It’s a beautiful day here in Dülmen Germany as I write this final blog. Tomorrow morning we return this impressive “Burstner” motorhome to Dümo and hop a train for Amsterdam. Over these last few days we’ve occupied our time with dismantling the motorhome and packing our return travel bags. As we “wrap-up” this latest trip we find ourselves evaluating the success of the ten weeks and 12,000 kilometres of European backroads.

On this trip we decided to focus more on the rural countryside experience and less on specific tourist destinations and popular visitor sites. We therefore bypassed many very interesting places along the way but non that we haven’t seen and enjoyed before (with a few exceptions). So, the vast majority of roads we did travel really were the “back roads” and all new to us. One might think that you’d be hard pressed to find interesting things to see on the back roads, but that would be wrong. In fact we found all kinds of interesting places, way too many to explore, and all deserving much more attention. From beautiful castles and monuments, little towns and villages, to amazing drives in the countryside while meeting wonderful people all along the way. This trip was unique. In past trips, we really did love the experience of walking along the beautiful Champs-Élysées in Paris but, I can tell you this, slowly driving along the Northwest Coast of Spain is just as impressively magnificent.

So, with most of our serious trip evaluation now complete, we’re pleased to report that we really did enjoy this opportunity to see and experience a limited selection of beautiful Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Austrian, and German back roads… despite some occasional tight squeezes with the motorhome.

As we now prepare for our return home to Victoria we do so with the knowledge that we have been very privileged and blessed to have had all these years of international travel opportunities. But, without any doubt, the best part of all these experiences is the excitement we feel when it’s time to return home to our children, grand children, family and friends.

From Cadiz we zipped north right past Sevilla as we’ve experienced beautiful Sevilla on two other motorhome trips. We headed straight for Albufeira located in the Algarve District of Portugal. We found a fantastic stellplatz located next to a picture perfect beach and planted ourselves there for a few days. We reluctantly decided to pull ourselves off the Portuguese coastline and travel a bit of the interior through the cork producing countryside and that turned out to be a good decision for us. Almost as beautiful as the coast, the interior is lush green with rolling hills and it’s very attractive in it’s own way. We were fascinated with the countless miles of natural growing cork trees that live hundreds of years and produce a yield about every ten years on approximately twenty percent of the tree.

Again we zipped past Lisbon for the same reasons we passed Sevilla and zeroed in on Nazaré further up the “Silver Coast”. Famous for it’s gigantic surfing waves that attract the best extreme surfers in the world every January and February. As we left Nazaré we discovered the ocean waves this last winter were not the only natural occurring dramatic event. This area of the coast was also hit with the most extreme wind storm action ever recorded. The hurricane type wind storms lasted for weeks and did extreme damage to much of this coastline with estimated damage in the ten billion dollar range.

After leaving north Portugal our first stop was to Santiago de Compostela in northeastern Spain. Famous for it being the burial site of Apostle St. James in the “Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela”. Approximately 250,000 pilgrims every year walk “The Camino” from many different directions over great distances to end their walk at this beautiful and busy Cathedral.

Westward along the north coast of Spain to Pamplona on the edge of the Pyrenees. This is the location of the well known annual “Running of the Bulls” made famous in a book by Ernest Hemingway. We drove onward into France though the eight kilometre Pyrenees “Tunnel du Somport”. We had a beautiful drive along the French side of the Pyrenees. We then stopped for a good look at Toulouse before heading to the French Mediterranean for one last stop at the beach before driving inland to fascinating “Pont d’ Avignon” where I’m presently writing this Blog. From here we’ll be working our way into northern Italy and eastward to the Dolomites with our fingers crossed that all that snow has melted.

Hope all is well with everyone, we’ll keep moving and keep you posted!

The “Cathedral de Santiago de Compostela” in Santiago

The northwest coast of Spain is underdeveloped and beautiful

How quickly the time passes when you’re traveling interesting places. We’re halfway through our trip already and actually starting the zig-zag return drive back towards Dümo in Germany. But fear not, we still have lots of new and exciting places to see and things to do on that long drive north.

We really enjoyed our time at “Dümo Camperpark” in Aguilas. It was the perfect place to take an energy break and catch-up on things like laundry. The staff was great, the Dümo campsite facilities are excellent, and the restaurant food was delicious. The location is good if you don’t need an ocean beach at your doorstep. When Michael found out we were at his campground, he sent a message to staff to provide us with the campground car and also pay special attention to our exiting camping bill. After working with Michael and Dümo Reismobile for over 12 years, we feel we have more of a friendship relationship with them than a transactional one. Thank you once again Michael and Anne for everything you’ve done for us over our many years of European travel.

