We were meeting some friends in San Sebastien in Northern Spain as they were getting the ferry across the Bay of Biscay with their new camper vans! We then had a few weeks of convoy camping planned, following the waves and hopefully sunshine. What followed was a lot of rain and not enough waves sadly, and we all got to know ourselves and our vans very well indeed! After two wet nights and a little surfing in San Sebastien we started heading South again. We drove...

We left Italy on Chris' birthday after cooking a nice fry up in the van, and were booked into a nice hotel in Monaco to celebrate in style! We had the van valet parked which was quite amusing and when the check-in staff saw on Chris' passport that it was his birthday they asked us if we wanted a free bottle of champagne - well we couldn't refuse that of course! The hotel was great but Monaco is pretty ugly and built up. We had a look around at the hug...

Our last week in Italy was a busy and varied one. I was definitely sad to leave it behind after such a rich experience, but I could see there was only so much more culture Chris could take and he was definitely getting itchy feet as the days counted down until we reached the surf spots again and met his friends for a few beers!We did manage to find some windsurfing spots this week but there wasn't a great deal of wind. Spent a lovely two days at a camp site n...

We drove practically to the big toe of Italy where we got straight on the ferry to Sicily, a mere 20 minute crossing, and then drove down the coast to Taormina. This was near Mount Etna which we explored the next day. It was pretty cloudy so we weren't sure how much we'd get to see, but the thunderous sound coming from deep inside the earth surprised us as we walked up and got closer to the crater.Due to the weather there were not many people around,...

We left Budapest and headed for the Croatia and the Dalmatian coast. We stopped at the largest lake in Europe outside Scandinavia, which should have been good for windsurfing and relaxing, but the beaches were disappointingly and surprisingly prison like with fences for each private section who wanted to charge just for entry. The weather wasn't that brilliant so we just had some lunch then continued driving. Made it to the coast the next day and enjoyed a st...