Most recent trip · Slovenia
A slow week on the Soča: Slovenia by train, bus and river path
Turquoise river, cold water, a museum that takes a whole afternoon, and a valley that is easier without a car than it looks.
Trains, buses and a lot of walking.
Marta and Jonas go to southern Europe out of season and write down what things cost. In November 2026 we gathered the notes from the last two years here.
Earlier trips
Italy
Salento on the little regional train
Lecce, a sea that was still too cold, and a lot of olive trees that are no longer alive.
Spain
Andalusia in January: cold nights, empty streets, orange trees
Nobody tells you the south of Spain has a winter. We found out in a room with one electric radiator and a very good blanket.
Portugal
Three days along the Douro without a car
The regional train from Porto, a steep road to a viewpoint and a rainy last afternoon in a station café.
Italy
Liguria in September: the coast after August
Seven nights of regional trains, focaccia before nine o’clock and one path that was closed for reasons the man at the gate could not give.
Greece
Western Crete by bus and on foot
A week between Chania and the south coast with a KTEL timetable, a pair of sandals that did not survive, and one very large lunch.
Shorter notes
- How we find rooms out of season 2 min read · by Marta
- What is in the bags 2 min read · by Jonas
Right now, November 2026: sorting two years of emails and paper notebooks into this site, one trip at a time. The next trip is pencilled in for late January, somewhere with oranges.