Road Trips Caravan Camping Australia & World on a Budget

Ten Weeks in Europe 2015

Budget Eating at Ortigia Market Ortigia Siracusa

By Jan Robinson 25 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

To find Caseificio Borderi, the cheese factory deli owned by the Borderi family in the Sicilian town of Ortigia Siracusa, look for the crowd of happy shoppers munching on hand made cheeses at Ortigia Market. This local institution was on our personalised list of What to See in Siracusa as recommended by our Airbnb host …

Budget Eating at Ortigia Market Ortigia SiracusaRead More

Over the border into Montenegro and the Bay of Kotor

By Jan Robinson 25 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

Sitting at the cafe on Crkvina Hill in Trebinje in Bosnia (BiH), savouring the last of our coffee and the view, we cajoled ourselves into moving.  It was time to leave Bosnia and East Herzegovina and head to the Montenegro Border and that day’s destination in the Bay of Kotor. But there was one last thing …

Over the border into Montenegro and the Bay of KotorRead More

The Church on the hill in Trebinje BiH

By Jan Robinson 33 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

Jovan Dučić is one of the favourite sons of Trebinje BiH.  While other notable residents were historically either sports people, performers or rebel leaders he was a teacher, turned distinguished diplomat, who was even more well-known as a writer and poet. Today he lies buried in the Church on the hill in Trebinje Bosnia (BiH being …

The Church on the hill in Trebinje BiHRead More

Budget Rome Off the Beaten Track in Aventino Testaccio and Ostiense

By Jan Robinson 24 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

With a long time between trips to Rome we found ourselves revisiting the big sites, but this time we wanted to discover what to do in budget Rome off the Beaten Track. This was when we found the Rome Riones of Aventino, Testaccio and Ostiense. Aventino, the hilly suburb overlooking Rome is quite well known …

Budget Rome Off the Beaten Track in Aventino Testaccio and OstienseRead More

Following the Yellow Bus to Trebinje BiH

By Jan Robinson 25 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

Updated May 2018. Like Dorothy in the Land of Oz, we followed the yellow brick road bus from Ljubinje to Trebinje BiH (Bosnia), in the far south of Bosnia and Herzegovina. BiH Country Code What does BiH mean in Text? Most foreigners say Bosnia, others Bosnia and Herzegovina, but BiH is the official three letter Country …

Following the Yellow Bus to Trebinje BiHRead More

The Surprising Neretva River in Bosnia

By Jan Robinson 29 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

Before crossing the border from Croatia into Bosnia on our 10 Weeks in Europe 2015, we stopped for supplies in Metković. We’d driven our rental vehicle south from Split along the Croatian coastline to Ploče where we left the coast and headed toward Metković. It was an surprising landscape of water, land, crops and more …

The Surprising Neretva River in BosniaRead More

Three Days on the Amalfi Coast Rain or Shine

By Jan Robinson 38 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

Updated May 2018. Positano and the Amalfi Coast had rain forecast but after four beautiful sunny days in Rome we were remaining positive.  As it was the forecasters were right and it did rain, but the sun did shine a little also. The Amalfi Coast of Italy is gorgeous and Positano is quite possibly the …

Three Days on the Amalfi Coast Rain or ShineRead More

Europe Tour Itinerary for people Travelling Europe on a Budget

By Jan Robinson 48 Comments

This post may contain compensated links. We may earn a small percentage if you book through a compensated link, but it won’t cost you any more by doing so. You can read our full disclaimer here.

We have arrived back in Australia after ten weeks travelling Europe on a budget. Our camera cards and now that the dust has settled a little on the kaleidoscope of experiences in my mind, it’s time to share our Europe Tour Itinerary for people travelling Europe on a budget. I have linked to relevant posts …

Europe Tour Itinerary for people Travelling Europe on a BudgetRead More