K&J's EUROPEAN TRIP
In and around World
ARRGGH AHOY MI HARTIES!!!!! Our trip begins in Australia, leaving our home at the Gold Coast. We visited our family and friends in Toowoomba, Jerilderie, Sussex Inlet and Sydney. Our Flight with China Airlines takes us to Taipai and Frankfurt as stop overs then finally to London. Once we have found a little campervan its off to Ireland. Northern Ireland and Scotland will be our work destinations for a few weeks before heading off to Germany to catch the end of Oktoberfest. From there we head up the north towards Belgium then on to The Netherlands. On to Denmark, back to Germany then on to a number of other countries including Czech Republic, Austria, Hungry, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Andorra, France, and Luxembourg. At this stage, if all goes to plan, we should be having our first white Christmas in London! After that... its anyone's guess!!! We hope you can be with us most days to check out our crazy stories and pickies. Dont forget to reply to our entries. ALL ABOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! K&J :)
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Kev-Jules
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Leaving the Goldie
Thanx to Dad and Tim for coming to the coast to help us move, we are finally finished with renting :) Here we have a pic of Burleigh Heads Beach... Continue reading » -
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Toowoomba
We transported our stuff to Toowoomba with the help of Dad (Kev)’s car, Timmeh’s, plus a full load in Jules’ car. Thanks to Scotty and Kath, we were a... Continue reading » -
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Jerilderie
We were thankful for a safe trip down south to Jerilderie. 14.5 hours sharing the drive- not fun!!! A few light moments as we passed an egg process... Continue reading »
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Sussex Inlet
Sussex Inlet the next stop on our agenda. So good to see the Grandparents well and great for a laugh as per usual. We say it every time, but you'd fin... Continue reading » -
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Sydney then take off
Upon arriving in Sydney, it was time to catch up with all our great mates. Here we picked up our passports and visa’s (with 2 days to spare) whew!!... Continue reading »
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Taipei stopover
The flight to Taipei went well… no hiccups. The plane was quite empty so we had room to spread out. Kev watched 2 movies plus 3 documentaries to keep... Continue reading » -
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Our time in London- part 1
From the airport, we caught ‘the tube’ to our accommodation in Bayswater. We checked in at the Royal (?) Bayswater Hostel but it wasn’t long before... Continue reading »
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Frankfurt stopover
Well where do we start! Thanks to China Airlines being late, we got off the flight at 7:05am local time in Frankfurt Germany and needed to catch our c... Continue reading » -
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Introduction to Wikki and Plugga
Today was checkout day so an early start. After brekky we headed off via the tube(so unreal and organised), to view a campervan in a little town north... Continue reading » -
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Relax day- finally!
Today was our lazy/ catch up and washing day. We're now all refreshed. We’re busting to get going with our trips in the campervan as we met some fello... Continue reading » -
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Back to the city
*After a great nights sleep, we found ourselves back at the same pub for a cheap and yummy brekky- great way to start the day! We then wandered into S... Continue reading » -
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London part 2
*Today was another busy touristy day. It was absolutely freezing- our winters are by far warmer! We started with brekky… yepp… you guessed it- jam on... Continue reading » -
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Wikki and Plugga's adoption day
*We woke today to find another cold and miserable day outside. We checked out and made our way to the bank to ensure all $$ for Wikki was sorted. It w... Continue reading » -
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To Stonehenge on our maiden trip
*Today was the most classic start to our adventure. Lyn stocked us up with near everything that we hadn’t already got. Sheets, helmet, t-towels, camp... Continue reading » -
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To Wales
*After an early morning wake up call (Kev read the signs properly this time and realised we could be towed away at any time), we hit the road again. I... Continue reading » -
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Best camp spot ever!
· From our car park in St Clears, we found a lovely little town called Carew. Here we walked around an ancient castle on the most beautiful day.... Continue reading » -
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Ireland Eve
· We left our little oasis after our brekky in the morning sun (Yes I said sun). We traveled to Pembroke Dock and went straight to our beloved Tesco.... Continue reading » -
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Ireland day!