From Dümo we took a couple of days and drove north east along the coast to have a look at Alicante and Benidorm (a major hotspot for British sun seekers). We then returned to Dümo Camperpark to reorganize ourselves before starting out on our westerly drive. We stopped first at the Dexter’s Spanish home-town headquarters in Nerja that is not just a beautiful seaside resort. Nerja is where you’ll also find one of the world’s most significant and famous natural caves. Only recently re-discovered in 1959 by 5 young men skipping school. This is a massive five kilometre ah-inspiring cave with many huge chambers that are garnished with countless spectacular stalagmites and stalactites. Including the largest geological column in the world. This cave has human history, and cave paintings, that possibly date back 42,000 years to the Neanderthal era and, archaeologists are still exploring and excavating the site.

We made our way to Gibraltar where we stayed at a fantastic new marina stellplatz very near the British border crossing that has you walking across the airport runway (only when the walking light is green). Gibraltar was a fun place to explore before heading inland to Ronda. What a great campground we found but an even more impressive town. Ronda with it’s famous 100 meter high “new” bridge (Puente Nuevo 1793) is a very beautiful village and, it boasts one of the oldest bullrings in existence. It’s also become a major and very busy tourist attraction. We spent a couple of days here before heading west again towards the oldest continuously inhabited city in Western Europe. We found a nice stellplatz in the centre of Cadiz next to a fortress on the water just a few minutes walk and we were in the centre of old town. Cadiz was established over three thousand years ago by the Phoenicians so it was old even when Christopher Columbus sailed from here a couple of different times to the new world.

We’re now in southern Portugal camping at a very nice seaside stellplatz just east of Albufeira. We’ll relax here for a couple of days before continuing our journey north. We hope everything is good on the home-front, we’re missing everyone, and we’ll keep you posted on our progress over here.

It only took us two weeks of (mostly) back road driving to get here but we finally made it to the south coast of Spain. We’ve settled in at a very nice campground in Aguilas that’s actually owned by our friends at Dümo. We plan on relaxing here for a few days before starting a meandering return road-trip back towards Germany. We originally thought we would follow Spain’s east coast beaches southward through Barcelona and Valencia to southern Spain but we changed our minds when we ran into significant traffic competition from local Easter Holiday sun seekers with the same idea. We instead enjoyed a beautiful drive south through central Spain and managed to spot a few interesting places along the way.

The weather has progressively warmed during this southward drive and we’re now enjoying respectful temperatures that are plenty warm enough for these two Canucks. We’re now starting to think that our new travel direction will be west towards Portugal, but only if the sun is still shining in the Algarve.

BTW… if you happen to spot a fuzzy bear in some of our pictures and you’re wondering Who, What, When, Where and Why? Meet Dümo the mascot bear that was given to us as we left Dümo to include in some of our photos as a fun and entertaining promo exercise for them. And, as a thrilling bonus for us, there are exciting and serious prize’s at stake? Yahooo! We hope at least our little one’s at home will enjoy spotting Dümo instead of just us for a change.

A quick stop in busy Toledo

We’ve had a great start to our 2026 European back roads tour. It began on March 16th with Bob providing a much appreciated, early morning shuttle service to the Victoria airport. Our KLM flights were on time and all our bags arrived with us on the same airplane. Yes! After spending a recovery night (or day?) at an Amsterdam airport hotel, we felt refreshed and hopped on a train to Dülmen Germany where the crew from “DÜMO Rent” was waiting for us at the train station to deliver us to our brand new “Burstner – Campeo” motorhome. A beautiful 2026 FIAT diesel unit with stick shift transmission which is the standard option over here in Europe. Thankfully, I believe a standard shift vehicle gets better fuel performance than one that’s automatic and we’ll need every bonus kilometre we can get this trip because diesel so far is ranging between $3.40 and $4.00/litre depending on the country. Significantly higher then normal prices in Europe thanks to certain careless uncaring yet powerful and dangerously unpredictable individuals. We unfortunately (or fortunately?) find ourselves traveling during these unsettling, and expensive times but we do what we must do when we can do it.

