Our Island Home

Step 1: Wake up.... (Hangover optional)  Wakey, wakey! Step 2: Have breakfast and boil water on Trangia for Brad's morning coffee. IMPORTANT: steps 3 - 12 cannot be completed without Brad's morning coffee.  Some ducks join us for breakfast. Lake Zurich, Switzerland  Morning coffee on the trangia Step 3: pack up and enter next destination into GPS. Step 4: stop for scenic photos along the way. US Military Cemetry outside of Luxembourg closed Brad visits the glider factory, Germany  Portuguese Coast, Cabo Espichel. Not a bad spot for morning tea! Keeping the Netherlands above water - Delta works, Southern Netherlands A random pilgrimage site in Portugal, Bom Jesus Do Monte. We found it by following signs.  Step 5: prepare delicious (and cheap) lunch out of the back of the Peugot.  Porto, Portugal... Tuna and salad sandwiches on the menu! Step 6: realise the campsite in 3-year-old...

There were many, many highlights in Spain including camping only 15 kms away from Africa, hiring an apartment in Granada with beer/free tapas just around the corner, a Flamenco show, watching pilgrims arrive in Santiago de Compostela in the pouring rain and freshly cooked mussels galore in San Sebastian.   My pilgrimage from the carpark to Santiago De Compostela  Alhambra, Granada The hills of Morocco in the far distance. Tarifa, Spain   Tarifa, Spain The devastation as Brad realises Geelong's finals hopes are gone   In Barcelona we were lucky enough to witness an attempt at a world record human chain which ran from the French border to the bottom of the Catalonia region of Spain.      Human Chain, Barcelona We decided to watch from a nearby restaurant over a beer. Before we knew it, we were all cleared out of the restaurant by a bunch of riot police (without even any time to pay for/finish o...