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Read more: Dublin to Drinagh
Today we left Dublin and headed south to Waterford. We opted for the scenic route and it truly was scenic. Ever-changing landscapes from heather covered moors as far as the eyes could see, bright yellow-flowered gorse on hills at the sides of the road, to pastures with many lambs springing…
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Read more: Month 3 review
April 1st – April 30th 1. Tuscookany We thoroughly enjoyed our three days in a Tuscan villa, cooking good food and drinking great wine. We wish we could have stayed longer! 2. Venice Venice was everything we had imagined it might be. The canals and bridges, the gondola ride, the…
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Read more: Dublin
The ferry crossing from Bilbao was better than we could have hoped. Smooth with minimal swell, so no sea sickness, a great ship and a dolphin sighting! Others saw Orca as well! As it was our first trip on Brittany Ferries we were invited to visit the bridge. That was…
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Read more: Ferry to ferry
After boarding the ferry about 930pm, and it finally departing about 1130pm, we woke just to the west of Corsica and Sardinia and have crept our way towards Barcelona since. The weather has been kind, the seas mostly smooth, no seasickness for either of us. A lazy day that we…
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Read more: Ciao Italia ๐ข
We left Florence and headed slightly north to the coast, stopping at Pisa on the way. A short walk to the tower which does indeed lean. Forced Kevin to pose for this incredibly unique and original photo. We also high fived a couple of people (who looked like they had…
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Read more: Florence
This part really probably belongs in the Bologna post as it was close to Bologna, but it was our day travelling to Florence so here it is. We awoke to the good news that our box of glass items from Murano had arrived in Brisbane and been collected and assessed…
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Read more: Parma & Bologna
Leaving Milan on a wet day we headed in the direction of Parma. We stopped off in Cremona to visit the Museo del Violino. Cremona is where Violins were first made. Did you know that a violin maker is actually called a ‘Luthier’? We didn’t! As well as informing about…
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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…
Hello,
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):
26๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ต๐น ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฎ๓ ฉ๓ ฒ๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ซ๐ด ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ช ๐ซ๐ท ๐ง๐ช ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ท ๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ช ๐น๐ท ๐ฆ๐ฑ
Distance travelled by mode (est):
- ๐: 22499km
- โด๏ธ:15; 3141km
- ๐: 8 ; 854km
- ๐ช: 2 ; 7km
- ๐ถ: 2 ; 8km
- ๐ฒ: 1 ; 30km
- ๐ฅ: 1 ; 13km
- ๐: 2 ; 4829km
- โ๏ธ: 6 ; 21130km
- ๐: 1 ; 5km
An Unplanned Year 