· IRELAND DAY!!! The ferry didn’t depart until 2:30pm so most of the morning was spent killing time surfing the net. The ferry itself was a great t... Continue reading »
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Our first Guinness
· We took off from our secluded little camp spot early and headed for Kilkenny via Enniscorthy. We took in the amazing green countryside and stopped i... Continue reading » -
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Waterford Crystal Factory
· We had a nice early start to ensure a good visit to the Waterford Crystal Factory. At 9.50 euro each, it was well worth it. We spent a good 2 hours... Continue reading » -
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Ring of Kerry
· From the Cottage we headed in to the town of Killarney. Kev spent the morning charging the computer, which allowed Jules to wander down and around t... Continue reading » -
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Conquering Irelands highest mountain
· We were up and started early so’s to head off for the big walk before a crowd. We set off for our climb around 9am with food and water all packed. W... Continue reading » -
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Cliffs of Moher
· Today was a day to rest the bones and heal the muscles. We left our great camp-spot and headed for Limerick. Here we, again, went straight for the i... Continue reading » -
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Meeting Kev's Irish Rellies
Today we headed straight to Curry where Kev’s rellie’s live (Beatrice). As we arrived in the small town we had to ask for directions but as always fou... Continue reading » -
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Still in Curry
· We had the most wonderful catch up sleep this morning- much needed, as the muscles were still a little sore! At brekky, Mary had her first taste of... Continue reading » -
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Up to Northern Ireland
· Another brilliant rest for us both but it was quite bitter sweet as it was time to leave the fam. After our near teary goodbyes, we were on the r... Continue reading »
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Ou sunset spot
Today was an easy day. On our travels we came across a wonderful internet café where we spent a good 2 hours catching up on emails etc with the best h... Continue reading » -
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Giants Causeway
Today was an amazing day. We woke to the crashing of the waves- a bit hard to take really! We found another free internet café where we basically spen... Continue reading » -
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Carrick a rede rope bridge
· We reluctantly left our spot overlooking the beach and headed into a little town nearby called Carrick-a-Rede. Here we treated ourselves to an Irish... Continue reading » -
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Bushmills Whiskey Distillery
As promised- a small sleep in kept Jules happy!!! We headed off to Bushmills to see the oldest distillery in the world. It was pretty fascinating how... Continue reading » -
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Day in Belfast
Waking a little seedy this morning, we agreed early on that it was well worth it (a rare realization!). We headed straight down the coast to Belfast.... Continue reading » -
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Up the Scotish west coast
· It was such a beautiful day to wake up to this morning. The sun shone brightly- this meant washing day!!! It was all washed and hanging before brekk... Continue reading » -
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Ferry to Scotland
The P&O ferry from Larne, Northeren Ireland to Cairnryan, Scotland. After being in Kevs family origins of Ireland, it was time to experience Jules... Continue reading » -
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Through The Scottish highlands
· Today was mainly a travel day. We set off from Largs still along the coast, by passing Glasgow and we headed up through the beautiful Scottish highl... Continue reading » -
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Spotting Nessie!!!
· Kev was up early today and with everything charged, he took off on Plugga to try and get the net at Macca’s. By the time he had done that (no luck),... Continue reading » -
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Inverness and Urquhart Castle
· We had an early start, as we didn’t want to get caught by the cops in a residential area again!! We had a good look at the city of Inverness, we the... Continue reading » -
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Highland Moos
· In the morning we headed back into town (Drum…..) had a coffee and scooone in a café whilst looking up jobs on the net. We wrote a few numbers down... Continue reading » -
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Scottish weather at it's best
· Today we woke to the most miserable rainy day. We left the campsite and stopped off at a boot sale to grab some bargains. The rest of the day was ma... Continue reading » -
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Day in Oban
Today we headed back to Oban and spent a wonderful day together, even if it was still a bit rainy. Although still miserable and rainy, we checked out... Continue reading » -
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Arriving at Highland Heathers
· Today was a pretty cruisy day, after a good sleep we moved on and stopped at Kilmartin for the morning. Around the township lay some of Scotland’s o... Continue reading » -
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Work at Highland Heathers Pt1
· Tuesday 18th Sep – Friday 28th Sep (2 weeks work). Our first day of work… HOLY SHIT!!!! We have never been so sore, tired &... Continue reading » -
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On the road again!
