A 7-hour ride on the ferry got us to Crete just before midnight. We slept at the ferry dock so Luka could ride his new birthday scooter the next morning. After a quick ride and some breakfast, we started our Read more…
Good morning from that shipwreck beach in Greece! And guess what today is? Luka’s 7th birthday!!!! First thing first? Birthday present scavenger hunt! And one in our friends’ VW bus too. Birthday cards. And random cute dogs. Well, this gift Read more…
After camping near a shipwreck, we made our way towards Kalamata for a couple reasons. One is to figure out if taking a ferry to the island of Crete is feasible by visiting a ticket office in Gythios and another Read more…
As we continued our journey around the Peloponnese, Greece, we knew for sure that we wanted to camp near a shipwreck we heard about. And as luck would have it, we found an open spot near the sea and a Read more…
After two weeks in Paris, we are back in Greece. Our van was parked at a longterm airport parking lot while we were away exploring with our friends. Bags put down and we had to immediately check on the puppy Read more…
Ditched the van for a couple weeks to go hang out in Paris, France. We are meeting our college friends there while they are on their spring break. Athens > Rome > Paris. Arrived super late in Paris and had Read more…
We rushed to Athens from Turkey because we had 2 weeks planned with our friends visiting from the US in Paris. We made good time and got to spend a couple of extra days before the flight and lucked out Read more…
After an awesome couple weeks in Turkey, we returned to Greece. Why such a short visit? Well, we had already planned to meet our college friends in Paris during their spring break and had roundtrip tickets flying out of Athens. Read more…
We left Turkey after an amazing 2 week stay. To be totally honest, there was some hesitation in our minds before we crossed the border. We always do a lot of research before entering a new country. Mostly to become Read more…
On one of our mornings at our wild camping spot in Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey, we woke up to neighbors who also cleared the sharp decline to this spot on the cliff. We got to chatting and immediately hit it off. Read more…
After a long couple days driving east from Istanbul, we found ourselves in Cappadocia, Turkey. It’s the one spot in Turkey that was a must see for us. We scoped out a few different wild camp spots and settled on Read more…
The drive into Istanbul was hectic and we were glad to find this spot Bundled up and ready to explore the city the next morning. Looks like an early soccer game at our camp spot today. Greeted by a cat Read more…