The long return, Sun, 07 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, France
Randomly saw a sign for Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut on the way! Crazy lucky, we didn’t even think we’ll be stopping anywhere on the way, but this just had to be done! But alas, when we arrived, the …
The long return, Sat, 06 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Transit
in Europe, France
26 hours of driving over 41 hours? Check. Getting through three borders during the pandemic closures? Check. Getting ‘married’ on the border to enter the country? Sure, why not! The pictures are from a few locations on the way, the …
Baron in Italy, Mon, 23 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Sea, Transit
in Europe, France, UK
After a short walk in town, a baguette and an overpriced and disappointing tea later, we were ready for the ferry. Off to Britain! Now we’re on the ferry and surprisingly good weather allowed us to have a lunch on …
Baron in Italy, Sat, 21 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain, Waterfall
in Europe, France
Our amazement with Mont Blanc was quickly cooled with the tunnel passage price. €46.40?! Wow… On the French side the clouds were still heavy, but the views still gorgeous. After about an hour of driving down on neutral, we spotted …
Baron in Italy, Sat, 21 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain, Transit
in Europe, Italy
Yesterday was murderous! The rain just got worse and worse and soon even the top wiper setting was barely enough. We were hoping we might catch some beautiful views over the Ligurian coast, but we barely ever saw more than …
Baron in Italy, Fri, 20 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
We had a solid sleep this morning – the far corner of the bus station car park has been wonderfully quiet. We got our supplies packed, including the pad and headphones (so prepared!) for yet another work call. Despite the …
Baron in Italy, Mon, 16 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Got to Florence! On the way in we drove through Piazza do Michelangelo and for some fantastic views of the city and David. Perfect way to enter the city! But then we met the second thing Florence welcomes you with …
Baron in Italy, Mon, 16 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Europe, Italy
Another mountain range, another serpentine road. This time the breathtaking alpine views are replaced with monasteries and castles on mountaintops, and clouds you can drive into, and lonely armchairs. The driving in the clouds but was pretty intense, actually – …
Baron in Italy, Mon, 16 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Mountain, UNESCO site
in Europe, San Marino
With all the cold and the driving and various other worries, I wasn’t feeling great all morning. It took a while to cheer up, but San Marino has helped me a lot. Firstly, we had to feed the Baron and …
Baron in Italy, Sat, 14 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Graveyard, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Waking up today was great, because the sun is back! How great to open the Baron’s door and see sunshine flood into our bedroom. Took a lovely chilled morning, with a proper tea and breakfast, even read the news! Only …
Baron in Italy, Thu, 12 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple
in Europe, Italy
From here, trouble started. Bologna doesn’t allow older diesel cars in. Normally we would qualify as the Baron is reasonably young, but today there is a smog alert and no diesels are allowed in at all! How useful that, having …
Baron in Italy, Thu, 12 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Museum, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
We woke up so early! And all to make it to the art gallery at opening time of 8:30 and be on our way. And it was worth it – Palazzo dei Musei holds a beautiful Bernini bust, a series …
Baron in Italy, Wed, 11 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
We arrived to Modena around 7pm and spent the first half hour looking for a parking spot. Figuring out Italian parking rules is hard and not make easier by the system of ridiculously narrow one way streets and a complete …
Baron in Italy, Wed, 11 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
The trip from Verona to Mantua is very short, and the view of the town is magnificent once you get there. Surrounded by a river bend, Mantua just didn’t grow that much since the Renaissance and seems like it’s completely …
Baron in Italy, Sun, 08 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Museum, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Today was a day of misunderstandings. We left Aprica in the morning and got to Brescia before noon, taking in some awesome mountain and lake views on the way. It took a while to find a parking spot – this …
Baron in Italy, Sat, 07 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Austria, Europe, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Today’s episode is sponsored by the European Union and the Schengen Zone. We are in Italy! We’ve been to four countries today, and we almost crossed the Alps. And without a single stop at any border. How awesome is that? …
Baron in Italy, Sat, 07 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle
in Europe, Germany
What a view to wake up to! Now back to the lost cat key scare… Seriously thought we lost them! Thankfully after much searching and more panicking, we found they feel into the backpack. Already changed parking spot just in …
Baron in Italy, Chasing the sun, Thu, 05 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Sauna/Baths
in Europe, Germany
First night in the van! This was much better than expected. -3 outside, but we were all pretty happy and snug in our insulated van and under our duvet and the extra woollen blanket my mum gave us. Thanks mum! …
Baron in Italy, Thu, 05 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Sauna/Baths
in Europe, Germany
I didn’t think I’ll manage it, but I did! I drove all the way from Poznań to Munich in one day, with just one sorry break! We docked right after midnight – turns out Therme Erding have a little caravan …
Moving out of Edinburgh, Wed, 18 Sep 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Lake, UNESCO site
in Europe, UK
Conference Trips, Short UK trips, Sat, 22 Jun 19
Jemma and Simon
with Eva, Kay, Lef, Lu, Magda, Stachu
at a City, UNESCO site
in Europe, UK
17 December 2005 19-20 April 06 8-11 February 2007, meeting Kay and Stachu 6 April 2007
Conference Trips, Short Spanish trips, Sun, 03 Mar 19
Simon
at a City, Park, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Spain
Town centre and figures for the Fallas Full of street art La Lonja de la Seda Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias Park and beach
