Tag: castle
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Osterspai, Near Koblenz
Day 3. 19th April 2024. Bruges, Belgium to Osterspai, nr Koblenz, Germany. After overnight rain the morning started off dry, giving us time to get sorted before moving on. The forecast was rain everywhere, from what we could see, so had decided that the day would best be used by driving towards sunnier climes. Koblenz…
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Peniscola
GK Tours. Day 31 & 32 Wednesday & Thursday, 4th & 5th December 2024. Salou to Peniscola Another quiet night was had, less road noise than we expected and the sun was out again when we emerged from the cave. Our walk to the beach of Salou took about 30 minutes, past huge hotels, a…
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Andorra (la Vella) via Lleida
GK Tours. Day 18 & 19 Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd November 2024 Zaragoza to Andorra (la Vella) via Lleida A quiet night was had on the square last night. We were woken by the town gardeners scraping up the fallen leaves . The storks were home as well this morning. The sound they make…
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Verona
Saturday 13th June 2026 Verona, Italy Gareth had planned for us to visit Verona today, so, allowing for the weather we were up early and on the road for the short trip of about an hour. There’s a great parkup on the edge of the city where we managed to get a spot in the…
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Dozza
Thursday 11th June 2026. Dozza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Thursday morning we packed up and headed inland, changing regions into Emilia-Romagna, an area we haven’t seen much of other than Bologna and Ravenna. Our destination was another ‘beautiful village of Italy’ called Dozza. It’s a little hill town with a lovely castle which houses a museum AND…
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Trani
Saturday 30th May 2026. Trani, Puglia, Italy Leaving the lovely site this morning, we set a destination for Monopoli. We were going to visit after Polignano al Mare but as the weather was rubbish we drove on by. Anyway, halfway there, we changed our minds…again….and chose Trani instead. Trani is a little further up the…
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Otranto & Torre San Giovanni
Wednesday 13th May 2026. Otranto and Torre san Giovanni, Puglia, Italy Leaving the lovely camperstop we headed for Otranto, a cute little place on the coast. Arriving at a camper stop close to the old town we were told that the market was on, so headed there first before it closed. We had a wander…
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Crotone
Sunday 3rd May and Monday 4th May 2026. Crotone, Calabria, Italy Leaving this little site this morning we realised that there is no drinking water on site – in Europe they call it ‘potable’. Both Gareth and I had drunk a little of it this morning after we ran out of our shop bought water.…
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Le Castella
Saturday 2nd May 2026, Le Castella, Calabria This morning we discovered why it’s so windy here, yes, you guessed it we inadvertently moved to the windy side of Calabria . It did make us giggle! Anyway, this morning it was hot until the wind picked up which, gladly, wasn’t too often. With coats in hand…