A Little Bit of Tasmania in Ireland
/We were surprised to stumble across a connection between an 900 year old castle in Ireland and our home of Tasmania that we'd never heard of before.
Read MoreThese posts cover our travels over a two month period in Europe 2017 as well as a trip we did in 2013. In 2017 we traveled from Oslo to Athens overland. Countries visited included Norway, the Netherlands, Begium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, Italy, Malta and Greece
We were surprised to stumble across a connection between an 900 year old castle in Ireland and our home of Tasmania that we'd never heard of before.
Read MoreWhoops. We find ourselves in the town of Ales in Southern France and not Arles with it's famous Roman ruins as planned. But we decided to make the best of it. Here's what happened.
Read MoreA self drive circuit of Iceland took us through dramatic landscapes made by fire and ice. Glaciers, volcanoes, geysers, waterfalls, abundant wildlife and hardy locals. Its a fascinating country.
Read MoreWe’d always assumed that Greenland was one of those places that you could only easily visit as part of an organised tour, and that independent travel was either not possible or at best very expensive. Not so, on both accounts.
Read MoreIn the south west corner of Poland, close to the borders with Germany and the Czech Republic is the town of Zagan, the home of Luft Stalag 3, the stalag from where the Great Escape took place.
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