Europe, Germany
In July 2013 we, my partner-in-travels husband, Ian and I, set off from Bakewell, ‘capital’ of the Peak District in Derbyshire, UK to catch the 11pm ferry from Dover to Calais, France. Our mode of transport was our campervan by the name of Jean-Claude (named after...
Europe, Italy
It is the summer of 8 years ago. I am almost 42 and my young beautiful daughter is 12. August can be a scorching month in Tuscany, and the 2012 summer had been one of the hottest in the last 100 years. It is middle August, we are having dinner with some friends, and...
Europe, France
One of France’s best-know wine areas, Bordeaux has everything you could ask for in a fabulous holiday – food, history, shopping, art, nature – and, of course, wine and wine country. In the City of Bordeaux We started in the city of Bordeaux. You can fly there or,...
Albania, Europe
Tirana, Albania did not evoke any images in my mind. I’d never met anyone who’d been there and knew nothing about it. Tirana was simply the jumping off point for a trip to Albania, the next step in a journey through the Balkans which has spanned multiple glorious...
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