· (29th, 30th Sept). On Saturday we started the day early, cleaning out the caravan and saying last goodbyes. Farewell Highland... Continue reading » -
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Bonjour!!!!!!!
· We woke to another typical English gloomy, rainy day. Lyn looked after our washing (what an angel) whilst we set off to get some jobs done. One of w... Continue reading » -
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4 countries in one day!!
Today was a full on travel day. We had a great sleep, and woke bout 9am. We organized our water, toilet (that’s fun for the whole family!) etc before... Continue reading » -
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Oktoberfest eve
Our day started with pretty crappy weather but that didn’t detract from the beautiful countryside and the massive windmills scattered everywhere. Afte... Continue reading » -
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OKTOBERFEST day 1
· WOOHOO!! Off to Oktoberfest… what a buzz. Even Jules was too excited to sleep (yes, you read that correctly), so we were both up early and getting o... Continue reading » -
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Round 2
· Due to Kev’s spews yesterday (plural!), we woke up feeling quite fresh and ready for another day. We decided to have the morning to ourselves to do... Continue reading » -
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Leaving Deuchland
- Saturday we had a bit of a sleep in and then it was time to pack up and go. That was after Kev lined up for an hour for a shower. We basically... Continue reading »
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Cathedral of Notre Dame
- We got up nice and early, had brekky and headed back into town. It was such a beautiful day so we parked and walked in to the town centre. It... Continue reading »
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Cheese and Wine
- Most of the day again was spent traveling. We had a smooth run traffic wise to Calais. EXCEPT the tolls, a mere 28-euro not to mention the 3.6... Continue reading »
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Back to raining UK
The best sleep yet for us both of us so far. We had a quick brekky and a good cleanout of little Wikkie’s insides. We went for a walk along the pier t... Continue reading » -
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Robbin Hood territory
- Wed 10th to Fri 12th. Within the couple days we spent a Lyn’s, we were quite busy. Wednesday we spent at the job centre for... Continue reading »
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Sherwood Forest & Hadrian's Wall
- Today was a wonderful and exciting day. After a not to early start due to van cleaning, we went straight to Sherwood Forest. We saw the Major... Continue reading »
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Highland Heathers part 2
- Sunday 14th Oct – Sunday 18th Nov. This time it was 5 full weeks at HH. When we arrived our return was welcomed v... Continue reading »
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Goodbye HH
- (Sun 18th and Mon 19th). Around 11am we left HH (finally) and headed to Oban for the day/night. We found a beaut little... Continue reading »
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St Andrews
- We woke early to get some k’s under the belt and stopped of at a little town called Tullibody where the Sneddon’s originated from. A very c... Continue reading »
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Lakes District
- We woke super early to make sure we didn’t get caught free- parking. We literally drove off in our jarmies and headed about 20ks to the next s... Continue reading »
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Travel day
- Two early mornings in a row (this time so’s not to upset the hotel manager) and Jules was struggling! We took off straight to a look out and w... Continue reading »
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John & Thelma
- (Fri 23rd, Sat 24th). We had a small sleep in thanks to the gates being closed till 10am. After our usual jobs, we se... Continue reading »
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Back to London
- Another wonderful/ comfy nights sleep, we woke and were showered by 9.30. Once again, John was working it in the kitchen- another awesome b... Continue reading »
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Our big tour of Europe begins
- Up by 8.30 this morning to have brekky with Lyn. We were all ready to leave by 9.30 so we said Merry Christmas and then headed straight for Do... Continue reading »
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Travel to Normandy
- Tuesday 27th Nov. The start to the morning was hilarious. As we are so cheap, we decided to get up before sunrise to beat the man w... Continue reading »
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D-Day Beaches
- Thanks to 3 others camper next to us, we had a great night sleep. After a read-up on the history of the area, we decided to go to the place wh... Continue reading »
