The Animalist

One of the hardest parts of travelling is leaving behind loved ones.  And that’s especially hard when some of your loved ones are pets.  Even though you can skype with them like you do your family and friends, it’s the …

France, we meet again…

It had been 4 months since our last French workaway left a very sour taste in our mouths.  We were hopeful of a better experience this time as we headed to another mountainous location; the Midi Pyrénées. On our way, …

S & S’s giro d’Italia

Here’s a recap of our recent jaunt around Italy. It’s a country bursting with amazing places, so it was impossible for us to see everything in two-and-a-half-weeks (we skipped Florence and Venice), but we packed in a fair bit. Palermo …

Pronto?!

After 7 weeks on the road, with 2-3 nights in most cities, we were well and truly ready to settle down again and enjoy the slower pace of a small Tuscan town (of 140 people) for the next 6 weeks. …

Country Hoppin’ (Part 2)

For Part 1, see here! Slovakia After three action-packed days in Poland we zipped up our suitcases (again) and readied ourselves for an uneventful day on the bus – destination Bratislava! The day itself, however, turned into an unmitigated disaster… …

Country Hoppin’ (Part 1)

France, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and now Italy… somebody stop us! Since leaving Spain we’ve endured the summer crowds in Paris, sampled amazing craft beers in Berlin and wound our way through eastern Europe on some …

An unexpected birthday surprise

You know when you’re a kid and your birthday is coming up and you start counting down the sleeps? It’s been a while since I’ve done that, but as we were going to be in Sevilla for my birthday, I …

Morocco: where old and new worlds collide

It’s 6am and we’re trudging though the labyrinth known as the Fez medina. We’re looking for the exit – we have an early bus to catch – and we’re lost in one of 9,000 streets which all look the same. …

Français blues and vamos España!

During the last month and a bit we’ve been overwhelmed with the day-to-day running of a French B&B, dealt with healthy piles of horse poo and gone one-on-one with some of Morocco’s pushiest operators. It’s already the four-month mark of …