Rufus does Europe

Quiet night in the lay-by with a dull, misty morning to wake up to. We set off for Plovdiv, about a hour away, and had a pit stop for secondary coffee while we filled up with water from a trickling

A lovely quiet night at Paralia Erasmiou – just the sound of the sea. It was still overcast this morning, but knowing it was probably our last day in Greece, I went for a swim much to Guy’s amazement 😂😬Cold

Nothing much to report for yesterday as we stayed on the campsite to get some washing done. Had to faff around moving pitches so that we could use the trees to put a line up but it was worth it

A driving day today as we could hardly walk 😂🙄 Some workmen arrived as we were having breakfast – about six of them to put up a couple of lampposts. There was much discussion and every passing local offered their

Apologies for the amount of track and tunnel photos today..I’ll be counting sleepers to help me sleep tonight! Woken up at random o’clock by the church bells – 4 times in an hour but not on the quarter. I’d only

Woke up to brilliant sunshine so decided to stay at the beach till after lunch. When it’s out, the sun seems quite fierce at the moment – certainly compared to last September, it’s almost instaburn! Had a swim, so I’m

Sure enough, the cruise shippers woke us up at 8am as they disembarked and went off in different directions on coaches, trains, in cars, and even by horse and cart. We did an exciting tour of Lidl and then followed

Rained all night and the gorge was full of cumulonimbus this morning – not looking very enticing for a walk down. We drove further up the road to Dhimitsána, a beautiful town spread across the side of a mountain in

Started working our way up the coast this morning..well, that’s what we thought we were doing until we noticed the sea getting further and further away. Missed a turn off, and it took quite a while to get back to

A bit of trouble finding Voïdhokiliá beach this morning even though we’ve been before. I’d somehow put the wrong parking in to start with, then we missed a turn, then we had to detour to avoid a narrow road. The