London Revisited
Friday, October 31, 2014 We have flown into London many times, but this was the first time we flew into London City Airport – which was rather spectacular with The Shard and Canary Wharf passing just beneath us – and…
The Big One
Farewell to Sterlin and Rotterdam
Thursday, October 30, 2014 We left Eeklo mid-morning towards Rottterdam to drop off our faithful ‘travel companion/vehicle’. We took it easy, stopping for lunch and coffee close to Veere. Sterlin’s drop-off address turned out to be in the middle of…
Eeklo – Mostly Again
Friday, October 24, 2014 We drove from Luxemburg City to Eeklo by way of Bastogne, where we visited the Bastogne War Museum; another very well done museum, very worthy of a visit; and the American Memorial / Mardasson Memorial. We spent…
Luxembourg
Thursday, October 23, 2014 We arrived in the late afternoon into Luxembourg. Our little hotel was smack bang in the middle of the local Red Light district, which made parking Sterlin a little challenging, but we found a safe enough…
Leg 5: Europe (Take 2)
August – October, 2014 Back in Europe we made our way to Belgium via Russia, Finland, the Baltic States, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands. On August 16 we arrived in Eeklo, the end-goal of the ‘overland’ part of our trip.…
Heidelberg
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 We left Switzerland and headed in the direction of Liechtenstein. We were barreling along the freeway when our trusty Garmin decided we should take an exit and cross into Austria. We didn’t intend to go to…
The Wonderful Swiss Mountains of Arvenbuel
Saturday, October 18, 2014 It was a short 70km drive from Zurich to Arvenbuel. The weather was absolutely perfect and provided a wonderful introduction to this part of Europe. The scenery was a little bit like New Zealand, only more…
Bern and Zurich
Thursday, October 16, 2014 We set off ‘reasonably’ early towards Zurich, to have time to spend lunch and the afternoon in Bern. And so we did. While driving to Bern we experienced some heavy rains, but, by the time we…
Geneva
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 (Wedding Anniversary) Getting a reasonably priced hotel in Geneva proved to be quite difficult. So we instead booked a hotel in Annemasse, France, which was a 20 minute walk from the Swiss border. A great plan…
Le Puy-en-Velay and Annemasse
Monday, October 13, 2014 We said goodbye to Luc and headed off in search of the Millau Viaduct, which happens to be the tallest bridge in the World. We stayed on the smaller backroads which was a good choice. After…
Visiting Luc in Gindou
Thursday, October 9, 2014 After breakfast we said goodbye to Kim and Vaughan and headed to Gindou, about 160km north of Toulouse. We arrived at our good friend Luc’s just after noon. Gindou is a small hamlet away from just…
Kim, Vaughan, Toulouse and Carcassone
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 We arrived in Toulouse and had parked Sterlin at Kim and Vaughn’s place, just as Vaughn came home from work. We spent 2 nice evenings reminiscing about our trip – Kim and Vaughan are 2 of…
Nantes, Bordeaux, Dune du Pilat
Sunday, October 5, 2014 On the way to Nantes we made a flying visit to St Malo. We planned to stop for a quick coffee and a look around, but all of the parking was height restricted so we made…
Caroline finally makes it to Mont St Michel
Saturday, October 4, 2014 We approached Mont-Saint-Michel late afternoon under overcast skies. But nothing could diminish the excitement of finally seeing this tiny island commune in Normandy. I (Caroline) had been wanting to see this for the longest time. First…
Normandy Beaches
Friday, October 3, 2014 We visited the very helpful Tourist Information Center in Caen and got all the information we needed to visit the Normandy Beaches. The first piece of advice was to visit the Museum/Memorial of Caen. Although it…