Montenegro & Albania

Oh hey there!! It´s been a while… but I´m still here, and after an embarrassingly long break in updates (summer is always crazy and this little blog of mine gets a bit neglected) I am back, as if nothing happened, to continue sharing our campervan journey through southern and eastern Europe. We were apprehensive about Montenegro and particularly Albania for a few reasons. First of all, was the fact that we were travelling with our dog and by entering these 2 countries, we were exiting the European Union. No big deal there, as he has all his paper work and…

Croatia

August 22, 2017 Categories: Places · Van LifeTags: europe travel photographer · food photography croatia · island hopping in croatia · the best beaches in croatia · travel photography croatia · traveling in croatia · vanlife europe · vanlife in croatia · zadar croatia7 Comments

We almost didn´t go to Croatia, as we´d heard that wild camping is illegal and that the authorities are super strict and take some sort of peverse pleasure in rooting out campers and making life miserable. But then we decided just to go and see how it was, and if it sucked, we´d just keep moving through quickly. And OMG am I glad that we decided to go because since leaving Portugal and her glorious Atlantic coastline, this was the first place that we stopped and looked at each other and declared that “we could live here”. Croatia is incredibly…

Venice | Italy

May 25, 2017May 25, 2017 Categories: Places · Van LifeTags: Travel photography Italy · travel photography venice · travelling in italy · travelling in venice · vanlife europe · vanlife italy · venice italy8 Comments

Venice is one of those places that I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with. It´s Venice, there is literally no other place in the world like it, it´s breathtakingly beautiful and so unique that you can´t help but feel the love… but so completely overcrowded and expensive and badly managed that it dulls the shine of the city a bit. But Venice is Venice, and as this was my 3rd time here we were prepared for the madness, sort-of. I don´t think that these images do much to convey the intensity of the tourism here because we did everything…

Northern Italian Lakes

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 Categories: Places · Van LifeTags: food photography italy · lake como italy · lake maggiore italy · northern italian lakes · Travel photography Italy · travelling in italy · van voyagers · vanlife europe · vanlife italy8 Comments

After leaving the French Alps we wandered around the lakes of northern Italy… Maggiore, Como, Orta and Lugano. Lake Lugano shares its shoreline with Switzerland so in the name of in-depth exploration we crossed the border, only to be shocked at how expensive it is there… and when an crotchety old man with more money than brains reversed his (very expensive) car into our van and then just drove off without checking to see what he´d damaged, we thought that we should really rather get back to Italy, where people are just as likely to reverse into you but at least…

Mirepoix | France

March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 Categories: Places · Van LifeTags: farmers market in france · food photography france · french pyrenees · mirepoix france · travel photography france · traveling in france · vanlife europe · vanlife france3 Comments

After San Sebastian, we crossed the border on the coast and then turned inland, following the foothills of the Pyrenees to the town of Mirepoix… a place we´d never heard of and wouldn´t have even considered visiting if it weren´t for the fact that a friend of ours lives there. But as is always the case when on the road, these spontaneous itinerary changes are what make travelling fun and we´re really glad to have discovered such a pretty part of France, with her lakes and mountains and medieval towns. And the markets, the French win at farmers markets! Everything is…

San Sebastian | Spain

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 Categories: Places · Van LifeTags: basque country spain · donostia spain · food photographer basque country · food photography spain · san sebastian spain · travel photographer spain · travelling in basque country · van voyagers · vanlife europe · vanlife spain5 Comments

San Sebastian, or Donostia, is another city that we had previously visited but we spent a few days here on our trip because: pintxos. The Spanish lay claim to tapas but the Basques take it to a whole other level with their version: bigger, tastier and far more inventive than mere tapas, pintxos are more than just a pre-dinner snack or accompaniment to a few drinks. Pintxos eating is a huge part of the local culture and a social event in itself. Food is life in the Basque country, so we definitely weren´ t going to skip through town without eating as…

Bilbao | Spain

February 27, 2017March 8, 2017 Categories: Places · Van LifeTags: basque country spain · bilbao spain · food photographer bilbao spain · travel photographer bilbao spain · travelling in basque country · van voyagers · vanlife europe · vanlife spain3 Comments

So! After a 6 month hiatus on the blog, and almost a year after we set off on our European Van Voyager Adventure (how can it be that it´s been almost a year!!!) I have finally gotten (most) of my ducks in a row and have some photos to share and stories to tell about our travels. And an adventure it was! We knew, going into this, that we would have stressful days, that the van would break down and that our (incredibly limited) knowledge on mechanics and electrics would be challenged on a regular basis… all of which happened,…

Kerry Murray

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