Godspeed to Olympos, Tue, 26 Sep 23
Simon
at a City, Transit
in Bosnia and Hercegovina, Europe
The bunker turned out to be totally worth the wait. Already getting the ticket was an experience – as it’s still a military zone, I had to go to the nearby village to get a permission to access. Compared to …
Godspeed to Olympos, Sun, 24 Sep 23
Simon
at a City, River, Temple, Waterfall
in Bosnia and Hercegovina, Europe
I crossed to Bosnia and Hercegovina early in the morning and was pleasantly surprised to see my Montenegran SIM card work here. Great, I don’t need to buy a new one! After yesterday’s storm, it got a fair bit colder …
Godspeed to Olympos, Sat, 23 Sep 23
Simon
at a City, UNESCO site
in Croatia, Europe
The last place I visited in Montenegro is Herceg Novi – another town with a historic centre by the Kotor Bay. To be honest, by now it’s nothing special. Castle, fortress, city walls, same old, same old. Then, I braced …
Godspeed to Olympos, Fri, 22 Sep 23
Simon
at a City, Mountain, Sea, UNESCO site
in Europe, Montenegro
Well, don’t trust the weather forecast, is a moral of that story! I got up in the morning to find a fog so sick that I couldn’t see 20 metres ahead, save enjoy gorgeous views of the whole country. I …
Godspeed to Olympos, Thu, 21 Sep 23
Simon
at a Cave, City, Mountain
in Europe, Montenegro
My toe is feeling better today and I’m pumped up with some seaside energy, do time to resume the action! Last night, I drove up to Podgorica’ famed Niagara waterfall and… found it empty. The rock water bed with it’s …
Godspeed to Olympos, Wed, 20 Sep 23
Simon
at a City, Sea
in Europe, Montenegro
The toe I sprained yesterday is still hurting a lot and makes it hard to walk. And thus, today is another day of just chilling by the seaside. I’m determined to make the most of it. First, St Stefan, with …
Godspeed to Olympos, Tue, 19 Sep 23
Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, Sea
in Albania, Europe, Montenegro
Since I parked by the Rozafa Castle already, I decided to break my No-Albania rule and see it anyway. Good choice – it’s a great spot with amazing views and quite a few tunnels and passages that are open to …
Godspeed to Olympos, Mon, 18 Sep 23
Simon
at a Lake, Temple
in Europe, North Macedonia
I have to say that the North-West of Macedonia is a sharp contrast to what I’ve seen before. Suddenly, there is rubbish everywhere. And stray dogs. I guess the dogs spread out the rubbish, too. There were piles on the …
Godspeed to Olympos, Sun, 17 Sep 23
Simon
at a City, Lake, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, North Macedonia
I spent two days by the Ohrid lake. On both, I spent the morning hanging out in or around the van, writing, catching up on things, and generally just taking things slow. I feel I’m running out of steam a …
Godspeed to Olympos, Fri, 15 Sep 23
Simon
at a Temple
in Europe, Greece
This trip was quite a spiritual journey for me and I felt the need to spend some time with myself, reflecting on life. For this purpose I decided to drive back up the slopes of Olympos to the Monastery of …
Godspeed to Olympos, Thu, 14 Sep 23
Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, Sea, UNESCO site
in Europe, Greece
Today was a slow day. I got up before sunrise and spent a lot of time in the van catching up on stuff and writing. After 11, Anti and Michał joined me for a road trip. First, we visited the …
Godspeed to Olympos, Sat, 09 Sep 23
Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, Sea
in Europe, Greece, North Macedonia
It turns out that the excavation site of the Ancient city of Stibera is just a field. There is a plate with the explanation, but no parking, and you just cross a village road, walk a bit through the field, …
Godspeed to Olympos, Fri, 08 Sep 23
Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, Temple
in Europe, North Macedonia
Last night I parked the Baron and was turned out being the back entrance to the archaeological site of the ancient and early medieval city of stubbing today I woke up and it turned out being another only lovely and …
Godspeed to Olympos, Thu, 07 Sep 23
Simon
at a City, Lake, Museum
in Europe, North Macedonia
This morning I found out once again how awesome the Baron is. Someone was walking around and even knocking and calling, I’m not sure who or why. I didn’t give sign of life and they just left. Minutes later I …
