Boondock Puffins

… (continued from previous article) Almost a year ago, we travelled over to Chamonix and stayed in an awesome little hotel that we would never be able to afford in high season. On the way back from Varese, we stopped off at a campsite on the opposite side of Mont Blanc, at Courmayeur. Driving up Read more

Camping in Italy in June… by a lake… who’d have thought there’d be mosquitoes? Certainly not us, who in an unusual fashion were incredibly unprepared for this camping trip! We had taken the opportunity of a weekend free to head over to watch the rowing World Cup at Varese, and to test out our new Read more

In order to sort visa things, we headed home for a week at the end of May. The journey began at 6am in the mountains. We drove all the way up through France, anticipating stopping at a hotel about an hour away from the crossing. It was roasting hot the entire way through France, and Read more

What can you do in France if it’s been a long work week? One idea is to head for a quick break to Annecy, the well-known and beautiful alpine, lakeside town in the south east of France. Famed for it’s cobbled streets and quintessentially French old town, it’s an ideal escape. To see a full Read more

Getting up early following the Feria de Sevilla was a test of all our energy levels. Nevertheless, Tom and I went for an early morning walk around Seville while we waited for our friends to wake up and shrug off their hangovers. We were only in Seville for such a short amount of time, and Read more