Camping with a view of "Trzy Korony" (or Three Crowns peak) in Pieniny mountain range in southern Poland. It's actually a municipal camping in a 700 year old village right at the Polish-Slovak border. In a word this municipal camping in Sromowce Niżne village is about simplicity and that's what we liked about it. Here … Continue reading Visiting Beautiful Poland: Camping Trzy Korony in the Pieniny Mountains in Pictures
It's near Krakow, between Energylandia and Wieliczka salt mines and Krakow--that's what's good thing about this Camping Smok. Here is a campground review in pictures. . . on our family road trip number 5. Five different camping areas. Ours (shown) is near the top level and it's quite shaded. We have an extra tent for … Continue reading Visiting Beautiful Poland: Krakow Camping Smok Review in Pictures
This summer it's POLAND-ONLY family camping road trip… number 5 ! We’re looking at 21 days, 8 campsites, 22 driving hours, 22 minutes and 1,743 kilometers on the road, plus side trips, exploring the beauty of south/southeast Polska! Hiking to the ruins of the Olsztyn castle. This is the number one thing to see or do here … Continue reading Backyard Camping Olsztyn Review in Pictures, Summer Road Trip, Days 1-4
Problems. . . finally caught up with us. And just like that. . . camping was over. We're still on the road though, with over a thousand kilometers to home. The original plan for this family road trip number 4, from Bolonia to Polonia, was to go through the Swiss and Italian Alps and visit … Continue reading In Pictures: Problems with Camping in France, Day 20
So we finally cleared the French border with Andorra without a problem, mingled and simmered with the many tourists of Carcassone's fortress in the summer's swealtering heat, and rushed into a calming lakeside camping on the "ruffe" of this fire-prone Mediterranean area of France. Here it is in pictures. Camping Vailhés on Lac de Salagou … Continue reading In Pictures: Red Earth Camping by Lake Salagou in France, Days 19-20
What is it like camping in Andorra? And given the hazy Covid-19 country-border restrictions, are we even able to cross the border? So, yes! We've finally left Spain after 4 years, 4 months and 4 family camping road trips! Orienteering mission accomplished! At the top of the . . . (ok, not quite the mountain … Continue reading In Pictures: Feels Like Wild Camping in Andorra + Family Camping Road Trip 4, Days 17-20
This is our last stop in Spain, for a long while. Finally, after 4 years, a months and 4 family camping road trips, we are leaving our adopted motherland. It's time for these self-styled, pseudo-nomads to roam again. . . this time to a winter wonderland of Poland. But before all that we've got a … Continue reading In Pictures: Camping Lake Caspe + Family Camping Road Trip in Spain, Days 15-17
Two weeks into our family camping road trip (number 4!) and we're camping in the region where Spain's greatest literary hero, Don Quixote, roamed--from the plains to the mountains of Castile-La Mancha,. From Camping Los Batanes by the emerald green lakes of Ruidera to Camping Caravaning Cuenca, we move our modern gypsy caravan, some 477 … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Caravaning Cuenca, Days 14-16
On day 12 of our family camping road trip from Spain to Poland this year, we finally leave Andalucia and with it, a piece of our hearts, for the our kids grew up in it, even blossomed in it, and our family gained a little bit more peaceful perspective by appreciating the small things in … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Los Batanes in a Chain of Lagoons, Days 12-14
Travelling on lonesome mountain roads in Andalusia give way to timeless beauty of the "pueblos blancos" (white villages) like this one below. Beat poet or not, you'd likely utter some poetic stuff other than "Oh sh*t!" Here's a review of Camping Trevelez, some 1,560 meters above sea level, in the high Alpujarras of Andalucia for … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Trevelez in las Alpujarras + Andalucian Family Camping, Day 9
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