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Read more: Mountains to Milan
A driving day from Pedemonte to Milan, via a scenic drive around Lake Garda.We assumed the first part of the drive would be the most stressful, with a large elevation gain and loss (1200m of each) and multiple switchbacks…… It wasn’t. Driving alongside Lake Garda was stressful. Not only did…
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Read more: Time out in Tyrol
We’ve left the beauty of Venice and are in a gorgeous valley in the Tyrol region of Italy via Verona, then through a mountain pass. Today was an admin day at the start of a 3 day timeout. In Verona we stopped to buy food and essentials (wine & toothpaste)…
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Read more: San Marino & Venice
We left our Tuscan idyll and headed towards San Marino. We passed through Anghiari, a beautiful hillside town that was central to a battle between Florence and Milan in the late 1400’s. Leonardo da Vinci was commissioned to paint a depiction of the battle in 1503, but never actually finished…
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Read more: Under the Tuscan Sun
(If this wind stops) We saw a porcupine today! Apparently Italy is the only European country that has a porcupine! Hopefully we might now see one that is not roadkill… We chose Siena as a stopover on our way to our Tuscan residential cooking program that starts tomorrow. From a…
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Read more: Month 2 highlights
March 1st – March 31st 1. Flamenco Flamenco was amazing. We loved it. 2. Rome We loved Rome. On a beautful sunny day, we think it probably can’t be beaten (block your ears Paris!). Every corner you turn there is just more and more history. You honestly would have to…
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Read more: Roman Holiday
Our ferry arrived into Civitavecchia at 630am. Our AirBNB host was happy to let us park our car at the apartment block for the day, so by 7.44am we were on the train to Rome! We left the train station, turned left and saw the Vatican. Or more specifically, the…
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Read more: Sardinia
Having made the decision to focus on one of Corsica or Sardinia, and having chosen Sardinia, we found Corsica to be lovely. It has set a high bar for Sardinia! On our first day we headed south from Sassari to Alghero, a port town. Our first stop was a cafe…
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Read more: Catalonia to Corsica
We left Andorra as soon as the windscreen was defrosted this morning and drove south to Spain, then east to France. Most of the day was spent in mountainous regions with the Catalan Pyrenees to our right. We’re not sure how it is possible, but if seemed as if we…
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Read more: The Pyrenees
From San Sebastian we headed inland and into France to Lourdes, our stop over on the way to Andorra. Yes another religious site of significance, this one, again I would have heard of through my Grandma as a young child and again know she’d be disappointed if I was driving…
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Read more: Back into Spain
We left Porto and started towards Donestia-San Sebastian on a rainy day. We broke the journey at Burgos-purely an overnight transit stop. On check in they mentioned that the kitchen OPENS at 9pm!!! (Tell me you’re not in Australia without telling me you’re not in Australia!). So at the minute…
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Welcome! Bienvenue! Bienvenido! Wilkommen! Benvenuto!
We’re heading out on a mid-life gap year, that is 80% unplanned. As natural planners, we’re well and truly stepping out of our comfort zones.
We are currently here…
Countries visited (foot on ground):
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Distance travelled by mode (est):
- 🚘: 5469km
- ⛴️: 4; 537km
- 🚂: 6 ; 832km
- 🐪: 2 ; 7km
- 🛶: 1 ; 4km
- 🚲: 1 ; 30km
- 🚌: 1 ; 2223km
- ✈️: 2 ; 18130km
An Unplanned Year 