The Dordogne
As promised, in this post we return to our travels in the Dordogne. I can’t say I knew much about this area before coming here, but as our week in Oloron-Sainte-Marie in the foothills of the Pyrenees came to an …
First Vax Done!
I am once again jumping ahead of our travels to bring you the very latest update on our quest to be vaccinated. As I mentioned previously, we had set up appointments for doctor visits as well as to receive our …
One year on — in search of a vaccine
It was one year ago today that France went into lockdown. Steven and I had arrived at the aire in Sens the day before, having raced from Spain. We were feeling a little scared and very far from home and …
Hello, France!
Crossing the border into France felt a little like coming home, everything just seems so familiar. If I’m honest, we were most excited to grocery shop and find all of our favorite goodies. One of these days I’ll do another …
Goodbye Croatia…Finally!
Long before the end of our second month’s stay at the seaside cottage on Krk Island, we had already decided not to re-up. Instead, we would travel south to visit Split and Dubrovnik, then leave Croatia altogether and head back …
Croatia national parks & more
Aaaaaaand, we’re back! We certainly didn’t plan to take a full month off from blogging, but somehow we did. Four weeks on a diet crawls by but four weeks between blog posts seems like just a couple of days. Why …
A year of photography and film
Steven here, while Linda takes a well-earned break. We sometimes joke that the travel gods are looking down on us because, since getting on the road, we have been lucky to avoid things like bad weather, forest fires or any …
2020 Hindsight (And what’s up with 2021?)
I used to look forward to writing these blog posts that lay out what our plans are for the coming year. It was all so exciting and fresh, so much to look forward to in the coming year! For our …
Krk Island, Croatia
We had made a reconnaissance trip earlier to the island of Krk to check out another resort with cottages open year round. Not only was Krk a place we wanted to visit, but the cottages are right on the water. …
Istrian Peninsula, Croatia
Croatia is one of the few countries in Europe that has stayed open to tourists during the Covid crisis, even welcoming the most shunned of all – Americans. As mentioned in our previous post, we landed at Camping Porto Sole …