Godspeed to Olympos, Wed, 06 Sep 23
Simon
at a Mountain
in Europe, North Macedonia, Serbia
Not much happened today. I got up in a great mood and just chilled a bit taking in a great mountain view and vaguely starting to think where am I even going today. I’m the end, I made a general …
Godspeed to Olympos, Tue, 05 Sep 23
Simon
at a Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Serbia
Today did not start the way I was hoping it to. I slept by the Resavska Pecina cave, planning to visit it as it opens at 9am. But it turned out that it’s closed and they won’t open until enough …
Godspeed to Olympos, Mon, 04 Sep 23
Simon
at a Temple, Waterfall
in Europe, Serbia
Miljkov MonasteryMiljkov MonasteryMiljkov MonasteryMiljkovDobreš monasteryZlatenac ZlatenacRadošinZlatenacRadošinRadošinSaint SavaTomic monasteryTomic JakovicManasija Manasija MonasteryManasija Today I discovered why you shouldn’t sleep by a monastery. They very much still ring the bells for prayers at 3am, and then at 6am, and then at 7am, and then at …
Godspeed to Olympos, Sun, 03 Sep 23
Simon
at a City
in Europe, Serbia
I set off towards Belgrade making a stop at Sremsky Karlovsky. It’s a cute little village with a lot of wineries and I quaint little centre. I stumbled upon a mass in the orthodox church and the one thing that …
Short German trips, Sat, 08 Jul 23
Jemma and Simon
at a Sea, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
Short German trips, Sun, 02 Apr 23
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, Germany
Trip to two castles after helping Michal move out from Gollanczstraße. Two tickets on the way. Found a ruined building to explore.
Christmas 2022, Tue, 20 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, France
We woke up amidst rather heavy rain wondering how the hell are we going to manage to go to Mount St Michel in that weather. But hey, we are hardcore! We were quite lucky – the rain subsided a bit …
Christmas 2022, Mon, 19 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, France
We arrived in Bayeux last night and found a parking spot in the town centre. Unfortunately it was raining heavily all night and in the morning – the weather hasn’t been very kind to us on this trip, but at …
Christmas 2022, Sat, 17 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Graveyard, Museum, Temple
in Europe, France
After leaving the Somme region, we continued on our way to Amiens. The cathedral was extraordinary, with amazing statues and carvings all over the facade. Then we went to the Jules Verne museum in his old house. Simon wanted to …
Christmas 2022, Thu, 15 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
First winter night in the Baron! We were scared as just before leaving the heating didn’t want to work, but then it started, so all is good. New record: -9. We started our journey to visit Jemma’s family for Christmas …
Short European Trips, Sun, 29 May 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Czechia, Europe
On the way back from Prague, we stopped to see some nature: pretty nice rock formations with opportunities for climbing, squeezing through tight passages, and just frolicking around. Definitely lifted our moods after a rather boring trip to Prague.
Short European Trips, Sun, 15 May 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Graveyard, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Czechia, Europe
Prague turned out quite boring, perhaps even worse than I remember from the last visit. Loud stag and hen parties everywhere, the city centre is overrun by tourism’s lowest denominator. This crowd is served by an assortment of bullshit ‘museums’ …
Short German trips, Tue, 28 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
We woke up really early today to make the most of our day in Lübeck. We were in town so early that we had to walk around a bit waiting for the churches we wanted to see to open! We …
Short German trips, Mon, 27 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
The next surprise location is Wismar. It’s one of the Hanzeatic ports between Lubeck and Rostock that kept changing hands between different rulers and was part of Sweden for some time. We read up on the history on the way …
