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 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 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, Sun, 16 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Spain
Cenral MarketForumForumTheatreCircusCircusAmphitheatre The Baron is just small enough to fit into the underground car parks, but sometimes it is really ‘just’. This time, poor Baron got his back scratched a little, and was not happy. Parked, we moved to town …
Short Spanish trips, Sat, 15 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City
in Europe, Spain
On our way from the Poblet Monastery to Tarragona we popped in to Montblanc, a picturesque town with largely intact medieval walls. Naturally, grown way beyond those walls since, but didn’t demolish them – they’re either free standing, or made …
The long return, Wed, 01 Jul 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City
in Europe, Germany
From Köningstein we drove off to Meissen, to see the famous porcellain manufactury. It was all we were hoping and fearing: super interesting workshops about the porcelain making history and technique, and some horrible porcellain. Why, oh why did porcellain …
The long return, Mon, 29 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple
in Europe, Germany, Poland
After spending a couple of hours wandering around the Muskauer Park, we jumped back in the van and headed to our next destination: Görlitz. This is a really interesting place, again on the border with Poland. It is adjacent to …
Lived here!, Sat, 01 Feb 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Park, Sea, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Spain
Got there – Never again!New Home!OK, really new homeSanta EulaliaFestival de Santa EulaliaFestival de Santa EulaliaScrap bookshelfCarnival!Carnival!The Last BirthdaySun in lockdownWork in lockdownShopping in lockdownPartying in lockdownPartying in lockdownFestivals in lockdownDining in lockdownCamping anniversary in lockdownFIRST DAY OUT!!!FIRST DAY OUT!!!FIRST …
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, Thu, 19 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
We had a slower start to this day with packing up our stuff from the Airbnb and a work phone call. I also lost one of my favourite earrings on the way to our first stop and we retraced our …
Baron in Italy, Wed, 18 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Early start this morning – lots to see! First stop was the Uffizi gallery. This place is so vast! We started off thoroughly looking at all the Roman sculptures at the beginning of the gallery, but after 4 hours there, …
Baron in Italy, Tue, 17 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Another delicious lazy morning with waking up in a proper bed! We were clearly super tired from traveling and didn’t get up until 10am, but headed out for sightseeing soon afterwards. Florence is so full of amazing things to see, …
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 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, Sun, 15 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
After the short drive from our parking spot, we arrived in Ravenna. We were amazed at the hugeeeee powerplants we passed on our way here and then by some of the really ugly buildings in the town – I guess …
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, 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, Tue, 10 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Verona is wonderful! We arrived at around 11am. Firstly, we visited Verona Arena, an amazingly preserved Roman amphitheatre. It was so cool and had great views of the surrounding city and Alps in the distance. Next we walked to Piazza …
Baron in Italy, Mon, 09 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
We spent this morning seeing some of the beautiful churches of Brescia. Firstly, the New Cathedral. I really liked this church as the interior lacks all of the gold & gaudy baroque decor. Next to this is the Old Cathedral, …
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 …
