Our first trip of the year is going to include The Netherlands, France, and Spain. The second trip is to be determined.
October 3, 2025 Marrakech MA
We wanted another day in Marrakech so we booked a taxi into the city in the morning. There were two historical sites on our agenda
October 2, 2025 Ourika MA
We took a day trip today into the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. The Ourika Valley is easily accessible from Marrakech and has been transformed
October 1 2025 Marrakech MA
Great cities have an energy that sets them apart, New York, Bangkok, and Paris come to mind, Marrakech is part of those elite cities that
September 30, 2025 Marrakech MA
We shifted about 300 kilometers today to a city whose name always conjured up images of the exotic to me. The drive over was on
September 29, 2025 Mohammedia MA
We decided last night to pass on Rabat, but to instead explore the town we are in. Ton had done some reading and discovered that
September 28, 2025 Casablanca MA
We booked a taxi to take us into Casablanca yesterday and were quoted a quite reasonable price for the day. In the morning Mohammed one
September 27, 2025 Mohammedia MA
Today we moved about 200 kilometers south to a campground between Rabat and Casablanca. Our plan is to use this campground as a base to
September 26, 2025 Asilah MA
For the first time in about 2 weeks we were able to sleep in, and not have the bulk of our day spent in François.
September 25, Asilah MA
We made it to Morocco. It has been a long journey from Amsterdam to get here, but the first impression is that it was worth
September 24, 2025 La Linea SP
We had a busy morning, and a slower afternoon. The day began by us heading off to see the mysterious Carlos for our ferry tickets.
September 23, 2025 La Linea SP
We made it to the Mediterranean today. It’s been a long haul and not much fun. Today we covered about 400 kilometers but are now
September 22, 2025 Merida SP
Our primary target for this trip is Morocco, but before we departed Oregon Ton also handed me a list of Spanish cities she wanted to
September 21, 2025 Tordesillas SP
We were happy when I noticed that Tordesillas was the perfect distance to cover towards Morocco. It was about 360 kilometers south from Orio, and
September 20, 2025 Orio SP
Our charge down the atlantic coast to southern Spain continued with a 480 kilometer drive. The drive was nice and uneventful if. It was uneventful
September 19, 2025 Poitiers FR
The next few days are going to be mostly about putting miles on the way to Morocco. Today we covered about 350 kilometers and arrived
September 18, 2025 Sens FR
Today was another busy but not fun day. We completed our last chores before we head south. We were up early to drive to Sens.
September 17, 2025 Sorel FR
Today we turned south. With all of the repairs (fingers crossed) completed on François we are heading south. Our next stop is Sens to get
September 16, 2025 Delft NE
Today was a busy day for us, but not a particularly compelling one. We have had a check engine light intermittently since we arrived. Our
September 15, 2025 Delft NE
We shifted about an hour south today to Delft. Delft is a nice town that has become our unofficial hometown in the Netherlands. Tomorrow we
September 14, 2025 Haarlem NE
We hit another place on our to do list for the Netherlands. We had been told that Haarlem is a nice town and worth a
September 13, 2025 Amsterdam NE
Our first stop of the day was the Katten Kabinet museum. It is a museum dedicated to cat art and cats. We don’t own a
September 12, 2025 Amsterdam NE
The Van Gogh museum has been on our to do list for Amsterdam since the first trip. Each time we have looked at going there
September 11, 2025 Amsterdam NE
We spent the rainy day hanging around François getting over jet lag and planning for our unexpected extended stay in Amsterdam. We have been trying
September 10, 2025 Amsterdam NE
Our optimism yesterday crashed this morning. When we started François the check engine light was on again, so we began our day by reaching out
September 9, 2025 Amsterdam NE
Our neighbors are American. Nearly every trip we come across an American couple in one of the campgrounds. It’s funny how your ear is drawn
September 8, 2025 Amsterdam NE
We are back in Europe for our next trip. The flight over was uneventful once we got out of Portland. There was a little misadventure
June 2, 2025 Delft NE
Today was about preparing to leave. Our airbag computer had failed while François was in storage over the winter. When we arrived in March we
June 1, 2025 Delft NE
We spent the morning starting to organize François for storage, that is, Ton organized François for storage and I stayed out of the way and
May 31, 2025 Delft NE
A photo from yesterday as today we spent the whole day driving to our final stop on the trip. We started in Delft and are
May 30, 2025 Dinant BE
We had a decision to make, our plan was to visit Dinant which was about an hour from our newly formed town at Benelux Campground.