However, it’s a good thing that we’ve already encountered so many wonderful, caring, and down to earth people to help encourage a more up-beat mood. Non more wonderful then our extended family and good friends in Leiden and the Hague. What a marvellous, warm and inviting welcome we received from them once again. We had a fantastic weekend together exploring, visiting, feasting and sharing stories. Thank you for adding even more good memories on top of the old ones.

Moving on, we considered a number of ways to drive south and finally made a decision to drive through Belgium and along the eastern side of France. This is a beautiful region, jammed with history and fun twisting back roads too. Tonight we are in a small village just south of Strasbourg called Sélestat. Interestingly, the oldest written evidence of our Christmas tree tradition comes from Sélestat. The town was all decked out for Easter now but, wow! what an amazing Christmas market the village puts on every December.

We’re parked in a vineyard stellplatz tonight looking up the mountain in front of us at the impressive château (castle) Haut-Koenigsbourg that we visited earlier today. This huge castle has an interesting history that began in the 12th century and now, we can only imagine what fascinating stories those fortified walls could tell us. From here we plan to quicken our pace somewhat as we drive southwest towards Spain where we hope lots of warm sunshine awaits us.

I’ll keep you posted along the way but for now, Margot and I are wishing all of our friends and family a fun and very Happy Easter!

For those loyal few and surprisingly dedicated fans of my past “European Motorhome Travel Blogs”, Margot and I have breaking news. We’re about to start a new 2026 tour driving south to the Mediterranean via the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy before returning to Germany through Switzerland.  We leave on March 16th and return on May 29th for a total of 74 days. Yes… I know this sounds repetitive but trust me, we will be experiencing many new and interesting locations and possibly some old favourites too.   

Due to extreme popular demand (I’m sure), I will persist in publishing my blog despite my better judgment. The challenging plan is to limit my verbiage this time and rely mainly on photos with captions to tell our story (I promise). I’m not sure how often I’ll publish this last blog but please feel free to check us out when I do publish… or not!  

Completing a final travel blog from my home computer seems strangely out of sync with reality but here we go.  As you can imagine, things become very busy as you wrap-up a trip like this, and they don’t slow down immediately upon landing. It’s now been just over two weeks since our return to Victoria and so before additional summer events kick in, I’ll take a moment and polish off this 2024 trip by completing this last travel blog and sending it off to the book publisher.

Sailing from Dublin, we had a lovely and gentle crossing of the Irish Sea back to the port of Holyhead in Wales. Unfortunately on arrival we were greeted by thick clouds and heavy rain which was a bit disappointing. Overall the weather on this trip has been fantastic, not too cold, hot, or wet, so we’ve nothing to complain about in that regards. However, missing out on some of those beautiful Welsh mountain vistas was slightly disheartening especially considering what we could see was picture perfect. We drove south along the Welch coast to Pembroke and then cut eastward through the Black Mountains.  We slipped past busy Newport and Bristol and settled for a couple of days at a wonderful farm campground in South West England. 

On our way to Salisbury we visited the fascinating “Wilton House” where the young 18th Earl of Pembroke lives with his wife and daughters. It’s about five kilometres from the Salisbury Cathedral and much of this estate is open to the public when not in use by the family. What makes the country house so interesting is the personal treasures and  memorabilia randomly displayed throughout this grand home including a huge collection of Greek and Roman statuary and multiple paintings by van Dyck and other famous artists. It also has a fascinating history dating back to 1544 when Henry VIII granted the estate to Sir William Herbert. One interesting historical note was the impressive “Double Cube Room” which was the actual top secret location where during WWII Churchill and Eisenhower planned the D Day landings in Normandy. On the lighter side of interesting facts, this is where the NETFLIX series “The Crown” and “Bridgerton” are filmed.

After an expensive visit to Leeds Castle in Kent we eventually made our way to Folkestone (near Dover) and took the Eurotunnel train back to France. Over the next few days we made our way past Waterloo, Belgium into Germany, and north to Munster not far from Dulmen.  In the tiny village of Hiddingsel, Germany we enjoyed our final culinary experience at a wonderful little pub that was kitty-corner to our first amazing cuisine experience on Valentine’s Day, 2014. What a great way to end this part of our 2024 trip. 

