Author Archives: davidandlindasgrandtour2

It’s all over!

Posted on March 21, 2017 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

We have tried to include a lot of our photos in our blog to help get through some of my ramblings and as such have run out of download space on our free blog site. If you are still interested … Continue reading →

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When in Rome……

Posted on February 22, 2017 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

1st February – 7 February While Dave was getting his haircut yesterday, he struck up a conversation with a young guy who was studying medicine in Rome and was home for holidays. After much talk about where we have been, … Continue reading →

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Surprising Sicily

Posted on February 4, 2017 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

1st January – Happy New Year 🎉🎉🎊🎊 It looks like the gentleman at the tourist office didn’t understand our question about fireworks. Not only were they going off all night but at midnight there was a firework display coming from … Continue reading →

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Don’t believe everything you read on the internet!

Posted on February 4, 2017 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

28th November – 5th December A very heavy fog greeted us upon wakening however we decided to still get the bus in. The views to the plains below and Monte Subasio rising steeply above Assisi were whited out. As you … Continue reading →

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Italy in November

Posted on February 4, 2017 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

26th October – 1st November We arrived in Sacile around 11, so we packed our lunch and walked into this lovely little town which is formed by two islands standing amid the willow-lined Livenza river and a network of canals. … Continue reading →

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Italy with a dash of Slovenia

Posted on October 28, 2016 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

20th October – 25th October We had an odd day today. It started with our border crossing, yep you guessed it, no passports out and the Croatian border control wanted to see them, so there was a mad dash to … Continue reading →

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Croatia, full of surprises

Posted on October 28, 2016 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

5th October – 12th October Murphy’s law will always come into play when you least expect it. The border crossing from Slovenia to Croatia was where it struck. We didn’t get our passports out this time, there has never been … Continue reading →

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Slovenia with a dash of Italian

Posted on October 28, 2016 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

26th September – 4th October We had the chance of picking two countries today as our destination and we chose to pop into Italy for a quick visit before heading into Slovenia. We had a pleasant drive heading towards the … Continue reading →

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Amazing Austria

Posted on September 29, 2016 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

9th September cont’d – 15th September We were both a bit restless this afternoon so we decided we would do a hike up the mountain behind us. It was only supposed to be an hour walk but we got lost … Continue reading →

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The hills are alive

Posted on September 9, 2016 by davidandlindasgrandtour2

3rd September – 9th September We said goodbye to Burghausen and Germany and crossed the border into Austria without any problems. Dave’s research has shown (as well as the guy in the tourist office confirming) that if we stay off … Continue reading →

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