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Our French winery sleep over
- Off we went again at 10am with Wikki all clean inside and ready to go. With a few wrong turns we headed down Challans where we stopped for ano... Continue reading »
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Help yourself camper stop
- What a lovely way to wake up!! We drew the curtains around 8:30 (a sleep-in for Kev) and the scenery was brilliant. We made brekky and cuppa t... Continue reading »
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Southern France
- Sat 1st Dec. The start to our day was a cack! Kev was up before sunrise so after scoping things out, we decided we were gunna do a... Continue reading »
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Bon Journo - from Italy
- Another peaceful sleep and early morning. Once again we got all watered up and when Kev was having a shower, Jules decided to dump the toilet.... Continue reading »
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Leaning Tower of Pisa
- We headed off towards Pisa first thing in the morning. A relatively easy trip even with a bit of a crappy day outside. We drove around for age... Continue reading »
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Florence
- Today was a cruisy day. We headed into Florence early and by pure fluke we ended up parking right in the centre- for free (probably illegally... Continue reading »
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Rome Day1
- Today has been the most wonderful day. Full on, but a day we wont forget. We set off from our camper stop and walked up the road to the train... Continue reading »
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Rome Day1
- Today has been the most wonderful day. Full on, but a day we wont forget. We set off from our camper stop and walked up the road to the train... Continue reading »
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Rome Day2
- We actually woke up with sun today. We took off into town again- we’re getting tricky with two train changes this time (we’ll ignore the part... Continue reading »
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Exploring Pompeii & Mt Vesuvius
- We started our day in the usual fashion and were ready to walk close by to the ruins of Pompeii by 9am. Luckily we went early as the crowds po... Continue reading »
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Uneventful day
- We woke up to a cold and windy morning but as our prayers were answered we had a neighboring camper so all was nice and safe. We drove the coa... Continue reading »
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Slovenia
Today was mainly a travel day again. We left our spot and hit the road at about 9am. We stopped after an hour to ‘see a man about a dog’ and had a gre... Continue reading » -
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Lake Bled - the to Austraia
- Wonderful sleep last night, even Kev didn’t wake till 8am. After brekky we hit the road and arrived at Bled around 11am. Absolutely stunning p... Continue reading »
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Exploring Vienna
- We had a lovely lie in this morning thanks to the freezing cold! After brekky we headed off into Vienna. We were just amazed how clean and ord... Continue reading »
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Poland
- Thanks to the trains running all night, Kev didn’t sleep a wink. We ended up starting our drive at 4am- crazy! We drove through Slovakia in... Continue reading »
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Zakopane
- A very early start to the morning in order to catch a bus to Zakopane. Jules slept the whole way and felt a million bucks once we arrived. Wha... Continue reading »
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Krakow
- A bit of a seedy start, but after brekky we set off by 10am to catch a bus to Krakow. We both had a snooze to settle the tummy. Anna nearly go... Continue reading »
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Prague
- The morning was very hard as neither of us wanted to leave our friends. We had a wonderful brekky and then it was time to head off as P, A &am... Continue reading »
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Back in Germany
Well… we pretty much woke feeling the same way. Sadly but honestly we didn’t have the patience or energy to get on the train/ buses etc and check out... Continue reading » -
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The German capital
- On an extremely cold morning we set of to see more of the city. We browsed around the market again as it was less busy. Still nothing to buy s... Continue reading »
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Berlin Wall
- Feeling refreshed after a good nights sleep; we decided to walk into the heart of Berlin. It is a nice and happening place with plenty to look... Continue reading »
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