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Day 18 -Turkey/Gallipoli
A day of emotional extremes. The morning started off with an attack of the giggles for me. While we were having breakfast, it was very quiet and Steve blew his nose really loudly. The people near me jumped out of their skin and I got that awful desire to fall about laughing so I had…
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Day 17 – Greece/ Turkey – Eceabat (Gallipoli)
Oh the irony! After all day yesterday hardly seeing a soul, some Germans turn up at the studios and chatter and laugh into the night. Fine apart from we weren’t invited and we were in bed trying to get some shut eye -grrr! Bleary eyed this morning, but for the first time this holiday breakfast…
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Day 16 -Greece.Lydia
I was sad to leave Kala Nera today. The weather was beautiful and I could easily have spent some time by the pool, wandered into town, had a little walk by the beach etc,etc. But a traveller’s life is not about putting down roots, it’s about hunting down new experiences and being a road warrior.…
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Day 15 – Greece Kala Nera
Woke up feeling really queasy. Think it might be the water – time to get on the bottled. Went on a fantastic walk today. Followed the kalderimi tracks up to the hill village of Milies. Quite hard walking but picturesque. Steve had a bean soup for lunch but I had nothing as still felt ill.…
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Day 14 – Greece. Kala Nera on the Pelion Peninsula.
Strange dreams last night of being swept away in a lake. I think it had rained in the night, maybe that had something to do with it. Relatively painless drive to Kala Nera, a little seaside village on the Pelion. The Pelion is a small, hilly peninsula North of Athens. The nearest Greek island to…
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Day 13 – Greece, Meteora
Okay, I’ll admit it, I might have been a bit hasty in my opinion of Meteora. Today we hiked up to the main monasteries area and a with a bit of sunshine they look very picturesque. Being built on the top of rocky outcrops, an added benefit was a bit of a workout. Lots of…
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Day 12 – Macedonia/Greece
Set off around 9.30. Felt much more relaxed today as even though we are only insured for third party, Macedonia is a laid back, civilised sort of place. Once we got out of Ohrid, we hardly saw anyone else on the road. Quite a few pot holes as the roads are not in a good…
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Day 11 – Montenegro/Albania/Macedonia
Many questions came up today: 1.) why are there so many mercs, BMWs and other “luxury” cars in Albania? 2.) why do the people driving them look like farmers/ordinary people/thugs rather than rich business men? 3) how much do people earn in Albania- looks like a very poor country to me, yet most of the…
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Day 10. Montenegro
Sorry no pics as Internet too weak Caught the bus into Kotor this morning and had a wander around the old town. It’s very reminiscent of Italy and extremely picturesque. Had an early lunch then walked up to the top of the old fort. Very high and there were a few red faced people by…
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Day 9 – Croatia/Montenegro A Feast for the Eyes
What a day! It was another restless night with me finishing and posting the blog at 3am. I just couldn’t sleep. We were up early and after some croissants from the bakery across the road (very average) we were on the road by 9. Whoever made the post on trip advisor re driving the coast…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
- About
- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
- My blog
- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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