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After six months of navigating the narrow streets, the “Great Pasta Aisles,” and the stunning coastlines of Italy, we’ve officially reached the end of our Italian chapter. It’s been a journey of high expectations, physical exhaustion, and “happy detours” that we never saw coming. Wysteria at Sosta Camper Prajola, where we also found fellow English…
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They say Sicily is part of Italy, but the moment you drive Holly (our 8-meter Hymer) off the ferry in Messina, you realize you’ve entered something entirely unique. It’s “similar but different,” and it’s breathtaking. The Logistics of the Strait Our third ferry trip of the tour was the shortest yet—just 30 minutes! We were…
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The “Schengen Shuffle” is real, folks. After 33 days of “Rainabania”—seriously, we think we forgot what the sun looked like—it was finally time to point Holly toward the coast and head back to the European Union. But as any full-time traveler knows, the transition from one country to the next is rarely a straight line.…
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Six months. One 8-meter motorhome. One very brave dog. And 33 straight days of rain. When we sold our house and loaded up “Holly” for a life on the road, we knew there would be adventures. We just didn’t realize those adventures would include navigating missing sewer grates in Vlorë, getting “bounced” by late-night donut-drivers,…
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We are on our way to Vlore, Albania, with the intent of getting Salsa groomed before we take her to a Veterinarian for her checkup to head back to Italy. After creating our first Park4Night, we continued on the highway south. We had found a place to stop that had electric and water, but that…
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With a vow to ourselves to stay on solid ground from now on, we headed out of Gjirokaster north to make our way around, and then to Berat. To stay on nice highways, we kind of had to go up north past Berat, make our way east, and then back south. We decided to slow…
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Several sounds woke us up while we were perched at the edge of Lake Mursi. A Shepherd moving sheep and goat passed us, a small funeral at the church down the road, and a worker dumping rocks along a fence. So, with that encouragement, we got ourselves out of bed. After Breakfast, we decided a…
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While we enjoyed our stay in the National Park, it was time to slow move on. We are really working the slow camping thing, since we have time left in our Schengin Shuffle, and Albania is not a big place. Our next spot would be a bit of a surprise, but that’s why we call…
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After about a week of rain, snow, and the temperatures that can create snow, we changed our plans and started to head south, back into Albania. Our original plan was to get to central Albania, and then head east to Macedonia. We have decided to head all the way south in Albania, and travel along…
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So we climbed up a winding mountain pass, and then a narrow road to get to Forest Rhapsody, the name of the little A-Frame Cabin that would be our Christmas Get Away. We had been with Holly driving around for almost four months, and wanted a break. In addition to the cabin, Kasey decided to…
