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Vince n Suz - Vincent & Suzanne Williams

Vincent & Suzanne Williams Vince and Suz are a young professional recently married couple (14 months), who, come 10th May 2009 will be off for 5 months touring Europe in a VW Kombi van called Mr Jones, or Jonesy to his mates. Vince has been planning this trip of a lifetime since December 2005, almost 3 and a half years later, the reality is finally upon us! Our home town is Brisbane, Australia. however we have been living.... and saving..... in London, UK for the past 12 months. We have been able to tour the majority of the UK and Ireland during this time, but largely have left the mainland continent for this next 5 month adventure. Bring on what we like to refer to as....'ONE SUMMER!'

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We said our very sad farewell to the beaches and headed off to Budapest, Hungary. Thanks to a hot tip from two of our great friends from the Croatia sail we got into Budapest Friday night and parked in a fantastic central spot in the city for free! We set up as much as you can when you’re free camping, had a wander around the streets to stretch our legs and settled in for the weekend. Saturday morning we jumped on the metro and 4 stations later we were smack bang in the heart of Budapest. Our first stop was to [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 9th 2009 | 95 Views | [diary=443548]

suz at the buda castle
a view of pest from the buda castle
vince at the wine festival

By Vince n Suz
September 11th 2009
Aye Aye Captain! Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Split
We found a nice big campsite about 10km outside of Split. Our pitch was located right next to a very calm and shallow bay. We spent the next 2 days catching up on some much needed clothes washing, going shopping in Split Centre (for my upcoming birthday presents and cake!) and also catching up on skype. Friday 28th August was my birthday! I awoke to a fully cooked hearty breakfast from my lovely wife, complete with a beautifully presented set table including a central floral arrangement (well a single flower and some shrubbery in a plastic cup) and folded napkins. Suz [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 9th 2009 | 97 Views | [diary=443534]

my hand made birthday card (leaf)
mmmmmm b'day cake
WOW check out the size of that Lobster!

We touched down in Milan and picked up Jonesy after his lonely 2 weeks sitting in the airport carpark. It took us 4 hours to drive to Venice where we found a quiet free camping spot for the night (there was no point checking in to the camp ground as it was already 10.30pm after all). The next morning we hit the camp site, set up, and then caught the 11am ferry across to Venice proper. Our first impressions of Venice were everything you would imagine, picturesque canals, old-world bridges and charming shops down every lane and around every corner. After [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 16th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=437008]

Arriving into the canals of Venice
Gondola's
San Marco Square

We checked in for our flight with Sleasy Jet at around 10am. After their usual delays, we were finally lined up to board the fight (i swear i’ve never been on an Easy Jet flight that is actually on time)! As we were standing in line I saw another couple that looked like our kind of people. Mid twentyish, friendly, trendy, fun (you know everything we are hahahahah!!). Before i continue I would like to explain to you a thing we were taught and so now refer to as “couple flirting”. Basically it seems couples (generally the girls do it more!) [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 8th 2009 | 146 Views | [diary=434847]

Ancient Roman Forum
Temple of Haydes
Vince overlooking Athens

Two things we first noticed about Italy, a) the terrain is extremely hilly (Jonesy’s nightmare) and b) the tolls they charge for using the motorways are extortionate. After emptying our pockets of what Euros we had left, we arrived in Lerici only to be turned away from the first campsite that we came across. Thankfully they did, as we then went to a beautiful campsite on the top of a mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. We also had access to a private swimming location..... where the sea lapped up against a rocky outcrop. Not only that but also a small sandy [View Full Entry]

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View from mountain over Lerici
Lerici town at night
Gelati in Vernazza

We arrived in Benicassim slightly worse for wear, still feeling the affects of our massive night with the gang in Pamplona. Upon arrival at the Benicassim Festival campsite we were greeted by the most useless staff you could ever imagine. Trying to get directions to where the campervan section was, was like pulling teeth. Even the “information” booth had no idea. After many failed attempts at finding where we were to set up camp, we came across a security guard who finally knew what was going on. He pointed across the dry, baron, hot, dusty land to a wide open field [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 17th 2009 | 96 Views | [diary=428875]

Silent Disco - yewwww!!
View for the ballet on top of the tractor
Trolley travel

We arrived in San Sebastian on Monday the 6th July to some dreary wet weather..... most unexpected on our Summer European Trip. After attacking the mountainous road that lead to our campsite, we set up and chilled out for the afternoon, eagerly awaiting Scott and Emma’s arrival from Belgium that night. We waited and waited and waited until eventually falling asleep. Scott and Emma turned up at around 1am after a nightmare 12 hour drive. Scotty had also been the victim of an unfortunate mud slide knee to the left eye incident only the day before at the Rock Werchter festival [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 23rd 2009 | 141 Views | [diary=421530]

Man shot, with a dude we met in San Seb camping Ground (Mike)
Emma and her Pinxtos
Smash em up Scotty....

As predicted we arrived in Madrid to a very warm welcome.” Spicy” i believe was the word we used for the last 6 days in Madrid. Temps were very similar to Brisbane summer but damn the sun really had a nasty bite to it. Especially seeing as though we were actually camping 40km out of Madrid in the desert! Yes literally in the desert with huge rocky mountains right behind us. Therefore it was scorching during the day at the campsite but extremely cool at nightime - great for sleeping! The campsite was dead for most of the week but come [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 23rd 2009 | 105 Views | [diary=421188]

Plaza Mayor in centre of Madrid
Suz and the bulls after a little embarrassing moment....sorry can't be told on public blogs
Statue at the entrance to the Royal Palace

We drove into our campsite about 30km North of Barcelona on Tuesday the 16th June in the arvo. We went directly poolside, then bulked up on a “home” cooked meal and had a good sleep, in preparation for our “perfect” day planned in Barcelona on Wednesday. Wednesday morning we woke at 6am to leave by 7.30am to ride about 1km from the campsite to the train station for a nice air-conditioned ride into Barcelona. We arrived in Placa de Catalunya (main centre of Barcelona) and headed straight for our first perfect stop.....freshly brewed coffee! After sussing out the tourist [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 2nd 2009 | 151 Views | [diary=414512]

Suz practising and wishing she could go to a big Spanish carnival
Vincey outside the market
Seafood anyone

Nice beaches are beautiful..... shame about the stones though! But the crystal blue waters more than make up for this. After training it into the city centre we headed straight for the lookout, Mount Boron, we managed to miss the bus by seconds from the city and the next one was in an hour, so we decided to walk it, with a finishing hike up the many stairs. But the views were more than worth it, as you can see from the photos below. We ate our packed lunch up the top, precariously perching our butts on top of quite a [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 2nd 2009 | 118 Views | [diary=414491]

And again
Enjoying the view from up high
Beautiful water



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