Trip log
Our monthly destinations, kilometres and expenditure.
May 2021
Islands, medieval castles and an independent state in Sweden !
April 2021
A pandemonium of fjords till the iconic Atlantic Ocean Road. Welcome spring!
March 2021
Arrival to Oslo. But we keep exploring the southern part of Norway.
February 2021
Life at -20°C in the mainland. And a turbo failure.
January 2021
Lofoten islands. The first sunrise. The arhipelago is absorbing.
December 2020
Polar night. Tromso and surrounding islands. And northern lights.
November 2020
Winter tyres please. We drive to Kirkenes, to Slettness Fyr and finally to Tromso.
October 2020
First snowfall and ice driving. And yes, we make it to Norway and to North Cape.
September 2020
Time to explore 1000s of lakes and pristine national parks of Finland.
August 2020
Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and finally the Baltic. Lithuania.
July 2020
In the end of the month we depart from Greece. Destination Nordkapp.
June 2020
Time to travel again. Let’s take a trip to Epirus, the mountain region of Greece.
March 2020
Turkey – Georgia borders closed due to covid-19. We return home, in Greece.
February 2020
Covid-19 outbreak find us in Cappadocia, Turkey. All borders in Asia start closing.
January 2020
We welcome 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey and then proceed to Asia Minor.
December 2019
Finally departing from Thessaloniki. Direction Turkey and central Asia.
All diaries
Letter from Lithuania
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Crete video: a bird’s eye view
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Peloponnese video: a bird’s eye view
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Covid-19: The Road back Home
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Covid-19: Overlander’s survival guide
We prepared a short survival guide based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines against Covid-19 outbreak, adapted to the...
Stop. Breathe. Think. Act
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Why is Kaš so special for us?
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From Alaçati to Sirinçe
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Thank you Chios, see you again Greece!
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Breaking news: sailing to Chios island!
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Izmir on my Bottecchia bike
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A tour of Pergamon
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We love Ayvalik!
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A glimpse of Çanakkale
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Istanbul, mother of all cities
The first time you will try to drive downtown will be an embarrassing experience. It's vast, it's huge, it's busy, so overwhelming....
We got a Carnet!
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