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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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Read more: Porto
We started our time in Porto at the Conservas Pinhais factory, for a tour. The family owned business has been operating since 1920. Every day (during sardine season) they go and buy the fresh sardines in an auction at the market at 4am. The fish are taken to the factory,…
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Read more: Sintra and Fรกtima
We left the Algarve and headed north to Lisbon for a tour of auto shops that might sell snow chains. No luck and instead of searching more, we have ordered off Amazon for delivery tomorrow. ( ๐ค๐ค) On the way here we saw plenty of stork nests in electrical pylon…
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Read more: The Algarve
We started the day in Seville getting the car out of the garage through an opening marginally larger than the car. Then followed the labyrinth of tiny one way streets until we escaped the city and headed to Portugal. It was a bit of a cold rainy day. Our first…
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Read more: Andalucia
The day after arriving in Europe we headed off toward Ronda and Grenada. The initial section was bendy, windy mountain roads…an easy choice for the first day driving on the wrong side of the road in a new car! We made it to Ronda, probably a bit later than we…
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Read more: Arrival in Europe
Up early this morning to ensure we left in plenty of time to make our 11am ferry from Tangier Med to Algeciras, Spain. We arrived at the “Maritime Station” at 8:50, and after checking in, goong through passport control we got into a bus to be driven to the boat.…
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Read more: Morocco wrap-up
Our final few days in Morocco have been spent in Tangier. Our riad is near the edge of the whitewashed medina, just outside of the Kasbah. We have visited the Kasbah Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the ancient fort. Did a walking tour that included a local market,…
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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):
17๐ถ๐ฆ 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
Distance travelled by mode (est):
- ๐: 18962km
- โด๏ธ:14; 3138km
- ๐: 8 ; 854km
- ๐ช: 2 ; 7km
- ๐ถ: 2 ; 8km
- ๐ฒ: 1 ; 30km
- ๐: 1 ; 2223km
- โ๏ธ: 4 ; 19530km
An Unplanned Year 