Author: Janet

Bitter cold this morning. Drove along the top of the lake to Friedrichshafen and managed to squeeze into a carpark. I’m sure it must be lovely in the summer but the place felt very bleak today. We went into the

Foggy, damp, cold morning – for some daft reason we went back to Neuschwanstein to have a better look around. Of course, we couldn’t see it at all. Went to church instead! The Wieskirche, just off the Romantisch Strasse was

So much rain in the night. We were parked under trees which didn’t help with the hammering on the roof. Made our way back down to the main road and then up and over the Fern Pass. There was a

We heard it start to rain this morning and it hasn’t stopped since. On the way to Innsbruck we had to go over another mountain pass (Thurn), but thankfully it was nothing like yesterday’s epic – good job really in

Up early this morning, thankfully before the knock on the door at 7:45am. “You cannot park here – you need to move as you are taking up three spaces. Your van is over 7 metres so you can park over

Set off up the eastern side of Lake Garda this morning. We had forgotten how stunningly beautiful it is – every town is picture postcard perfect. Through Malcesine we looked out for the campsite where Guy stayed as a child,

A warm day today as forecast. Good for drying two more loads of washing. Spent the morning cleaning – boo 😒! Rubbish disposal is very regimental here. They only have one place you can take it to, which is a

Short drive this morning to Lake Garda. Still, the traffic was bonkers as is usual for Italy. The engine seemed to be making a vibrating warbling noise occasionally, which is a bit worrying, especially as the warranty has just run

Set off to have a look at the Limski Kanal this morning, described as a sort of fjord with turquoise water. Drove to a hilltop village on a headland but couldn’t really get close enough to see it properly. Carried

Cool and grey this morning …what to do? We decided to go to Rovinj, a place I’d been looking forward to seeing, but I knew it wouldn’t look it’s best without sunshine. Parked easily, just about twenty minutes walk from