Time to escape the UK again for some Italian sun! On Friday 10th October after work for one of us and football club for the other, we drove to London Gatwick ahead of our flight to (drum roll...) Rome! We drove 1.5 hours from Bordon to park at 24 Forge Place, Horley with JustPark for £29.98 (6pm Friday to 7am Monday), arriving at the parking space at 7pm. I'd chosen this location as it was very close to the Travelodge where we were staying upon our return and there was a pub

As part of my now rather infamous Skyscanner addiction (!) I had booked an amazing deal with Wizzair for 2 nights in the wonderful...

On Saturday 16th August, we awoke to our last day in Georgia. As we had a long day we had a relaxing breakfast at our guesthouse and...

On Thursday 14th August, it was finally time to leave Sighnaghi and this time we were headed to Kazbegi (also known as Stepantsminda)...

After our long car and train journey the day before (Ushguli to Kutaisi to Tbilisi) we had bedded down at the Tbilisi Stay Hotel which is...

On Monday 11th August, we started what was a bit of an epic journey from Ushguli to Kutaisi to Tbilisi. The Wanderlush blog had advised...

On Sunday 10th August after our last wonderful guesthouse breakfast we headed down into Mestia to meet our 10:00 tour to Ushguli, 2 hours...

On Friday 8th August, we had an early start for our trip to Mestia where we were going to stay for 2 nights. On the sound advice of the...

On Wednesday 6th August, we headed off from Gori to Kutaisi for 2 nights, a journey of about 185km. We already knew from the Wanderlush...

On Tuesday 5th August, it was finally time to leave Tbilisi and start our backpacking tour of Georgia! Although it is possible (and...

On Monday 4th August, we set out from Tbilisi for our day trip to David Gureja Monastery and Udabno via Get My Guide . This was with...

Since researching Georgia, I had found Emily Lush's amazing "Wanderlush" blog and although I also referred to the Bradt Guidebook to...

After much dreaming and planning, finally our very first actual "backpacking" trip to Georgia was about to dawn. And by this I mean that...

As if nine days in Poland over February Half Term was not enough for us (!) at the end of March we started heading out to Gdańsk for the...

Having been home after our February Half Term road trip around Poland, after a week or work and school, we were off again for another...

On Saturday 22nd February, our road trip was nearing its end with a drive from Krakow to Wrocław. This is about a three and a half hour...

Friday 21st February was the day of our amazing tour to Zakopane and the Tatra mountains. I had researched this and considered doing it...

On Thursday 20th February, we left Lublin at 11:00 and drove to Rzeszow. I was only expecting a 2 hour drive but it was 2.5 hours so we...

After leaving Warsaw at 12:00 on Wednesday 19th February after our second (!) photoshoot, we drove onwards to Lublin (1h45). I had...

After our stop at Łódź, we continued onto Warsaw which was a 1h30 drive in the dark, arriving at 20:00. We were staying at Oki Dokie Old...