Europe Detour

The drive to Montenegro was a short distance but was pretty slow as you have to pass through 3 customs/immigration stops and you have to drive around Kotor Bay through multiple small villages. The bay is stunningly beautiful with high mountains all around and it is almost glass smooth, the only ripples created by passing […]

Dubrovnik is a city built on a hillside. The old town is completely inside the fortress at the edge of the bay below the “newer” part of the city. We walked the 340 stairs to old town – yes – Terri counted them. Old town is beautiful with it’s meandering pedestrian -only passageways, many plazas […]

While Hvar island is known for its vibrant city, parties and nightlife; Mljet is just the opposite. It is a sleepy island with no cities, only small villages that find themselves crammed into the small coves of the island. There is no airport and most visitors and locals, (except the yachting crowd), get back and […]

We had not used our rental car since arriving in Split and now the plan was to leave it parked, (completely blocking the sidewalk), with all the local’s cars on a side street and pick it up on our return from Hvar Island. So, somewhat apprehensively, we left our car and apartment for the fast […]

After our long and detoured road-trip from Plitvice, we arrived in Split with our host waiting for us. Our apartment was on the fifth floor and again, no elevator. 90 steps later with our backpacks on we arrived to our space, it needed some furniture updates but had everything we want plus a great view […]

Croatia seems to be part of the European Union, but not really. They don’t like to take the Euro and there are no “open” borders. Since landing in the Azores almost 40 days ago and traveling to and through 6 countries, we have not had to show our passports or any other identification, no borders. […]

We didn’t know what to expect of Ljubljana nor how to pronounce it. It was just a convenient stop on the way from Venice to Zagreb, Croatia. It was a very nice find. One disappointment occurred on the bus ride to Ljubljana, while almost into Slovenia, we drove through Trieste, Italy. Trieste and it’s Adriatic […]

The flight ✈️ from Monaco was quick and easy, the bus ride to Venice Island was even shorter. We walked the 18 minutes to our Airbnb and Terri counted the 78 stair steps to the fifth floor where our unit was located; there was no elevator in the building. Our host, Christina, was a kind, […]

As we were walking to the train station in Montpellier, Terri made the comment “I really like traveling on trains, they are clean, comfortable and always on time in Europe.” That jinxed it! This was also our first attempt at having to take multiple trains to reach our destination. Upon arriving at the train station, […]

An early rise to catch our high speed train to Montpellier: adios Spain 🇪🇸, Bonjour France 🇫🇷! Neither Terri nor I were sure why we decided to stop and stay in Montpellier, France. Although, it did make for a convenient spot, time-wise, being between Barcelona and Monaco. Our train stopped near downtown giving us a […]