Having completed our pre-adventure regime in Brighton, UK, we were ready to embark on our Moroccon meanderings. Settling in to a roof top room in a very comfortable Riad located within the Medina in Marrakech, we were well prepared for whatever came our way. Day 1 and it was off on a slow paced walking tour of the Marrakech Medina with our guide. Early morning (9:00am) and the temp was quite mild, mid 20s which was a very pleasant surprise. Interspersed with a...

Almost 4 years since our last adventure and we are off once again to new fields and new adventures. As has been the case in the past, our departure was not entirely uneventful. Leaving Melbourne, a small oversight in not removing the liquids from one’s handbag caused a delay at security. Then the electronic passport reader didn’t and a manual check ensued. Once on the plane the experience of attempting to eat the meal with a face mask on seemed to suggest a ...

With just a couple of rainy days left in Pula, Croatia before we leave, what better thing to do than to catch the local bus to two more medieval hill top towns to walk even more narrow cobble stone streets in the heat. That done, we said our goodbyes to Croatia and took off for England. Picking up a car in Stanstead, we drove 5 hours up to Scarborough, where there is an ideal site to see Puffins, along with a host of other migratory sea birds. And see them we di...

Well, the day started innocently enough, breakfast at 7:00, but only brewed coffee, so we thought we would get something along the way. As it turned out, there was a bar in the hotel lobby that had espresso so why not get one here before we leave? So we did, 1 espresso and 1 cappuccino. Big or small cappuccino we were asked, big said Jean. It arrived in a normal size cup, half full. 38krona. That's close enough to $10 and it was terrible coffee. In fact we found ...

Monday, and it’s out and away to Rovinj. A 50km ride down the coast, save for a bit of a turn inland around Croatia’s only fjord and then back to the coast. Our time in Poreć was very enjoyable. Again, like most of our time in Croatia, it has been very hot, usually well over 30C by mid afternoon, but on our “rest days”, all that means is more cafe stops, gelati, and walking slower. We seem to have perfected the “passeggiata” and applied it to most o...