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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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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…
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 