May 29, 2025 Durbuy BE
This post is a day late because last night we were unable to access wifi. As I mentioned yesterday when we arrived at what we
May 28, 2025 La-Roche-en-Ardennes BE
We had picked out La-Roche-en-Ardennes as our next stop as it is central to a region we wanted to explore. After a wet but easy
May 27, 2025 Troyes FR
We needed to stop by François’ hometown to check on our mail, and see if we could schedule an appointment for some minor repairs to
May 26, 2025 Vichy FR
I selected Vichy for todays visit because of its association with World War II. Today and historically Vichy was famous as a spa town with
May 25, 2025 Le Moustier FR
We made a short hop up the road to a very nice campground in the Dordogne region. It is a geographically large area but one
May 24, 2025 Cahors FR
We are going to spend the next few days traveling slowly thru central France. This rugged region is full of river valleys and steep hills.
May 23, 2025 Toulouse FR
Toulouse is the fourth largest city in France and we had never visited it, though we have driven thru it many times in our comings
May 22, 2025 Toulouse FR
Unexpectedly today was about the drive. The drive from Andorra to Toulouse was only about 180 kilometers but google had it at nearly 3 hours
May 21, 2025 Andorra la Vella AN
We had packed up François, and I stuck my head in to tell Ton I was going to disconnect the electricity when she said I
May 20, 2025 Andorra la Vella AN
We began what is going to be a long trek north back to the Netherlands with a short in distance drive to Andorra, a new
May 19, 2025 Tarragona SP
We were up early to see Kit and Stephen off on their trip home. We hope they enjoyed their taste of RV’ing in Europe. It
May 18, 2025 Tarragona SP
Today was Stephen and Kits last day with their motorhome, so our primary goal was to get near Barcelona so they could clean up and
May 18, 2025 Valencia SP
Today we visited the third largest city in Spain. Valencia didn’t make a big impression on Ton or me during our first visit. It wasn’t
May 16, 2025 Valencia SP
We operated on a laid back schedule today. Wake up when we were ready, drive 200 kilometers to Valencia and find a place to settle
May 15, 2025 Murcia SP
Murcia is not on any tourist hot list for Spain. It is a good sized city in an agricultural area, but has a reputation as
May 14, 2025 Murcia SP
A short blog entry to accompany a long drive. Kit and Stephen are coming to the end of their trip so as always happens on
May 13, 2025 Malaga SP
It was a relaxing start to the day. We headed over to the train station about 10am. I had done a recon earlier and discovered
May 12, 2025 Cordoba SP
When I think of majestic, in nature I think of the Grand Canyon. If it is man made I think of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba.
