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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…

Euro Road Trip – Day 7 – San Sebastian

As we headed south from France towards the border, we noticed that the mountains started appearing on the horizon, which after nearly a week of flat plains was…

Euro Road Trip – Day 4 – Mont St. Michel and Saint Malo

We woke to thick fog again in our motorway rest stop. I wished now that I’d driven the extra hour to get to Mont St. Michel last night,…

France – Lyon

This was, believe it or not, my first visit to France – unless you count an ill-prepared hike with our snowboarding gear from Pas de la Casa across…

Malta – Day One, Gozo Island

We arrived from Sicily to the port in Valetta around 9:30PM. As we left the port, we ran the usual gauntlet of taxi drivers offering their services. I’d…

Scotland – St. Andrews and Stonehaven Castle

As we continued our counter-clockwise quick drive around central Scotland, after visiting Glasgow and Stirling Castle, we made it to the town of St. Andrews, which I have always…

Spain – Girona

This town suffers from being a cheap airport gateway to Barcelona, with most visitors jumping straight onto a shuttle bus and making the hour plus journey on the…

Suzdal – Golden Ring City

We were now only hours away from Moscow, but rather than rush to enter the metropolis, we made one last visit to rural Russia. It wasn’t the most…