The last six months have been many things. It’s been exciting, relaxing, emotional, frustrating but most of all, adventurous. When you travel for this long, it’s no longer a holiday, it’s a lifestyle. Unfortunately our lifestyle is about to change.
Tonight is the last blog entry for the “Young” Griffo’s and it’s written with mixed emotions. On one side we’re incredibly excited that we get to see our family and friends (and puppies) again, but we’re so badly going to miss the lifestyle we’ve had over the last 6 months. Not many people get the opportunity that we’ve been given this year. Our work places have allowed us time off to experience to most amazing adventure across Europe. Not all of it has been a typical easy “holiday”, but every minute of the challenge has been worth it. Travelling via road allows you to see the real lifestyle of the local people, as well as the big tourist attractions that are the “must do’s” like Paris and Rome. Today as we make our way back into London (Of course the tube is on strike so it should add another “challenge”) we’ll be thinking back to the amazing experiences we’ve had like seeing thousands of fervent believers make the pilgrimage to Lourdes in France in the hope of a miraculous healing of a sickness, camping on the side of the toughest climb on stage 15 of the Tour De France and of course meeting with new family and making some beautiful new friends.
Although we’ve had some tough times with our mate Cal, he’s been the most important part of our adventure, and has provided a talking point with strangers time and time again (Gee I’ve never seen one like that before...). Thinking back, there is no other way that we would do this trip, travelling Europe by motorhome is THE way to see as much as possible without spending an absolute fortune. We’ve become so attached to our mate Cal, that it’s been incredibly hard putting him up for sale. We even contemplated shipping him home, but it’d cost more than he’s actually worth.
So now we’re headed back to the real world of waking up early and working. It sucks, but we have to fund our next trip somehow. Thanks VERY much for following our blog, especially those who sent us lots of messages along the way. We will see you all back in Australia, probably feeling sorry for ourselves and planning our next getaway. Keep watching the blog to see the rest of Annette and Franks travels in Scotland.
Love to all,
A&J xoxo
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About Us
- Andrew and Jamie Griffioen
- Andrew and Jamie are a married couple from Brisbane, Australia. We have embarked on an overseas adventure for 6 months leaving in April and returning in October. We plan to cover the UK and a lot of Europe. To see more details, check out our posts below.
so looking forward to seeing you both,you have been missed by many. kiwi
ReplyDeleteIts been amazing reading about your travels guys, its been very easy reading. Maybe you should change professions and become travel writers for Lonely Planet. I cant believe how fast this 6 months has gone for us here, perhaps not so for you as you have packed so much in. :) Cant wait to see you both this weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks to you both for the wonderful adventures. I have enjoyed them all. You both did yourselves proud the way you kept up the bloggs. I will keep reading Frank and Annette's travels. Thanks again, safe trip home and hope to see you next time we are up the Gold Coast.
ReplyDeleteLove Ina