May 11, 2025 Cordoba SP
We were up early as we had one of the longest drives we have ever taken in Europe in front of us. We need to
May 10, 2025 Lisbon PO
We headed over to a different part of Lisbon today to check out an area that Ton was very interested in seeing. Belem is located
May 9, 2025 Lisbon PO
We had skipped Lisbon last time we were in Portugal because it got mixed reviews and the logistics for campers was difficult. We had regretted
May 8, 2025 Villa Caparica PO
Today was a long day driving. We moved from Porto to a beach town just south of Lisbon. Lisbon is a difficult place for campers,
May 7, 2025 Porto PO
Having taken a day of rest to try to shake a virus that had invaded the team, we were ready to return to Porto for
May 6, 2025 Porto PO
Today was a day of rest. We did not leave the campground. Everyone used today to recharge their batteries and fight viruses. Sometimes a day
May 5, 2025 Porto PO
I knew it was going to be a good day for exploring when we arrived at Porto, it took us about 30 minutes to cover
May 4, 2025 Vila Cha PO
We had delayed our long drive to Porto for a day, but today we had to cover almost 400 kilometers. It was raining steadily when
May 3, 2025 Salamanca SP
It has been raining hard on and off for the last couple of days. Over night it rained really hard again and the ground and
May 2, 2025 Tordesillas SP
It rained cats and dogs last night with occasional thunder. The finale came at 7am when lightning struck close to the campground. I took that
May 1, 2025 Segovia SP
Kit had asked us to visit Segovia and we are glad she did. When she asked I didn’t even know where it was located in
April 30, 2025 Toledo SP
We told Kit and Stephen that we thought they should visit Toledo as Ton and I think it is one of the most beautiful cities
April 29, 2025 Madrid SP
We had a team meeting in the morning. There were two questions, should we extend our stay a day to make up for yesterday, and
April 28, 2025 Madrid SP
Well . . . an interesting day. We had a plan for the day in Madrid. Ton and I were going to explore the city
April 27, 2025 Madrid SP
We found a well reviewed campground in Madrid, so about 10am we were off for the big city. We love driving the freeways in Europe
April 26, 2025 Zaragoza SP
We had just visited Zaragoza two weeks ago but we had been focused on the area around the Cathedral due to the Palm Sunday celebration
March 25, 2025 Zaragoza SP
We are back in Zaragoza. We are making our way to Madrid and Zaragoza is on the way and made a good impression on Ton
April 24, 2025 Tarragona SP
We made a short jump down the coast to Tarragona. We wanted to test convoy driving and so I wanted to keep it short today,
April 23, 2025 Barcelona SP
Today was Sant Jordi day which is the Valentines day for the Catalans. We decided to head back into Barcelona for one more day before
April 22, 2025 Mataro SP
Today we stayed around the campground while Kit and Steve got there motorhome set up. They are lucky to have gotten a brand new motorhome
April 21, 2025 Mataro SP
After a leisurely morning sleeping late and having a nice breakfast we headed into Mataro. It was Easter Monday so all of the shops in
April 20, 2025 Mataro SP
We spontaneously decided to take a day off today. Neither one of us really talked about it, it just happened. We slept in, and then
April 19, 2025 Barcelona SP
We last visited Barcelona in 2018 and really enjoyed the city. One of the reasons we like this campground is that it offers a shuttle
April 18, 2025 Mataro SP
Our friends Stephen and Kit will be joining us on Monday for about a month. They are flying into Barcelona and renting a RV. We
April 17, 2025 Girona SP
We have been meaning to visit Girona for a while. It had a reputation as a real foody town with great restaurants which was our
April 16, 2025 Roses SP
It was raining heavily when we woke up in the morning so we settled in and enjoyed our coffee. After we got going in the
April 15, 2025 Roses SP
We have been corresponding with a RV shop in Roses Spain about getting our privacy screen fixed. Yesterday they said they had a replacement screen
April 14, 2025 Zaragoza SP
We really need tires for François and since Zaragoza is a good sized city we decided to take the day and see if we could
April 13, 2025 Zaragoza SP
Today is Palm Sunday which represents the official beginning of Holy Week. Zaragoza goes in big for Holy Week with 53 processions during the week
April 12, 2025 Zaragoza SP
This will be short. We were up early, said goodbye for our neighbors and were on the road about 9:30. Our destination for today was
April 11, 2025 Orio SP
We decided to have a laid back day today so we did not plan to leave Orio. We spent the morning doing some light chores
April 10, 2025 Orio SP
We took our time leaving in the morning as we were hoping that the traffic in Bordeaux would die down. We have experienced more traffic