Porto was the end of the road for us, as far as the road goes in Europe, so the last few days have been spent making our way back up along the Spanish Coast. Our first stop was the historic town of Santiago de Compostela which was of special interest to us because it's the…
Every country you enter is always slightly different from the last. As you cross the border, it's generally the houses you notice first, maybe the landscape or how the villages and towns are formed and as I have said before, it's really just a line in the earth. Entering Spain was no different, the houses…
Ever since we started this adventure we have been searching for wildlife. In the UK, just on the outskirts of London, I saw my first fox, however due to a marital spat over "navigating our motorhome so close to London in peak hour traffic", it took awhile for it to register that it was actually…
We probably underestimated the drive to France from Cinque Terre because on the map it just looks like a quick nip around the coast. There's no quick nip about it. Anyway we made it across the border whereupon it's straight into The French Riviera and Monaco areas. I'm not sure whether it was the bad…
After leaving the gorgeous, rolling beautifully manicured countryside of Tuscany, the scenery changed to grassier landscapes but still barren. All the waterways are bone dry, a testament to the fact we have seen little rain in our 4 months of traveling. (That all changed in Rome). The countryside is full of dormant commercial areas, tagged,…
