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, 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 …
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.
Short UK trips, Tue, 16 Aug 22
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, UK
Parking around Bath is a pain – ended in a street parking by the university. We started the day in a drizzle checking out the fantastic aqueduct – not Roman but Victorian, allowing narrowboat travel with no locks. We wanted …
Short UK trips, Mon, 15 Aug 22
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Mountain, Ruins/Excavation, Temple
in Europe, UK
We were hoping to make it to Wells to see the cathedral before they close it, but Google lied to us saying we have until 7pm – it actually closed at 5. We once again found a spot to bathe …
Short UK trips, Sat, 13 Aug 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Park, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, UK
We picked up Boony the van in Bristol and left for Portishead for a fish and chips and a walk through the villa part of town to the beach and back to the town and the really ugly marina. Then …
The Land of no Top Floors, Thu, 10 Mar 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Graveyard, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Africa, Egypt
Today was amazing! We started off with Maria again, doing another overpriced Ibis tour. First, Ramsess III temple at Medinet Habu. Really amazing, easily one of our favourites – it’s all about tha pharaoh’s wars and victories, there is a …
The Land of no Top Floors, Wed, 09 Mar 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Africa, Egypt
Today was a painful reminder that Egyptian infrastructure is in dire need of modernisation. I wonder how often do they need to change suspension in cars here. The temples of Abydos and Dandera are both awesome, but to be honest, …
The Land of no Top Floors, Sun, 06 Mar 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Desert, Graveyard, Ruins/Excavation, UNESCO site
in Africa, Egypt
We slept long and well, if you don’t count the annoying throat ache I developed last evening. I think it must be the dust, because it gets much worse when I’m in the desert. But we got up very late, …
The Land of no Top Floors, Sat, 05 Mar 22
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Africa, Egypt
We got up at 4:30 today to go to Abu Simbel and see it while the temperatures are still bearable. To be honest, I’m not sure this was necessary, but it seems that this is how things are done here. …
The Land of no Top Floors, Fri, 04 Mar 22
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, River, Ruins/Excavation
in Africa, Egypt
Finally! Freedom to decide what we do when and just take it a bit more easy. We checked out of the boat in the morning, left our luggage with the staff, and headed off with Christina and Marco to town. …
The Land of no Top Floors, Thu, 03 Mar 22
Jemma and Simon
at a City, River, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Africa, Egypt
Today was quite frustrating. We have a ship ‘cruise’ booked until tomorrow, but we are just docked in Aswan by a noisy street, in between ships, with no view. We have a half-day of trips and a whole afternoon to …
The Land of no Top Floors, Wed, 02 Mar 22
Jemma and Simon
at a River, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Africa, Egypt
It’s Jemma’s birthday!!! How awesome we her to celebrate it in this way! In the morning, I snuck out to tell the crew, so they can prepare a surprise cake for the evening. Tsss, don’t tell her! But despite the …
The Land of no Top Floors, Mon, 28 Feb 22
Jemma and Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Africa, Egypt
We got up early to get picked up by our guide Ahmed at 8:00. Initially he insisted that we go straight to Karnak, but we convinced him we want to go to the boat first. Which turned out potentially unnecessary, …
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 …
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 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, 07 Mar 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, Spain
Short UK trips, Sun, 12 Jan 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, Sea, UNESCO site
in Europe, UK
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 …
Moving out of Edinburgh, Fri, 20 Sep 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, UNESCO site
in Europe, UK
Short UK trips, Sun, 12 May 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, UK
I love you Jemmy!, Fri, 01 Dec 17
Jemma and Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, UNESCO site
in Europe, Malta
I love you Jemmy!, Fri, 01 Dec 17
Jemma and Simon
at a Ruins/Excavation, UNESCO site
in Europe, Malta
Conference Trips, Sun, 22 Feb 15
Simon
with Vera
at a City, Graveyard, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Asia, Israel
Old City Mount of Olives Monastery of the Cross
Short UK trips, Sun, 20 Nov 11
Simon
with Kari, Laura Porro
at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, UK
Short European Trips, Wed, 18 Jul 07
Simon
with Eva
at a Castle, City, Graveyard, Museum, Park, Ruins/Excavation, Sea, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
20 July Arco di ConstantinoColosseoColosseoColosseoPalatino – ColosseoArea Sacra di Largo ConstantinaIl GesuPalatino – ColosseoPalatino – Forum RomanumPalatinoPalatino – Forum RomanumPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoPalatinoSanta Maria Sopra Minerva Pantheon Rafael’s TombSanta Maria Sopra Minerva – BerniniSanta Maria Sopra Minerva Santa Maria Sopra Minerva Santa Maria …
