Our first trip of the year is going to include The Netherlands, France, and Spain. The second trip is to be determined.
November 3, 2026
Another trip has come to an end. We have a pretty good routine down for the last day. We put away the last few things
November 2,2026 Amsterdam NE
Today was spent in the campground finishing preparations for our departure. Ton spent the morning packing and cleaning. I did a little work outside of
November 1, 2026 Amsterdam NE
The trip is drawing to a close. Today we had a short drive to the campground that we use at the beginning and end of
October 31, 2026 Utrecht NE
We were off early in the morning. We both woke up early and since it was too cold out to relax much we decided to
October 30, 2026 Monschau GE
Ton keeps coming up with places she wants to visit. It’s interesting one of us is less willing to face the end of the trip
October 29, 2026 Aachen GE
Today Aachen is a small city in Germany lying on the Belgian and Netherlands borders. But in the late 700’s and early 800’s it was
October 28, 2026 Aachen GE
The plan was to visit the spa town of Aachen. We had tried to visit it at the end of our spring trip, but ran
October 27, 2026 Metz FR
We picked Metz because it is close to Nancy which is a city we really enjoyed visiting in a previous trip. Metz is famous for
October 26, 2026 Dijon FR
We had bigger plans for today than we achieved. The plan was to drive to Dijon, arrive around 2 pm when the office for the
October 25, 2026 Issoires FR
There is not much to say about today. We were up a little early helped by Europe changing the time and falling back a week
October 24, 2026 Roses SP
We had a very short agenda for today, lunch at our favorite restaurant in Roses. We have eaten at La Gallaga de Roses four times
October 23, 2026 Roses SP
Our time in Spain is coming to a close so we reluctantly left Cadaques behind and headed over the hill to Roses. Today’s primary purpose
October 22, 2026 Cadaques SP
Cadaques is not a large town and we had seen most of it yesterday. But it is a picturesque town and Ton was looking forward
October 21, 2026 Cadaques SP
Cadaques has been on our list to visit for a long time. We like this part of Spain and have visited the neighboring city of
October 20, 2026 Tarragona SP
Last night will be remembered as the night of the mosquitos. The rain finally let up about 6pm and everybody in the campground emerged from
October 19, 2026 Peniscola SP
The weather was bad yesterday, but it was worst today. The region we are in is in the process of getting over 1″ of rain
October 18, 2026 Peniscola SP
Suddenly our decisions are being decided by time, on every trip there comes a point where the logistics of wrapping up the trip start to
October 17, 2026 Alicante SP
I took my morning walk around sunrise. As the days are shortening up sunrise is around 8 am. The campground is located next to the
October 16, 2026 Altea SP
Before we went to sleep last night we decided to take today off. So today was a day without a plan except to stay put
October 15, 2026 Altea SP
Altea had a lot of hype to live up to, one of Tons sources of places to visit in Spain called it the Santorini of
October 14, 2026 Valencia SP
We have visited Valencia three times now, and for some reason we do not enjoy ourselves here. I even googled to see what its reputation
October 13, 2026 Valencia SP
A couple of days ago we began talking about Valencia as a destination. We have visited twice before and it is the third largest city
October 12, 2026 Albarracin SP
The route we picked for the day involved about 150 kilometers of mountain driving in the Sierra de Menara and the Sierra de Albarracin mountains.
October 11, 2026 Cuenca Mountains National Park SP
Shifted east almost 400 kilometers to the Mediterranean side of Spain. Didn’t quite get there as there are a couple of towns we want to
October 10, 2026 Salamanca SP
We ended up in Salamanca yesterday by accident, but I was in favor of staying a day even though we visited it last year. I
October 9,2026 Alba de Tormes SP
Well the carnival went on to 11pm, but they shut promptly then and it was quiet for the rest of the night. Before they shut
October 8, 2026 Avila SP
We added Avila to our list of places when we were in Madrid. So this morning we were up early and crossed around the outskirts
October 7, 2026 Chinchon SP
It was time to get out of the big city so we headed about an hour south of Madrid to the small village of Chinchon.
