“You can stay here if you want!” cackled the old woman, as she rearranged the flowers on the grave that she was tending. We had reached a dead end, quite literally, next to a cemetery in Slovenia. We had come from Verona and had been on the road for hours. We were looking for ourContinue reading “Three Campsites & a Graveyard. The Sandal Saga in Slovenia!”
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Agricamping Corte Comotto, Verona, Italy
“IMPOSS-I-BILE!” We had viewed an apartment for the winter ski season, which had a large parcel of land to the side. “IMPOSS-I-BILE!” was the very Italian reaction to our commitment to pay a deposit straight away if we could leave our caravan parked in a discreet corner of the land over the winter. I saidContinue reading “Agricamping Corte Comotto, Verona, Italy”
In Praise of Italian Bureaucracy! Gressoney, Monte Rosa
We have seen people arrive on campsites with all manner of vehicles; on motorbikes with tiny tents and with caravans pulled by vintage tractors. Today, I saw my favourite ever – two men rocked up with all of their kit packed in panniers aboard two donkeys!
“To Boldly Go Where No Van Has Gone Before!” Gran Paradiso – Italy
My day kicked off with four ten-second bursts of freezing cold water, full in the face.