Month: August 2022

Long and winding drive over the Brenner Pass today, again avoiding the toll road. The crazy driving started to emerge almost as soon as we passed into Italy 🤣 The Dolomites are always so impressive to drive through – the

After a quiet night we set off east wards, following the German/Austrian border. We had put in “no tolls, no motorways’ on Google maps, but still we were anxiously looking for vignette signs every time we crossed into Austria. If

Instead of going directly east towards Memmingen, we decided to come south today, towards the Bodensee (Lake Constance). The last time we came this way it was the end of October and really cold, dark too when we visited the

Driving towards Sigmaringen today, we got distracted by a huge castle on the horizon so the route got diverted. The free car park was at the bottom of the hill and the walk up was quite painful after yesterday’s expedition.

Drove for a short distance this morning then decided to do a walk through the forest called the Gertel Waterfall Loop. We squeezed into a tiny parking area and set off in the midday heat. It was nice and cool

A short drive today, just to get us into a more interesting area ie the Black Forest. Parked up a couple of miles outside the spa town of Baden-Baden. Safe parking and gives us a walk into the town. It’s

A tiring driving day today. Quick Lidl stop first thing for fruit and vegetables, then through some quite hilly country in to Luxembourg. The diesel was definitely cheaper, but the ridiculous layout of some of the roads probably used up

Well, now that we’ve acclimatised ourselves to that 40 degree stuff, we thought we’d head for Greece and see what it’s like in the van. It’s hot!! “You wanted to go to Greece” says the melting husband. “Yes, but we’re

At the tunnel for 8:20pm this morning and we sailed straight through – even got put on an earlier train. Problem was, once we got to the uk it was still rush hour! 🙄 We’d gambled on diesel thinking it

Well, this wasn’t in the plan, especially as we were pushed for time anyway! Quiet night by the football field and up earlyish (for us anyway)! 😂 Set off on some strange route through farm tracks, tiny villages and miles