My how the time has flown. Only 6 sleeps until we board our aircraft to start another of our European adventures. This year we will have a travelling companion for the first 5 weeks. Ewout's sister Astrid is coming with us as we head east across Germany, visiting Poland, Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary. We are really looking forward to revisiting some of the beautiful cities of Europe and sharing them with her. So exited now and looking forward to climbi...

Back home in South Australia, at the moment staying with son Ryan and his family at Macclesfield in the Adelaide Hills. It's been a cold return, and we are trying to adjust to our life back in the caravan.

A lot has happened since we returned home last October. One change that is quite dramatic is that we have made a decision to sell our home, buy a 6.5m Caravan and live in it. We have done this as we have not decided where we should live and as we have already booked out next european trip in April thought it would be a good idea not to make any hasty decisions. We leave Australia on the 19th April, flying again to Amsterdam's Schipol airport where we stay with ...