Rufus does Europe

Lovely quiet night on the beach with all the services to be found in the morning 🤣…tap at the beach shower, portaloos, even electricity, if you can sort out that wiring! Set off for the border, downloading an E sim

It turned out to be quite noisy last night as the tiny beach road behind us turned into the A1 after 11pm. A few comings and goings of fishermen and the strong smell of smoke was enough to keep us

Motorway today, bringing us to Thessaloniki and then out to the coast just past Halkidiki. Greece as we remember it – park on the beach under a tree, white sand and warm blue sea!Called at Lidl on the outskirts of

Struggling to get up this morning..it may have something to do with the taverna owner’s home-made Tsipouro! He was interested to know what we thought …I daren’t tell him the truth, I just said that I thought it was really

A very quiet night for us in this tiny village called Mikrolimni on the small Prespa lake. This whole place is meant to be teeming with wildlife – the tiny island opposite is apparently totally infested with snakes!We set off

Didn’t expect to get all the way through Albania today, but somehow we did! There were a couple of surprise motorways which made all the difference and the roads were good over all.The towns and cities however, were a big

There was definitely the sound of wolves several times overnight. They are apparently present, protected and on the increase! I’d like to see them but glad I’m in a tin box, rather than a tent.Debating what to do with our

Well, it seems like a cross between Serbia and Montenegro at the moment. First time we’ve managed to get insurance for this country so planned to cut through it on our way to Greece.This morning we got up early for

Noisy night – that wasn’t a quiet autokamp. It may be because we were parked next to the reception. Went for the first swim this morning..it was lovely – like a bath! Seemed to have spent the rest of the

What a day! Non-stop traffic jams and so many people around. We were expecting it here as it is August, but everywhere seems so different when it’s this busy. Last night there was a huge electrical storm and then a