October 6, 2026 Madrid SP
Every time we come to Madrid the power goes out. I wanted to return to Madrid to make up for the day we lost last
October 5, 2026 Madrid SP
I thought we owed Madrid another day after our last trip here was disrupted by a nation wide power outage. We had an easy drive
October 4, 2026 Soria SP
We were debating today’s destination last night, and the debate continued into this morning. Do we push to Madrid and spend 4 hours on the
October 3, 2026 Logrono SP
We spent our last day in Rioja enjoying two or our favorite things. Armed with research from Ton and advice from a Scottish/Irish couple we
October 2, 2026 Logrono SP
We have arrived in the capitol of Rioja where we are planning to wrap up our visit to Rioja. Rioja is the smallest Autonomous Area
October 1, 2026 San Millan SP
We have visited many Cathedrals, Abby’s, Churches, and Monasteries in our visits in Europe so when we set out to visit the Monastery in San
September 30, 2026 Briones SP
When we arrived in Rioja Ton gave me a list of places we should visit so today we moved 7 kilometers to the next stop.
September 29, 2026 Haro SP
We had a couple of chores to run in the morning. So we set off to the post office about 10 am to send a
September 28, 2026 Haro SP
We are in one of our visions of heaven. Ton came up with a plan to spend the next several days in Rioja which is
September 27, 2026 Burgos SP
We had a slow start to the day and enjoyed our breakfast and coffee before heading into Burgos to check on a couple of things
September 26, 2026 Burgos SP
We were drawn to Burgos because it is the home of El Cid. He is the great hero of Spanish arms; the rough equivalent of
September 25, 2026 Burgos SP
Today we shifted regions from the Atlantic coast of the Basque country to the plains of Castile. The drive took us past the Costco in
September 24, 2026 Laredo SP
We have retraced our steps a little bit to visit Laredo. Last night we realized we had another month of free traveling and didn’t need
September 23, 2026 Comillas SP
Early in the trip Ton handed me a list of places that she wanted to visit in Basque Country, and Comillas was underlined. Comillas is
September 22, 2026 Bilbao SP
Before 1997 Bilbao was known as the steel city of Spain. In the 1990’s the city was trying to find a way of participating in
September 21, 2026 Bilbao SP
After 3 aborted attempts to visit Bilbao we were determined to finally see it today. Armed with the location of an aire that doesn’t take
September 20, 2026 Vitoria SP
We had no expectations about Vitoria. We picked it because we were looking for a place to wait for a day before we head into
September 19, 2026 San Sebastian SP
We woke up to a beautiful sunny day just as predicted. We headed into town early to continue our Pinxto crawl. San Sebastian has really
September 18, 2026 San Sebastian SP
The weather was supposed to be better than yesterday, but it wasn’t. The rain started around midnight and was still going when we woke up.
