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Greetings from beautiful and sunny Bari, Italy. TGC says driving and walking tours the next couple of days, as we explore the southern Adriatic coast of Italy. We drove about 1 1/2 hours outside Bari. Believe us, driving in southern Italy is not for the faint of heart😬 Interesting area, very flat and the millionsContinue reading “2/12/2025 Alberobello, Locorotando & Matera Italy”

Greetings from sunny, but chilly 44-58 degree Bari Italy! We left Tuscany early on Saturday to make the long drive down the middle of Italy and then over to the Adriatic Sea side of Italy to Bari. It is an eight hour drive on Toll roads to get to Bari (€60) from Tuscany! As weContinue reading “2/11/2025 Bari, Italy”

Greetings from beautiful and sunny, but a little chilly (34-58 degrees), Panzano in Chianti, Italy. We made the four hour drive from Bergeggi, Italy to Panzano without any major issues. The Toll road through northern Italy to Tuscany goes through over 100 tunnels, and to say it nicely, Italian roads are always “Under Construction”. WeContinue reading “2/7/2025 Tuscany, Italy”

Greetings from the beautiful and sunny, but chilly 58 degree Italian Riviera! Firing up the trusty Citroen, we drove the six hours across France and back to Italy and the Mediterranean Sea. FYI, tolls are brutal on Frances freeways, over $50 in tolls on the trip and fuel is $8 a gallon 😬 We areContinue reading “2/4/2025 Bergeggi and Genoa, Italy”

Greetings from beautiful, but cold, wet and windy Uzes, France! We’ve visited Uzes many times previously, it’s one of our favorite places! The weather is a little spotty, so some of the pictures are from previous visits😉 We’ve talked about the Duche of Uzes, and why it’s powerful, but to Cindy and I, it’s theContinue reading “2/1/2025 Uzes, France and Chateauneuf-du-Pape”

Greetings from beautiful, but a bit chilly, 52 degrees Toulouse, France! We made the easy, three hour drive from Collioure, France to Toulouse and paid the €21 tolls. Fresh snow the previous night left the Pyrenees even more beautiful. We visited Toulouse once previously and loved it so much we decided to return. Toulouse isContinue reading “1/29/2025 Toulouse, France”

Greetings from beautiful and sunny France! It’s a little chilly though! High 60,I think the shorts might go in the suitcase for a while! After a six hour drive up the coast of Spain, we returned to France. We discovered this area of France on our last adventure when we were detoured because of aContinue reading “1/28/2025 Collioure, France”

Greetings from beautiful, and sunny, 74 degrees Valéncia, Spain! We made the quick two hour drive from Alicante, Spain to Valencia with no problems and checked in to our Airbnb! We’ve stayed here previously, and enjoyed the space and the city very much. Valéncia is a large city with over 1.5 million residents. It hasContinue reading “1/25/2025 Valéncia, Spain”

Greetings from beautiful, partly sunny and 65 degrees Alicante, Spain. When we lost our one week stay at the Airbnb in Malaga at the last minute, and moved to Benalmadena, we took two days off the stay and added two days here in Alicante. We’ve never been to this part of Spain, Costa Blanca, andContinue reading “1/22/2025 Alicante, Spain”

Greetings from beautiful Benalmadena, Spain! As we discussed, we had to Pivot in this next move. Our Airbnb in Rincon de la Victoria, just outside Malaga, cancelled our stay 5 days before our arrival. So, we needed to find a five night stay on very, very short notice! So, we went on Airbnb and weContinue reading “1/19/2025 Benalmádena and Malaga, Spain, The Costa del Sol”