From the Istria Peninsula our next destination in Croatia was the island of Hvar, but we scheduled a couple of overnight stops along the way – Zadar and Split. I won’t bore you again with the history of Croatia, since I did that already in our previous post on the Istria Peninsula, but feel I…
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We followed the E70 from Belgrade to Zagreb entering Croatia at the Granični prelaz Batrovci (SRB) / Granični prijelaz Bajakovo (HR) crossing where for two hours we inched along in bumper to bumper traffic, but counted ourselves lucky that we weren’t transport trucks. That line was at a complete standstill and stretched for miles; we…
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With the Danube river acting as a natural border we crossed from Romania into Serbia at the Drobeta-Turnu Severin – Kladovo bridge crossing. The Romanian border guard was delightful. She apologized for her poor English skills telling us she’d learned it by watching television but really wanted to know what we thought of her country…
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We left picturesque Transylvania behind and headed for the biggest city in Romania – its capital, Bucharest. The “fastest” route from Brașov to Bucharest is the DN1 which is a single-lane highway used by cars, buses and transport trucks. Don’t let the distance between the cities fool you (183 km), the bumper to bumper traffic…
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We crossed from Hungary into Romania at the Nădlac border crossing (Hungarian Highway M43/Romanian Highway A1) and had read that this crossing is often crazy busy. It was definitely chaotic, but we succeeded in correctly picking one of the “All Passports” lines even though we couldn’t fully see the signage, and reached the border checkpoint…
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Yay – we are back travelling again and will meander our way through Europe over the next five months. We have leased a car through Renault which will give us more flexibility on where to go and how to get there, but is also going to have an impact on our budget, given the current…
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The best laid plans… Upon returning to Canada, following our successful “nomadic” trial run in the latter part of 2021, we began our transition to a full-time nomadic lifestyle. In early February we listed our house and sold it quickly in the hot Calgary market. I had elective surgery scheduled for mid-April and the buyers…
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We booked this trip in 2019, and paid our non-refundable deposit just before the Covid-19 pandemic saw the world fall apart. If there is something positive we can point to as a result of the pandemic it may be that African tour companies are now more willing to agree to refundable deposits. But back then,…
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We wrapped up our 2021 travels by leaving the Costa Blanca on a 4-day road trip inland, wending our way past rocky outcrops dotted with windmills and castles before finishing in Madrid for our flight back to Canada for Christmas. Day 1 – Villena, Spain Just under an hour northwest of El Campello, where we…
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Following our hectic three plus weeks in Jordan, Egypt and Dubai, we decided to relax for a month on the southeastern coast of Spain, in the town of El Campello. After spending so many months melting in the heat, the mild fall temperatures (18-20°C) along the Costa Blanca were most welcome! In the 1950s the…
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