September 17, 2026 San Sebastian SP
Our day was a simple one, we shifted about 350 kilometers south to Spain. It was an easy drive. We have a favorite camp ground
September 16, 2026 Saintes FR
We took a bound towards Spain today traveling about 350 kilometers to Saintes just north of Bordeaux. It was an easy drive, we took our
September 15, 2026 Rennes FR
Today was a maintenance day. The biggest chore was to get our laundry done. After we were promised yesterday that the washer at the campground
September 14, 2026 Rennes FR
Brittany is one of our favorite regions in Europe. This is the third time we have visited it. On our first trip to France we
September 13, 2026 Oustreham FR
Sundays are always a good day for a long drive in Europe. The trucks are not allowed to drive so we are one of the
September 12, 2026 Amiens FR
We have been trying to visit Lille in northern France for several trips. Each time it has been on the agenda we have skipped it
September 11, 2026 Dunkirk FR
Last night we decided to go over to Dunkirk today. It is only about 40 minutes from our campground in Belgium. Our first thought was
September 10, 2026 Roeselare BE
Today we visited another brewery on our bucket list for Belgium. Rodenbach Brewery is famous for its barrel aged Red beers. After our best nights
September 9, 2026 Westvleteren BE
Today was one of the days we really enjoy when we are traveling. We saw nothing spectacular, but we will really remember this day when
September 8, 2026 Westvelerten BE
Despite jet lag continuing to have an edge in the battle of sleep we decided to get going south The big motivator was the fact
September 7, 2026 Amsterdam NE
We are starting to get ahead of the jet lag, this time we both woke up around 8 and could have functioned, but it turns
September 6, 2026 Amsterdam NE
Well it is jet lag 2 Ron and Ton 0. Between 3 and 5 am we found ourselves having a nice conversation and doing some
September 5 2026 Amsterdam NE
Jet lag won the duel today. After tossing and turning most of the night I woke up first at 11:30 am, Ton a little later.
September 4, 2026 Amsterdam NE
Our start to the fall trip may have been the smoothest day of travel ever. The drive to the airport was easy and quick. We
May 27, 2026 Amsterdam NE
Another trip is in the books. It is one of our shortest since we began touring Europe by RV. Our end of the trip routine
May 26, 2026 Amsterdam NE
Today is our last day of fun on the trip. Tomorrows agenda is packing up, getting François an overdue bath, and heading to storage. But
May 25, 2026 Amsterdam NE
Today we spent the morning watching the Witsunday exodus from the park. There was a steady stream of motorhomes and caravans going by our spot
May 24, 2026 Amsterdam NE
Well Whitsunday weekend beat us. We like to travel in François so we have flexibility in where we go. This weekend our ability to just
May 23, 2026 Bergheim GE
In our 8 years of travel we have been pretty lucky, today not so much. As I said yesterday we learned that it is a
May 22, 2026 Erfurt GE
Our day was going to go one of two ways. At the end of the night last night we decided that if we could stay
May 21, 2026 Erfurt GE
Ton picked Erfurt because it had a medieval bridge that has homes and stores still built on it and in use. This used to be
May 20, 2026 Karlovy Vary CZ
We are not spa people but decided to visit Karlovy Vary as Ton’s research indicated that it had a great number of 19th century hotels
May 19, 2026 Melnik CZ
When we woke up this morning I proposed Prague to Ton, but she pointed out that we are running out of time. She had two
May 18, 2026 Cesky Krulov CZ
We woke up to blue skies but cold temperatures. Once again I got up and turned on the heat at about 4am as the temperatures
May 17 2026, Cesky Krumlov CZ
Cesky Krumlov is a favorite place of Ton’s. She has told me about it many times over the years. She visited it about 20 years
May 16, 2026 Trebon CZ
It poured rain all day so today ended up being a day of rest. Luckily the campground here has exceptional Wi-Fi so we spent the
May 15, 2026 Trebon CZ
We had a debate about what to do today. We were still discussing it in the morning with three possible course of actions. It was
May 14, 2026 Ceske Budojovice CZ
For the first time on this trip we are having to plan on dealing with wet weather. Today wasn’t supposed to rain, but we ended
May 13, 2026 Telc CZ
Our original plan was to give Brno another day so we could visit the castle that dominates the town. When we woke this morning Ton
May 12, 2026 Brno CZ
It was time to move on from Hungary so today we shifted north to the Czech Republic, or as it is now officially called Czechia.
May 11, 2026 Sopron HU
We headed into Sopron early as the weather forecast had rain arriving in the afternoon. When we arrived downtown the streets were very empty. It
May 10, 2026 Sopron HU
We reluctantly decided we needed to put Hungary behind us. Today we had our longest driving day of the trip at 400 kilometers as once
May 9, 2026 Pecs HU
Time is against us now otherwise I think we would have extended our stay in Szeged. But we reluctantly decided we had to move on