Portmagee: Next stop Newfoundland We spent the second night of our Irish trip in the quaint village of Portmagee. Clinging onto the Atlantic, this colourful village is a nice place to stay. We stayed at The Waterfront B&B and had a beautiful view over the calm inlet of water that

I’ve travelled extensively in Europe, in fact, the only countries I’ve never visited are Malta, Azerbaijan, Russia and San Marino. Until recently, that small group of unvisited countries also included Ireland. Despite being on the doorstep of the UK and having been home to

Ohrid is fast becoming our second home. I first went there in 2004 and it still mesmerises me every time. I enjoy the chaotic roads of Ohrid. Few people indicate, drivers stop and park randomly in the street, shopkeepers are friendly and almost everyone greets you with a “Zdravo

Over the last couple of years, we have grown very fond of Macedonia and as I mentioned at the beginning of the blog, we have chosen several different routes to get down there. This was by far our longest and so by the time we got there, we were keen to slob around the pool for a few d

Bulgarian vignette and border crossing The Negru Voda border was one of the few Bulgaria-Romania border crossings I hadn’t been through and it also suited us because it avoided the busy coastal route from Constanta to Mangalia. Dobrich is a dry city on the Bulgarian side, it has

Moldova – Romania border in Cahul Leaving Moldova was a fairly straightforward affair, Cahul was located a couple of kilometres from the border with next to nothing between the town and the border. The Moldovans enquired about the contents of our boot but waved us through pretty quick

  Road to Rososhany The Rososhany border crossing did not look far from Kamyanets-Podilskyi but the road from Khotyn to Rososhany was worse than imagined. Trucks had left heavy imprints on the tarmac, which had formed giant grooves and in some parts, if you drove too quickly you