We returned the motorhome to our friends at Dumo and hopped on a train to the Netherlands where we were once again greeted with wide and open arms by our amazing extended family there. I feel that over the years we’ve developed a special bond with these magnificent people who always make us feel so very much at home. Feeding us, housing us, entertaining us with theatre, harbour cruises and city tours makes us realize how lucky we are to have them in our lives. Thank you again for all your Dutch hospitality and the wonderful memories. 

KLM provided an excellent flying experience back to Victoria where we were so excited to reconnect with family and friends. Thank you Cam, Lia, boys and Winston for such a nice airport welcome despite some postponed luggage delivery. A quick trip to Portland a few days later to celebrate the twins 6th birthday was fun, heartwarming and long overdue. How fortunate we are to have such a wonderful loving family to return home too and ground us once again on the West Coast. 

Our decision to make the long drive north for a quick visit to Ireland turned out to be a good one. The return drive was long and faster than our preferred pace of travel but we’ve really enjoyed the two weather perfect weeks we’ve had to circumnavigate this beautiful Island.

Our first night in Ireland was spent in a Stellplatz at the rear of a fantastic pub just north of Dublin called “MAN O’ WAR”. Established in 1595, it was a great setting to begin our Irish tour and enjoy our first Irish stew and genuine draft Guinness beer.

In Belfast, a visit to the new interactive “Titanic Experience” was much more impressive and interesting than expected. It covered the building of the ship by the “White Star” company, the tragic sinking in 1912 and the story of it’s rediscovery in 1985. This large interpretation centre is constructed in the same location that the Titanic was actually built giving the entire experience an added boost of reality.

Londonderry, or “Derry”, was a very interesting place. We were impressed with the condition of the old walled city and the friendly nature of the people, the latter of which seemed in contrast to it’s divisive and violent past. As we strolled the area of where the “Bloody Sunday” riot took place in 1972 and visited the onsite museum we struggled with how such a tragic event could have happened amongst neighbours. We soon came to realize that the roots of the “Troubles” are very complex, date back hundreds of years and are not just religious in nature. Unfortunately, as we traveled about, we saw meaningful evidence of this continued division. Hopefully more time and more understanding will eventually smooth things over. On a happier note, we soon found ourselves exploring the first of three Irish Whiskey Distilleries (“Bushmills”) that someone we know well and trust completely, recommended. Very impressive, even for a beer fan.

We do enjoy seeing the larger cities and all the major attractions that they possess, but honestly, we now enjoy the rural adventure as much (if not more) than the civic experience. The small towns, incredible landscapes, wonderful people and amazing things we’ve seen and done along the way have provided us with many of our top notch memories. As we drive along some of these winding roads with stunningly beautiful things to look at I often think that it’s like driving through a giant interactive art museum.

Circumnavigating Ireland is a good example of that rural traveling experience. We saw miles of amazing coastal landscape with significant historical and natural importance, sites such as the “Cliffs of Moher”. They’re the biggest tourist attraction in Ireland and draw a million and a half visitors a year to peer over the edge of those magnificent cliffs. We arrived on a slow day so there were only about thirty busses in the bus parking lot at any given time. The cliff’s are very impressive and definitely worth a visit. One of my favourite destinations, not as well known and definitely not as busy, was near Clifden, Ireland. This is the location of two incredible human accomplishments. In 1907, on a huge peat bog, inventor Guglielmo Marconi built his first commercial transatlantic wireless transmission station and this massive complex structure opened the door for modern long distance radio communication. Marconi is considered the father of wireless communication and this is where the telecommunications industry got it’s start.

As a little side note… Marconi had passage booked on the Titanic but changed his mind and sailed three days earlier on a different boat (Lusitania) because that boat had a better public stenographer. Later, Marconi was given credit, and recognition, for saving the lives of those rescued from the Titanic because it was his radio transmission station and technology that sent rescue ships to the aid of those 705 surviving Titanic passengers.

The second claim to fame for this historically famous and isolated peat bog near Clifden deals with the aviation industry. This is the actual landing location of the very first non-stop transatlantic flight. British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown landed (crashed) there biplane here in 1919 after a 72 hour transatlantic crossing from St. John’s Newfoundland. Just consider how far the aviation industry has come in only one hundred years.

