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 …
Chasing the sun, Fri, 24 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Cave, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Slovenia
Yesterday we drove up to Hrastovlje, a small village where Jemma found a medieval walled church with a famous Dance of Death frescos. It was closed as we arrived late, so we went to the village inn where we had …
Chasing the sun, Wed, 22 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Ruins/Excavation, Temple
in Europe, Italy
We woke up to amazing views of the Gulf of Trieste. Park4night is an awesome map and has helped us find so many great parking spots. This spot was just outside Prosecco, on the slope down to Trieste. Our first …
Chasing the sun, Tue, 21 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Wine land. Arrived in he evening, drove up a very steep road to a parking spot. Walked down for some Prosecco, started raining, walked back up in the rain, soaked. Next day watched sunrise from the hill we were parked …
Chasing the sun, Mon, 20 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Waiting overnight to walk around the walls was totally worth it. Fantastic views of town, the mountains around, seeing the town change from every angle… Great stuff. Annoyingly, all the information plates that tell you about the town and the …
Chasing the sun, Sun, 19 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
It was too much. More and more people were showing up and a couple cars were blasting music pretty loud, so around 11pm we bailed and found a lovely spot by the road a bit down the hill. In the …
Chasing the sun, Sat, 18 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
We started today slow. We didn’t get it of bed until 11, spending the time on sorting photos and just chilling. A much needed break from our typical chase after the next attraction! Throughout the morning, more and more cyclists …
Chasing the sun, Mon, 13 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
with Ania, Michał
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Day 1 First day in Venice! We left the van at a carpark on the mainland and took the bus to Venice – this seemed to be the best option for us, as parking is really limited and expensibe on …
Chasing the sun, Sun, 12 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Museum, Temple
in Europe, Italy
We woke up to more incredible views – I’ve been very pleased with the parking spots we’ve found so far on this trip! Mountains with the small city of Trento in between them. We decided to leave the van where …
Short German trips, Fri, 02 Apr 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Europe, Germany
It’s Easter weekend and we have four whole days off work… perfect time to hit the road again and continue exploring Germany. We decided to head back to Saxony, as it is reasonably close to Berlin and convenient for a …
Short German trips, Sun, 07 Mar 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Forest, Lake, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
Welterbe Bauhaus Denkmal Bundesschule BernauWalls of BernauAskanierturmBridge by the AskanierturmSilkebucheCold cold March watersJoachimsthal KaiserbahnhofAd for the Großziethen Geopark by the Dorfkirche Golzow This has been a long, long winter. We were pretty well prepared – living on the outskirts of …
Short German trips, Sun, 24 Jan 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, Germany
This is what happens when the Soviets occupy a neo-Baroque castle and get free reign to build concrete blocks on its grounds, so that the Stasi can use it all as a training and recreation center.
Short German trips, Sun, 13 Dec 20
Simon
with Ania, Michał
at a Lake, River
in Europe, Germany
Accompanying Michał and Ania on a part of their quest to move the Great A’Tuin from it’s parking place in Tetlow, to Nowa Sól for repairs. I left them after a couple days in Fürstenwalde and took a train back.
Short Polish trips, Sat, 17 Oct 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Sea, Temple
in Europe, Poland
In the morning we packed up to leave the apartment, and drove off East. First stop: Pustkowo. Where as a young kid I spent every summer with my grandparents. I called them to check on the specific location we stayed …
Short Polish trips, Wed, 14 Oct 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Museum, Temple
in Europe, Poland
Światowid between multisDancing like the EmperorOrgan in Kamień PomorskiSTORM!!! The weather did not stay nice as long as the forecast promised. The wailing of the wind at night woke us up a lot, and in the morning we woke up …
Short Polish trips, Tue, 13 Oct 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Lake, Museum, Sea
in Europe, Poland
GosańGosańSmoked fish in MiędzyzdrojeMiędzyzdroje beachView from Zielonka HillSpaceship treeVery accomplished on ZielonkaTurquoise Lake Bored with hanging out in Poznań and not wanting to stay in Zieleniec all the time, we decided to go on a spontaneous trip. Also, Simon has …
Short Spanish trips, Tue, 25 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Europe, Spain
Today started with something different – a volcanic park. The volcanos are naturally crazy old, so now it’s really just a piece of very fertile and densely overgrown land with an interesting topography and lots of nature walks. On the …
Short Spanish trips, Mon, 24 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City
in Europe, Spain
From Girona, we drove back North to Besalú – a beautiful town with a fully preserved Medieval centre and an amazing bridge leading to it. It’s really small, but extremely cute. We strolled about for a couple hours, taking in …
Short Spanish trips, Mon, 24 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Park
in Europe, Spain
The sculpture park turned out to be more than we expected. We didn’t wake up in the best moods, but the park certainly helped. Past the automated gate, the first sculptures seemed pretty wacky – heads in the grass, prehistoric-style …
