Photo Gallery

All of the photos from all of the posts, on one page.

: Ungererstraße, München – 3.7.2010

: Main Fountain on the Square in Budweis

: Quiet and empty little streets of Budweis

: Parked Up On Our First Day

: Main Fountain on the Square in Budweis

: Quiet and empty little streets of Budweis

: Jay and Yannick in Blahovka

: Ostrava – part of the main square

: The view of the Miedzybrodzie Lake from our van

: Really happy we’re alive in Žywiec

: Pizza meets baguette meets Jay’s belly.

: Lots of people wanted the world’s biggest sandwich.

: An hour after becoming the owners: time for a quick photo shoot.

: Changing the Numberplates

: Not Quite Sure How to Drive

: Waking the Van from it’s Winterschlaf

: Our living room in Krakow.

: In the middle of nowhere with a burst tyre.

: Jay and Iva

: Travelling Through Romania back in 2011

: Investigating the Tyre Situation

: “Boom” went the tyre

: Sealing the Deal

: Atop the Beast

: Soll im Brixental: Here we spent a lovely morning waiting for the engine to start

: Reorganising our clothes

: The new centre of Satu Maru, courtesy of the communists.

: Hammering / Hammered

: On the Slopes

: These people decided to build a very large house indeed, but they’re not quite finished yet. There were entire villages of half-finished mansions.

: The Sfanta Treime monastery – built entirely from wood, apart from the shiny metal roof.

: This part of Romania borders with Hungary and Ukraine so there road signs in all three languages

: The “Merry Cemetery” in Sapanta has over 800 colourfully painted wooden folk-art gravestones, each depicting the life & death of the person buried below.

: The path to Firiza Lake.

: The abandoned hotel we parked next to on Firiza Lake looks completely OK in the daylight.

: The Lake

: Road sign in Baia Mare

: Bianca and Jay in front of the Cathedral in Cluj – the only photo we have of Cluj at all

: First 4 minutes of what was supposed to be a 2 hour hike.

: Running away from the storm.

: An unimpressive salt mine entrance.

: Looking down onto the lake inside the salt mine.

: Home-brew cognac and tonic.

: Sighisoara – the view of Citadel

: Jay dancing in the rain

: Covered Staircase – a very old stone staircase with a wooden roof. The exit is a small dot you can see in the middle.

: Camper Van vs Tow Truck – Round 1

: Welcome to Romania

: The very, very top of Rupea castle.

: The view of Rupea from Rupea castle.

: The place was closed for renovations funded by the EU, but they let us in anyway.

: Brasov (Hollywood) sign

: Rendezvous with our camper van friends.

: Camper van breakfast.

: Drying clothes in our van.

: Bran castle

: Scenes from the roads of Romania

: Iva’s tremendous pile of meat for breakfast.

: The beach in Constanta: Standing room only.

: Free camping with an amazing view.

: The storm is coming.

: Vama Veche – view from the bedroom window.

: Jay and Boris – enjoying the wind at the cliff’s edge.

: I am the Windscreen Wiper

: The Explanation

: Let’s Do This Thing

: This is Not Good At All

: Initial Optimism

: Setting Off Back for Munich

: The first thing we saw: fields and fields and fields of sunflowers.

: Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral, Varna

: Varna harbour.

: View from the centre up to the 52m high “1300 years of Bulgarian History” monument.

: Shumen’s main town square.

: Shumen’s main town square.

: Iva at the monument

: Jay with the Bulgarians

: Shumen, monument – truly immense proportions.

: The Monument in Shumen

: Veliko Tarnovo – Jay at the entrance to the fortress.

: Veliko Turnovo, old town

: Iva and her friend on one of the bridges in Plovdiv

: Stara Zagora – another socialist monument

: View of Plovdiv from the top of the hill

: Lamartine house, Plovdiv

: House where Lamartine stayed for 3 days on his way to Constantinople

: Cloudy and depressing Batak Lake

: A scene form a Bulgarian road

: Jay attacking our tasty dinner

: Rila Monastery – detail

: Entrance to the Rila monastery at 7 p.m.

: Jay walking around completely empty and silent Monastery

: Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia

: Coffee in a small chipboard bar

: Our neighbour in Sofia – the chocolate factory owner

: View from a vegetarian restaurant in Sofia.

: The cutest dog family outside a Serbian petrol station

: Iva Drinking Her Expresso

: Ominous Patch of Black

: The Relief of Being on the Move at Last

: Trastevere Restaurant in Villach

: Villach at Dusk

: Iva’s Action Shot of the Van Racing Down Ungererstrasse

: Parked Up in Villach

: Biking in Baška Voda

: Camperissimo chilling next to the motorway while we’re using the toiletsCamperissimo chilling next to the motorway while we’re using the toilets

: Makarska Rivijera

: Jay investigating the underside for suspicious oil spots

: Jay and Iva at Sveti Rok

: Sunset at Baška Voda

: Camping Solitudo

: Kids Playing Football in the Old Town, Viewed from Above

: Dubrovnik, from Outside the Old Town

: The Rooves of Dubrovnik

: By the End of the Day I Had a Pretty Bad Sunburn

: Iva in front of the family house

: Iva in Makarska – pozdrav Kurtovićima i Bezinovićima! 🙂

: Dangerous: 60 Cents for a Shot of Pelikovac

: Ferrying Across the Bay of Kotor

: Rain!

: Snow!

: Lentils Served with Lashings of Sunburn

: Camperissi-Snow

: Govori Crnogorski!