Green grass, rolling mountains, beautiful vistas, rugged stone fences and structures, wild ocean beaches, countless grazing sheep, wonderful little towns and terrific pubs make for a very poetic Irish statement. The “Ring of Kerry” has it all. What an amazing circle drive in Southern Ireland that is well worth the effort. The roads however can be a bit narrow at times and the saying “share the road” takes on a whole new meaning throughout Ireland but especially on the “Ring of Kerry”. Somehow with the help of folding mirrors, reverse gear, and WD40 everything worked quite smoothly for us but… I won’t mention the German motor-homer with poor spacial perception that took-out my passenger mirror reflector light with her mirror on a particularly tight squeeze.

We sailed back to Wales after a nice look around Dublin and an enlightening visit to another recommended whiskey distillery called “Teeling”. Great whiskey for sure but if you’re planning a trip here, I highly recommend you plan your tour after eating a big lunch.

It’s hard to believe that our three month trip through six new countries is coming to an end and we’ll soon be back in Victoria. I must say that we’re getting excited about returning home and seeing our family, but before that happens, we have a few more things to see and do including catching up with our wonderful friends in the Netherlands.

We made a decision regarding all that extra time we accumulated during our efficient (theoretically) travels in Türkiye. Why not go to Ireland? After studying the calendar we determined there was just enough time to visit England and Ireland as well. When we traveled the UK in 2016 we planned on visiting Ireland but as it turned out, time was running short for us and the weather there was a disaster. We therefore decided to save Ireland for a future trip where we could do it justice and spend more time exploring Wales. It appears that that time has just arrived. Driving from Turkiye to Ireland on the same trip may sound crazy to many considering the two locations are such a significant distance apart but, the fact is, Ireland is not that far away from Dumo in Germany where we’ll be returning the motorhome in June. So, regardless of wherever we were going to travel, we would need to cover most of this long drive north anyway. Actually we have just enough time for a relaxed visit to Ireland with time left over for some quality travel in Wales. This will then complete my list of visiting and exploring every EU country so… here we go!.

Leaving Mt. Olympia, our plan was to drive east to Albania through northern Greece but nasty weather in the mountain region had us change plans to a route further south. We entered Albania with few expectations other than what we had heard from other travellers, “a very nice country with friendly people”. Good to hear considering not that many years ago Albania was as locked down as North Korea is now. When Bert and I traveled Europe in 1972 the travel book we used had two words regarding Albania… “Forget it”.

I can pleasantly report that the Albania of today really impressed us with its natural beauty and it’s warm and welcoming people. In Shkoder we visited a historically significant castle high above our campground next door and met some locals dressed in traditional clothing on their way to a festival celebration. Albania is on the development ladder and still has a ways to go before it reaches the standards of Croatia but it’s clearly on its way to reaching that goal and I don’t think it’ll be long before Albania is a top travel destination. Did I mention that Albania is also a great economic bargain for travellers right now?

Further up the coast in Montenegro we stopped in another historically fantastic place called Kotor. This place is eye candy with a serious castle that was built on an almost vertical mountainside making it a real physical challenge to anyone wanting to explore it. We passed on that climbing experience. The huge and beautiful protected bay is a popular place for travellers in buses, cruise ships and motorhomes too, so you can imagine how crowded this confined area gets, especially during the summer.

Croatia is a fantastic country with a coastline unmatched in it’s beauty and after four visits we’re still not tired of it. We had a great stay in a very memorable campground on the Adriatic before heading inland to visit a UNESCO World Heritage park called “Plitvicka Jezera”. Wow, this is a massive and magical place with a stack of sixteen lakes that overflow themselves and send a blanket of water through the forest to each of the lakes below. Very impressive natural wonder but also very crowded. We opted for the short 6 kilometre walking tour winding up the mountain but as we walked along we were thinking about how much Karen and Steve would enjoy the 16 kilometre trail option.

After Croatia we made a beeee-line drive north for the English Channel. We drove across the top of rainy Italy, stopping in Verona of course, before heading to the 11.6 kilometre “Mont Blanc” tunnel into France. Interestingly, we added up the length of all the tunnels in very close proximity to each other and the total length including old Mont Blanc was over 35 kilometres. The newer tunnels BTW, are truly engineering marvels, not that ageing Mont Blanc tunnel isn’t. With quick stops at Lake Annecy and Reims we made it to Calais on the French Coast in record time with only about $340 in Tolls (Ouch).

