refill will be?), dump the holding tanks, disconnect and Continue reading “The red sun: Let’s get the hell out of here”
Tue, Jul 11
As mentioned in some previous posts we still hadn’t realised the gravity of the wildfires around us and how the smoke from them was affecting us. In the morning Alex felt well Continue reading “Peachland and Okanagan Valley”
Tue, Jul 11 and Jul 14
We didn’t stay in Kelowna and in hindsight it was a good thing that I could not book a campground there. But we drove through it on the way into and out of the Peachland RV Park, where we had booked 3 nights. Continue reading “Driving through Kelowna, a flash back in time”
Sat, Jul 8
Despite the smoke and red sun, when visible, we were still in the lull before the storm that was developing around us. Wildfires. Today we are heading towards Prince George. Continue reading “The red sun: Smithers, Burns Lake, West Lake”
Wed, Jul 6
Soon we’ll say goodbye to the 60th parallel, crossing it for one last time and heading south to the unknown. Not knowing what and where we might dump Doranya’s holding tanks and refill the fresh water tank. Continue reading “Stewart-Cassiar Highway”
Tue, Jul 5
And then we hit the road. Carcross, Tagish, Jakes Corner, Little Teslin Lake, Johnsons Crossing, Brooks Brook, Teslin, Morley River, dip into BC, Swift River, Rancheria… Continue reading “Carcross, Tagish, Teslin and goodbye North of 60th”
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