Speed. Volume. Elegance. Style. Litter. Filth. Italy has it all, turned up to 11. There is no gentle transition from Greece to Italy. Everything changed. Changed immediately. Locotorondo. After the ferry we stopped a few miles north of Brindisi. A beach. A tip. Greek beaches often needed our attention, a bit of a clean up. […]
Author: Kelvin Collins
VanLife Greece. Our winter review.
After four fabulous months in Greece it’s time to start the long journey back to the UK for ArchieVan’s MOT. This is a summary of what we’ve learned, what we’ve experienced, and a few tips for anyone considering a similar trip. Why Greece for winter? During our Greek island holidays we envied the vans we […]
Greek hospitality, and mountains.
After the delights of Delphi we headed north, soon to swing west and towards Lefkada, but not quite yet. First we veered off the E65 for our overnight stay, up another mountain, on the edge of the village of Eleftherochoi. I took a stank up to another level, into deep snow, and remembered seeing a […]
Citadels. Cisterns. And Cyclops.
Nafplio. The first capital of independent Greece, but only for a year from 1833, Nafplio is a gem. It’s a Venetian port town in a fabulous location at the head of the Argolic Gulf. Its superb Palamidi fortress resembles Edinburgh Castle in the way that it dominates the town, although it is considerably bigger. If […]
Monemvasia, Kyparissi, the east coast.
Sunshine. Please. The last week has been the wettest we have experienced on this trip. We’ve had more rain than when we were in Scotland. We’ve had more than we’re used to in Cornwall. Yet still there have been bright patches and we’ve had a couple of good long stanks. After all that to wake […]
Rain. Rain, oh, and then some rain.
On entering a town. Our impressions of a place can be dramatically influenced by when (and how) we enter it. Drive into London at 9am on a Sunday morning and you may have time to marvel at the sights as you pass by. Make that same drive 24 hours later and you’ll have the time, […]