(My second Game of Thrones reference on the blog!) I’m writing this from the comfort of a sofa placed not far from a raging open fire. Large gnarly chunks of olive tree branches crackle and blaze; giving off not only heat but also that flickering light you can only get from a real fire. It […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Turkey Photos
A few photos from the 9 days we spent in Turkey.
Greece Route
It’s official! Fromeward Bound stage 1 is now complete!! We rolled up at Clare’s parent’s place in Greece sometime just after lunch today. Plan A was to arrive in very early January. Then about a month ago we formulated plan B, which would see us turning up in mid-December. As it turns out, we’ve arrived […]
Reflections on Turkey
#1 Petrol is astronomically expensive which is strange when you think how close to the Gulf it is. I think it’s the second most expensive petrol in the world after Norway #2 Which means that, apart from Istanbul and Ankara, the open roads have hardly any traffic on them #3 No massive amounts of luggage on […]
Turkey Route
Our first night in Turkey was great – sat by the sea in our chairs enjoying the warmest night’s camping for months, drinking a nice bottle of wine (amongst the piles of rubbish left by previous occupants – sigh.) From there on, however, the rain kicked in and didn’t let up. I’m not sure if […]
Shoe Shine Scam
It’s dark and we’re walking back to the hotel. A man walks past and we notice that a small wooden brush falls onto the road behind him. We both don’t hesitate to call out after him about his dropped brush. Captain picks up the brush and hands it to the man who thanks us. I love […]
Winter Wonderland
Having taken what we thought was a short detour around some road works we, instead, ended up on a very long detour in the mountains. (It has to be said that in Georgia and Turkey road diversion signs are non-existent and we got lost many times – as did the Satnav!) But with the recent […]
Georgia Route
I think I can safely say our visit to Georgia was pretty much all about the cities! And the wine. We really wanted to drive out to some of the northern countryside regions, but after driving south from Russia through the Caucasus Mountains it was apparent that both winter and the snow had arrived making […]
Georgia Photos
Impressions of Georgia
#1 Tbilisi, the capital, is wonderful #2 There is a delicious salad of tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions and a truly scrumptious walnut dressing. Georgians must eat a huge amount of walnuts #3 The Georgian script is crazy looking (looks a bit like Thai script) #4 Mountainous landscape so there’s lots of skiing resorts in the […]