Category: Travel post


  • Imst and Lake Constance

    After the rain overnight in Imst it was not warm. The swimming bath next door wasn’t tempting so we decided on a walk around town. We found the Pfarrkirsche church from the 1400s that had a lot of ancient decoration on the outside and the inside. We then wandered down the Main Street with the…

  • Innsbruck

    Innsbruck

    We drove into Innsbruck from the Trins aire. The buildings in the villages were very old with painted frontages. We were surrounded by the high mountains. The motorway coming from the Brenner pass was a long way above us. We went to the park and ride carpark – but there was a height barrier to…

  • Road over the Alps

    The manager of the camper stop in Schio came and had a chat with us. He was very passionate about the camper stop and encouraging people to use it. He told us about the Pasubio Pass and how in WW1 the Italian soldiers built a road with many tunnels. We happened to drive over the…

  • Aquileia Museum

    Aquileia Museum

    We had to do the Aquileia Museum and it was closed on Mondays (yesterday) so we had to do it in the morning before we left. On the way we admired the Roman columns at the entrance of the restaurant next door. Everyone has their but if Roman stone. The river today is very quiet…

  • Aquileia

    Aquileia

    We had a quiet morning getting the clothes washing done and giving Glenn a rest to get over his flu lurgy. It was around 24 degrees so very pleasant in the shade and then good for a swim before lunch. After lunch we walked over to the Basilica that is is most significant piece of…

  • Isola della Cona Bird Reserve

    Glenn had a bit of a cold so we needed to get some cold and flu tablets. So we first drove 7 minutes to Grado while the pharmacy was still open on a Sunday morning. We couldn’t find a space in the car park – Glenn stayed in the van while I bought the tablets.…

  • Resort and Bird Day near Grado

    We had a relaxing resort morning at Villaggio Europe near Grado. This is what normal people do on holiday. It was a bit rainy so nothing much was happening. There are lots of families around with kids screaming around on bicycles. There is one particular young hoon around 4 years old who has an electric…

  • Zalec Hops

    Zalec Hops

    We woke up to a drizzly morning and clouds in the mountains. There are hops growing everywhere in Zalec – it’s their main industry. We checked out the field next to us. You can maybe see the deer hiding between the rows. We drove to the hops museum and had to wait outside for nearly…

  • Celje

    Celje

    It was raining and cool so we had a late start to the day. We packed up and drove to Celje the 3rd biggest city in Slovenia less than an hour away. We parked right on the river – a very nice spot. It was a short walk to one of the museum buildings, the…

  • Maribor Pohorje Mountains

    The campsite at Maribor is very close to the cable car going up the Pohorje Mountains where there is a lot of skiing in winter and mountain biking and walking in summer. We decided to go up by cable car, go for a hike up there and then walk down. The tourist agency gave us…