This will be my own special blog (Karen) about the food during our travels The aim is not to show pictures and Twitter ‘this is my pizza I’m eating’!! but will be based more on the film and book –Julie and Julia- where a wannabe American writer decided to cook one recipe each day from the infamous chef and personality Julia Childs book- Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I … [Read more...] about Karen’s Food Diary- the journey of food day by day during our year on the road
Archives for 2015
Hola – Well it’s a start anyway.
With the help of our new found teacher- Lola and a wonderful app called Duo Lingo we have started to learn Spanish. We would like to be able to communicate as soon as possible with local people even if it is the basics and our aim is to be hopefully fluent by the end of the year. However, as a close school friend of mine (Karen) reminded me - I failed my English 'O' level 3 … [Read more...] about Hola – Well it’s a start anyway.
Preparation, Preparation, Preparation Part 1
We have set a leaving date of the 8th January 2016 from Portsmouth in what for the moment we are calling Elvis our home for the year. This super Elddis Encore Motorhome has been loaned to us by Elddis for the trip. We were drawn to Elddis by their strong reputation for innovation and build quality. Visit their Website http://www.elddis.co.uk/ EBay say that we all … [Read more...] about Preparation, Preparation, Preparation Part 1
Grey Gappers??? What is this about?
Hi there, it's The Grey Gappers. Ten wonderful years on with our friends & families, plus careers from our last adventure Round the World we have now decided to become Grey Gappers. We are approaching the magic age of 55 and have always had it in our minds that when we reached that age we would take another break and travel again. We have over those years whiled away … [Read more...] about Grey Gappers??? What is this about?
Our Travel History
What are we about? Since we met back in 2002 we have been addicted to travel from our first trip away together to Portugal with close friends, travel is what we love to do. In 2003 we decided that the best way to get to know each other was to quit our jobs and travel for a while. So on a long weekend to Paris in May 2003 we decided that on June the 2nd 2004 we would leave our … [Read more...] about Our Travel History