The Accidental Traveler

09/05/2017

We made it out of Madrid with almost all of our money. Of course we had to visit key sites first like the Royal Palace of Madrid and a McDonalds.

We awoke in Madrid a little worse for wear. It didn’t matter too much as the jaunt down to Granada was barely a few hundred miles. A cinch on what the distances we had been covering before. It...

23/09/2015

More cheeseburgers. That's what's important when traveling.

After the blast through from Bordeaux to Madrid we decided to rest for a while. That was over 400 miles in single day. We spent the afternoon in our hotel room; Out of the burning sun and doing...

13/09/2015

First we got lost in Madrid, then we found the best located hotel and did't even realise it. Entering the the capital was a nerve wracking experience but came good in the end!

A longer we drove, the less desolate Spain became. We we now heading directly for the country’s capital, Madrid. From miles away we could see the start of a much more populated area. We could also...

19/08/2015

It has been a long time coming but the first of the videos from our trip is here! This is us driving over the winding Pyrenees mountain roads.

Driving from Spain to France over the Pyrenees mountain range in the Summer of 2013

22/02/2015

We arose from the dark gulley that was France into the warm leafy cliff tops of the beginnings of Spain. It was a quick transition from one country to the next but the change was immediately...

02/09/2014

For anyone that wants a piece of traveling history. The Quattro is for sale again. After taking the road trip in the summer of 2013, I continued to drive it until emigrating in January 2014 when I sold it on. Now it's back on eBay for a new lucky owner.

1989 AUDI QUATTRO RED in Cars, Motorcycles & Vehicles, Classic Cars, Audi | eBay

31/08/2014

Morning broke and the sunlight came through the very flimsy curtains that hung over the windows. We woke in a mess of a room. Last night hadn’t been the crazy free for all that an Irish bar might...

08/08/2014

A crazy night in Bordeaux. But it wasn't crazy. It was more French. And slightly Irish.

After drinking an awful lot of head and wasting some very good beer, we took a stroll into old Bordeaux. The centre of the city is completely pedestrianized. It harks back to the days when cars...

25/07/2014

After a bit of a wait, the tenth chapter as been finished! Our first attempt at shopping and the wonders we find in the local Supermarché.

Walking back to the hotel, we checked our pockets. So far on the trip we had been eating in restaurants and sleeping in hotels. Even with finding the cheapest places possible this lavish lifestyle...

07/06/2014

We woke in our budget beds. Our budget room had seen the night through and our budget selves were ready. We’d once again head to our budget car and hit the budget road. We squeezed our way out of...

21/05/2014

The sun started the set. The temperature fell. We left our day of comfort as the day left us. Coming out of the green lush of our time travel into the grey industrialism of another major city. The...

20/05/2014

Website update: We've now got a gallery page! Pop over for a less wordy look at our travels. http://accidentaltraveler.weebly.com/gallery.html

The Accidental Traveler

12/05/2014

Classic Porsche 914. View from the crow's nest. Maddicks in his natural habitat. Vouvray main street flea market. River tour boat.

09/05/2014

Back on the road we were forced to resort to our super economy multi pack of crisps for sustenance. With the sunroof open, we were probably running more on photosynthesis than anything else. The...

06/05/2014

We were flying. The sun was shining. We were on our merry way. The next point of interest in the Journey was Bordeaux. Even though it was on the other side of the country, we were pretty optimistic...

30/04/2014

Up the next day. Bright and early. Maddicks was in the shower by 7.30. I was in bed. Maddicks was out of the shower by 8 o’clock. I was in bed. The day had begun and another day of traveling...

29/04/2014

Bit of an unscheduled hiatus. Been adding new travels to the story. Skiing in Southern France. A laptop and coffee shop have been found so expect new updates soon!

15/03/2014

In England

05/03/2014

à France

27/02/2014

In Éirinn

26/02/2014

Our first stop at Mister Bed. Maddicks excited at being inside. Me being amazed at my €200 note.

23/02/2014

Chapter four and our first interaction with the French.

We arrived into the Franco/Belgian border town with no plans what-so-ever. That was all part of the trip. Just get in the car and see how far we’d get. We’d gotten to Lille, with no idea of what...

19/02/2014

à Bordeaux

17/02/2014

Chapter three and the onslaught of France.

Watching the digital display from the car park, we saw our letter appear. The letter given to us as we arrived that signaled it was time to disembark. We followed the train of warily moving cars...

14/02/2014

en Barcelona

08/02/2014

Chapter two and saying goodbye to England.

With a starting time of 7am, we left home at precisely 8:23. The trip was already off to a great start. I had bought a GoPro action camera and attached it to the dashboard with the hopes of getting...

07/02/2014

à Paris

04/02/2014

Chapter one in the story of how I became a traveler.

I was never meant to go traveling. I was happy. Contented. Sat in my home in rural England where 95% of the population called themselves white British. I didn’t see culture and I didn’t need it....