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We are currently wrapping up our fall trip to Europe having visited Greece, Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. We are currently located in Southern France.
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November 14, 2023 Portland OR
Today we returned home from the “Three Island Tour” as we have been calling it. We really enjoyed all three islands, but once again, Sicily
November 13, 2023 Amsterdam NE
Woke up to heavy rain, so it made it easy to finish up the process of preparing François for the winter. We finished up the
November 12, 2023 De Hoef NE
Today was spent preparing François for storage. We slept in a bit, and woke up to promising blue skies after another rainy night. Unfortunately, the
November 11, 2023 De Hoef NE
We are at our final stop for our fall trip. Today and tomorrow we are at a campground near the Amsterdam airport where we will
November 10, 2023 Trembles Les Rocroi FR
Another day devoted to driving long distances. Today we covered over 440 kilometers, and are parked on a small farm near the Belgian border in
November 9, 2023 Beaune FR
Another day focused on covering distance. We traveled about 380 kilometers all but about 30 of which was in medium to heavy rain, so it
Since retirement we have been traveling about 4 months a year. Our plan was to travel a little more each year, but life has kept getting in the way. We keep a daily blog of our activities. We spend our days looking around where we are with Ton taking pictures. In the evening while Ton is preparing dinner I attempt to write up the highlights of the day. After dinner we select a couple of pictures to help illustrate what I have written. Ton takes a lot of pictures every day and many are quite good. Those we like that do not make the blog are set aside for a photo album we keep.
The problem with a daily blog is that some days are more interesting than others, but it does give an idea of the ebb and flow of travel. Also, occasionally the blog does not get written because I am lazy, sick, or we are socializing with our neighbors. I usually try to write it up the next day, but sometimes my impressions fade.
Our daily blogs since 2018 are at the tab at the top under archives.
Since we started the blog we have traveled in the US, Canada and Europe by RV. During those trips we have visited 21 US states, 1 Canadian Province, 1 Canadian Territory, and 11 European countries. The summaries are included under destinations.
One of the things we enjoy about reading travel blogs is seeing other peoples experiences in places we are planning to visit. For the US we have grouped our posts by states. For Europe we have grouped the posts by major countries, and further subdivided those by regions. So if you go to Destinations in the main menu and click you will see a post for Europe. If you click on that you will see a post for various countries. If you click on that you will see a post for different regions in that country.
We currently own two RV’s. That was never our intent, but when looking at the best way to travel in Europe we decided to purchase a RV over there. Our US RV was originally purchased with the intent of being capable of traveling outside the US. For various reasons we decided to not send it to Europe, but have decided to keep it. We have several posts about our RV’s including the decision making process for Scout our US RV, and François our European RV.
As I said above Ton takes the photos while we travel. Generally we only use a few of the ones she takes in the daily blogs. These photo albums are collections of other photos that we really like. They are arranged by trips. For now I have only included the ones from Europe and the Alaska Highway trip. These are the most tedious thing to move from the old software to the new. Depending on how long we are locked down I may move some more over in the future.
Things happen while you travel. Sometimes they are good, and sometimes they are challenging. This section includes posts that we have selected from our travels that highlight some of the things we tend to talk about when we meet friends and fellow travelers.
After years of travel we have gained some experience. These are posts about things we have found useful. It includes equipment, planning tools, and general other things that might prove useful to others.
Very Nice Blog
Can’t wait to read all about your travels.
Recommended by Kathy Howe, of Worldwide Travelers.
Kristin
Hi Kristin thanks for reaching out. We recently spent some time with Kathy and Rick in Colorado. They are wonderful people and fun to be around. We are not the worldwide travelers they are, but have enjoyed North America and Europe.