We jumped on the ferry from Calais to Dover and carefully (on the wrong side of the road) drove to Canterbury, a favourite place of ours. From Canterbury we’ve driven up the east side of England and then across some beautiful English countryside towards Manchester. We’re now in northern Wales at a great campsite that we stayed at in 2016 as we wait for our ferry to Ireland (Holyhead to Dublin) on May 9th.

Sorry, I don’t have a map outlining our repositioning travel venture as I don’t have a map scaled small enough to show that much distance in one picture but, I don’t think that will be a problem regarding a map of Ireland.

We spent about a month exploring this amazing country, and despite the fact that both of us suffered from cold and flu symptoms for much of that time we still managed to really enjoy our time in Türkiye. We saw an amazing assortment of fascinating attractions as we moved through the country much faster than anticipated. This was partly because of the highly developed highway system here and the fact that we didn’t find any specific location where we wanted to drop anchor for an extended period of time. Also contributing to the quick touring pace was having done detailed preparation for the trip. Organizing a flexible agenda complete with GPS coordinates really elevates efficiency on the road. Preparing is a time consuming process but what a difference it makes when you’re zipping down that highway.

We left Seher and the Dekafok Turtle Sanctuary and drove a short distance to what is considered the best preserved Roman Theatres in the world, built in 162 AD. The “Aspendos Archaeological Site” is truly spectacular. This 12,000 seat theatre still hosts major events every year. Should I mention the impressive Roman ruins situated above the Theatre? Further along the coast is Antalya. A very big and busy city that surprised us with the incredibly large number of five star mega-resorts that lined the ocean front and created an unwelcoming security zone atmosphere. One noticeable eye-popping resort was called “The Kremlin Palace” highlighting the popularity of this coastline to Russian tourists.

The beautiful, and popular, seaside town of Kas was an experience for us. We drove into Kas through “vertical” streets crowded with people that provided 1/2 inch clearance between folded-in-mirrors. Locals are very respectful and quick to assist with “inch-by-inch” guidance through some very tight spots. I wish the impatient drivers behind us had the same respect; they do love their horns. BTW, this situation is a common occurrence in many small and large towns throughout the Mediterranean so many local drivers here seem proud to display vehicle side panel damage like battle scars.

Further along this historically jam packed coastline you find the resort town of Dalyan. The 4th century Lycian Tombs overlooking the Dalyan river make for an outstanding backdrop. We also had the best, and least expensive, donair we’ve ever had at a small shop just out of the main tourist section of Dalyan (worth noting).

Inland we drove to a truly dazzling location with three significant sites. The first one is Pamukkale (cotton castle) and we camped just below it. Visualize a spectacular calcium waterfall that has over time, created this massive white terrace. We walked (up and down) this terrace through mineral rich water, in bare feet, to gain access to the second fantastic location, Hierapolis. Located just above Pamukkale and built around a thermal spring this very impressive site dates back thousands of years to Hellenistic times. The third location, in a panoramic location about 15 km’s away, is called Laodikeia. What a fascinating and beautiful archaeological site this was, especially early in the morning before all the bus tours arrived.

Back to the Aegean Sea to visit another famous ancient city called Ephesus. Wow! This site is truly impressive and did not disappoint us in any way. The Greek city of Ephesus, built in 1000 BC, had a major influence on the entire ancient world with much of that influence carrying over to this day. Ephesus was a very important centre of worship and a big player in the spread of Christianity. It was also a major port and considered a city as magnificent as Rome itself.

After passing through the very nice but fast moving city of Izmir, we set our sights on Bergama (Pergamum). We had Kristen in our minds when we visited the Asklepion archaeological site. This was one of the ancient worlds main centres of learning and the great physician Galen was born here in 129 AD. He established a famous medical centre called the Asclepieum and this could be considered the world’s first official teaching hospital.

Troy was the last major stop on our tour of Türkiye and it turned out to be surprisingly interesting. We were told that it was just a pile of stones and not worth the $80 to see it. Wrong… a very fascinating site, location and history that dates back to 4000 BC and goes through nine layers of strata development with the last one being the Roman’s in 300 AD. Besides the legends that still keep us guessing, Troy has been famously excavated with many of it’s treasures being displayed in major museums around the world.

We’ve now entered Greece and are waiting out some rain at a great waterfront campsite just below Mount Olympus. Our plan is to start heading north through Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Croatia. We’re here earlier than expected so we’re now formulating a plan to utilize our extra time in the best way possible. We’ll keep you posted!

The amazing 12000 seat Roman Aspendos Theatre