Tag: Roman

Euro Road Trip – Pompeii Ruins

Day 64 I had wanted to have a big day seeing the ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii, but we got off to a slow start, which was then…

Euro Road Trip – Rome

Day 58 The ship was due to dock at 10:30AM. In anticipation of this, we set our alarms for 8:30, giving us time to have a shower, eat…

Euro Road Trip – Languedoc Roussillon

Day 31 We said our good-byes to our friends in Toulouse, after having one more hot shower, and one final use of their wifi, making sure I had…

Euro Road Trip – Day 8 and 9 – Salamanca

We’d originally considered going further west, stopping in Bilbao, however, we decided to head south to Salamanca instead – which was nearly 500km away! It was a long…

Sicily – Day Five, Scala de Turchi and Valley of the Temples

After leaving the beautiful coastal area in San Vito lo Capo, we made it as far as Partanna at the small B&B Camagna Country House which gave 5-star…

The Floating Castle of Kizkalesi

Completely unintentionally, we were up and out quite early (at least for us). Part of that was the lack of breakfast with our (super) budget room. We were…

Olympos – Hippy Tree Houses, Mediterranean and Roman Ruins

We arrived at the Saban Treehouse Pension after sunset last night, so this morning was our first opportunity to properly see the area. It was a surprisingly large…

The Brilliant White Terraces of Pamukkale

It was quite a drive we had ahead of us today, driving nearly 250km inland to see the world heritage site of Pamukkale, and then driving back to…