: Main square in Cetinje

: Protest on the main Cetinje square

: The view from the hill above Cetinje

: Heading Down to Murići

: Iva Doing Some Research

: Middle of Nowhere, Again

: Hassan’s Friend, Man With Spade, Hassan, Jay

: View from the Camper on Murići Beach

: Typically Impressive Albanian Scenery

: Colourful Buildings in Tirana

: George W. Bush Street: Fittingly, a Bit of a Mess

: Gypsy Kings

: Iva Loves Camaria

: One Lamppost / One Million Cables

: A Great Place to Park, Relatively Speaking for Tirana

: Tirana, City Centre

: Kalami beach.

: Iva and Jay on the beach

: Our camping spot

: Mind the Gap (or else)

: Gypsy Kings, Part Dieux

: Define “Road” for Me Again …?

: A Safety Barrier, Cleverly Built Only of Trash

: Jay filling up water which is “good for the stomach” in Arachova.

: No respect for ancient stones in Delphi.

: Don’t worry! I was just pretending to be stuck in the rock here!

: Corinth Vs Acrocorinth

: One Helpful Greek Family Demonstrated that Crouching in Photos Can Really Work

: Our Easter Feast, Thanks to Iva!

: Iva in Front of the Fortress

: Iva Inside the Acrocorinth

: Practicing my Greek God Pose

: At Last! … a “Traditional Greek Taverna” in Olimpia

: The View From the Acrocorinth

: The New Centre of Skopje

: This Will Be a Lovely Mosque When It’s Finished

: The Massive Turkish Bazaar

: Iva Forgot Herself For a Moment and Used Her Powers for Evil

: Part of the Work In Progress that is Skopje 2014

: Part of the Work In Progress that is Skopje 2014

: The newest addition to our elite squad.

: Planning the Route for Real This Time!

: Just need to touch up the paint and we’re done!

: Dealing with the dust

: Lots of strange and unusual foodstuffs

: Frenchland, Here We Come!

: Our first real meal in the van: veggie meatballs and stew

: Scratching the Patisserie itch in Lützelbourg

: French country roads are great

: Parked up in St. Dizier

: Random nap stop – near Marbache

: Giving Lützelbourg the once over

: Crossing the bridge to Gien

: Jay carrying Klara like a kayak

: Why is there sand around us?

: Crossing the creek – part one

: Happy to be on the bike path again

: In front of the château in Sully-sur-Loire

: The whole mushroom museum to ourselves!

: No camper van shortage here, nosir.

: The municipal campsite in Saumar. Not bad.

: The long walk to Mont St. Michel

: Making good to Pete on my promise of a Camperissimo fry-up

: Iva enjoying St. Malo

: Looking back onto Intermuros in St. Malo

: Mont Saint Michel

: Parked up in Roscoff

: Somewhere underneath all of that is a galette!

: Walking the walls in St. Malo

: In front of Chambord

: In Leonardo’s park

: Jay disgusted by some of the mushrooms

: Chateau Chambord in all its glory

: Iva investigating the mushrooms

: Thanks for the bridge, Leonardo!

: Boris and I and the Elephant

: Camperissimo Egg for Boris

: A Mechanical Heron

: Our Walking Tour of Nantes

: Checking the Gearbox Oil with Boris

: The Hinge of Death

: Our Eggs for 2012

: An Impressive Spread

: Iva, Deep in Concentration

: Jay the Perfectionist

: Our Camper Van Easter

: Iva on the dune

: At the very top

: Camperissimo 2012!

: Don’t worry, I’ll watch your shoes

: Iva, Iva and Iva

: Klara was here

: Mini Montmartre in the Automaton Museum

: Quick snooze after all that action

: Us

: Chickpea Fajitas

: Galette Complete with Veggie Sausages

: Asparagus with Mushroom and Potato

: Paprika Ragout and Veggie Meatballs

: Le Grande Tasting du Cheese

: Homemade Egg Mayonnaise

: New and improved Camperissimo team

: Goodbye Camperissimo!

: An altogether more normal way to get around the place

: Proud new owners of a van with some history

: Somewhere along these lines, with two single beds in the rear.

: Molly and Benny

: Chausson Trigano

: LMC A651 G

: Bürstner Levanto

: Weinsberg Orbiter 591 G

: Weinsberg Orbiter 591 G

: Shower and toilet

: Cabin on the new van

: Master bed in the alcove

: With the lower bed folded away

: Looking toward the cabin

: Weinsberg Orbiter 591 G

: Weinsberg Orbiter 591 G

: With the bottom bunk folded down

: Weinsberg Orbiter 591 G floor plan

: Rear of the Orbiter

: Cheeky parking spot next to the flat while we loaded the van, filled up the water and strapped in the kids..

: Stopped off in Erding for some lunch and several Weißbier to steady my nerves.

: Molly likes being in the camper van!

: Kamper Van Kid

: Family selfie.

: Low maintenance evening meal.

: Iva feeding Benny in the alcove bed.

: Klara is terrified of the camper van, but fortunately no more than she is terrified of almost everything else.

: Our glamorous overnight spot. Still, this weekend’s motto was ‘easy’ and this place was definitely that.

: Sunday morning McDonald’s breakfast on the drive back to Munich

: A smallish spot of rust

: Carcassonne, the board game

: What can only be described as a patch of rust

: The view up from our pitch

: Derusted and holes filled, now I just have to sand this bit and paint over it

: Feeding a duck some old baguette

: The walls of Carcassonne

: Little Marcel, a very strange concept for a shop

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