Take Us to the Volcanoes!

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After some sand and surf on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, we headed inland to the high country to see Poas and Arenal, two of Costa Rica’s six active volcanoes. Poas Volcano Poas last erupted in April of 2017, spewing chunks of rock that damaged nearby buildings.  The park reopened in 2018 but on a limited Read More …

Back to Paris

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After a magical time in Venice it was time to bring our European road trip to a close because we had reached the end of our 170 day Renault Eurodrive lease contract. We had originally planned to return our car in Nice, France because it is the closest free return center to Italy. As our Read More …

Magical Venice

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We almost didn’t go to Venice because of the bad rap that it has gotten as being ruined by hordes of tourists.  Annette first visited almost 20 years ago and even then the narrow walkways were so full of bodies they were difficult to navigate. Despite our reservations, we wanted to see the famous canals Read More …

Advent in Zagreb

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After a few days in Novi Sad we left Serbia and drove west, back to Zagreb where we had spent a few days in the early fall.  We had mainly decided to stay for a night in Zagreb since it was a convenient stopping point on the way to Venice, but were also excited to Read More …

Happy Days in Novi Sad

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Following an excellent stay in Belgrade we made the short drive to Novi Sad,  Serbia’s second largest city.  Situated on the Danube, Novi Sad is only an hour away from the capital. Christmas Market After getting settled into our AirBnb we went out to explore the town and were delighted to find a Christmas Market Read More …

Belgrade

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Leaving Skopje, we continued north into Serbia towards the capital city of Belgrade.  Once again we had to avoid going through Kosovo since our Eurodrive auto insurance was no good there. The highways along this route were mostly four lane and well maintained.  We only had to slow down to pay tolls every 20km or Read More …