If you’re a nature lover, then the one thing you shouldn’t miss while in Croatia is a visit to Plitvice Lakes. Think turquoise lakes, cascading waterfalls, verdant green forest, and endless wooden walkways. Trust me, […]
Our foray into Croatia hadn’t been too successful thus far. After the beauty of Slovenia, Croatia with its quiet (read: boring) mountaintop towns and disastrous campsites (truly horrendous) was not living up to our expectations. […]
I thought I knew Italy pretty well and have seen most of the things I wanted to see in that country, but Always Italy definitely proved me wrong. Mayes (of Under the Tuscan Sun fame) […]
Our Croatian guidebook said not to miss Motovun, a popular mountaintop village in Istria. We didn’t need any further encouragement and watched in excitement as the town, indeed spectacularly located, drew closer. Like all medieval […]
Although I recognised his name from reading various Weg magazine articles, Erns Grundling really came to my attention while watching the Kyknet series Elders: Die Camino. I thoroughly enjoyed his very South African take on […]
We chose to explore Slovenia and Croatia via campervan because of the freedom this method of travel would allow us. We could pack up and go as we please, sleeping over wherever we found a […]
If you’re a horse person, then you’ve probably heard of Lippizaners – those spotlessly white horses renowned for their good showmanship in classical dressage. These days they’re mostly associated with Austria and the Habsburg monarchy, […]
Have you ever looked back on your holiday memories and regretted not doing something? Predjama Castle in Slovenia is one such regret for me. The road from Nova Gorica to Predjama is an adventure all […]
What I love about travelling by campercar is the freedom to come and go as you please. After our first blissful few days at Lake Bled, we planned to stop at Bovec, a small town […]
You’ve all heard this pithy saying: “Raising kids is a walk in the park. Jurassic Park.” Well, some days that statement is literally true. On the day we left Lake Bled we told the little […]