Our first trip of the year is going to include The Netherlands, France, and Spain. The second trip is to be determined.
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
May 8, 2026 Szeged HU
If you are interested in Art Nouveau architecture than Szeged Hungary should be on your list of places to visit. It is the kind of
May 7, 2026 Szeged HU
Today we traveled to Szeged which is located about 17 kilometers from Serbia in southern Hungary. It is famous for its collection of Art Nouveau
May 6, 2026 Balatonfuredi HU
We have shifted to Lake Balaton which is the largest lake in central Europe. The drive down had us passing thru Budapest. Apparently Budapest does
May 5, 2026 Szentendre HU
Today we shifted to a suburb of Budapest. It was one of our shortest drives ever at 29 kilometers so we took our time getting
May 4, 2026 Budapest HU
We had a long lay around in our nice hotel room, so we did not get going until almost noon. I woke up at dawn
May 3, 2026 Budapest HU
We were anticipating our overnight excursion into Budapest. Ton packed a small bag with the stuff we would need and we were off to our
May 2, 2026 Budapest HU
On our second day in Budapest we really took advantage of our transit pass to see a large swath of the city. The day began
May 1, 2026 Budapest HU
Ton really wanted me to see Budapest. She visited about 20 years ago and it made a big impression on her, and when we talked
April 30, 2026 Budapest HU
We shifted to Budapest for what is a planned 5 day stay. It was a quick drive from our peaceful campground in the Valley of
April 29, 2026 Eger HU
We had a relaxing start to the day and did not head into town until nearly 11. Our plan was to visit the castle here
April 28, 2026 Eger HU
We are camped in the “Valley of Ton”, or as the Hungarians call it the “Valley of Beautiful Women” near the town of Eger. Eger
April 27, 2026 Miskolc HU
Today we officially moved on to Hungary for the trip, despite visiting Tokaj yesterday we returned to Slovakia to sleep. For the next few days
April 26, 2026 Tokaj HU
We woke up to a gale, but the skies were blue. The plan was to sleep in, but the church we are sleeping next to
April 25, 2026 Mali Bara SK
Today was a laid back day in the Tokaj Wine region in Slovakia. The Tokaj Wine Region is actually a famous Hungarian wine region, but
April 24, 2026 Kosice SK
Kosice is the second largest city in Slovakia, and until we arrived in Bratislava I didn’t know it existed. It has a population of about
April 23, 2026 Levoca SK
We were off to an early start. The weird Aire we stayed in did not lend itself to lingering so we were both ready to
April 22, 2026 Banska Bystrica SK
Slovakia is not a large country in size so our drives have been relatively short. Today we took our longest drive of our visit at
April 21, 2026 Trencin SK
Tonight we are camped in the Tatra mountains near the Polish border. It is not the place we planed on being but sometimes things happen.
April 20, Modra SK
Some days when you travel like we do the day is about chores and not experiences. That is what we expected today, but it ended
April 19, 2026 Bratislava SK
We were expecting rain when we got up but to our surprise it was quite nice out. Ton did a quick check and the rain
April 18, 2026 Bratislava SK
Slovakia is a country that Ton has been excited about visiting since we began planning this trip. For me it is a bit of a
April 17, 2026 Vienna AU
Today was the highlight of our trips to museums in Vienna. As I said yesterday Ton is a great fan of Klimt and “The Kiss”
April 16, 2026 Vienna AU
Vienna has at least 112 museums which is for me why it is such a intimidating place to visit. Today we focused on one of
April 15, 2026 Vienna AU
In our quest to investigate every “Versailles of” we decided to visit the Versailles of Austria Schonbrunn palace. This one came close to matching Versailles
April 14, 2026 Vienna AU
Vienna is really the beginning of our planned trip. Everything up to now was fun but it was positioning to get us to the heart
April 13, 2026 Vienna AU
It’s going to be a short one today. Our intent today was to stop near Linz Austria which was about 2 and a half hours
April 12, 2026 Regensburg GE
We had a debate yesterday, do we take advantage of the lack of trucks on Sunday and make a big jump of 400 kilometers to
November 11, 2026 Nuremberg GE
Today I made some small mistakes that annoyed me, and I hope didn’t annoy Ton too much. We discussed our options for where to go
April 10, 2026 Koblenz GE
We had a relaxing day in Koblenz. We weren’t in a big hurry to get going and enjoyed our breakfast and coffee before heading into
April 9, 2026 Koblenz GE
We moved about 200 kilometers today to Koblenz. Ton and I have spent the last couple of days trying to remember whether we had already
April 8, 2026 Maastricht NE
Maastricht is a town on a small handle of land that sticks down between Germany and Belgium. If you travel 20 kilometers east you are
April 7, 2026 Maastricht NE
Today we completed our trip to Tilburg by visiting the site that put the city on our map. Just outside Tilburg is another Abbey brewery.
April 6, 2026 Turnhout BE
Today we decided to take a quick trip into Belgium from Tilburg. The primary reason is to buy fuel for François. The diesel in Belgium
April 5, 2026 Tilburg NE
We mostly took Easter Sunday off. The wind was blowing a gale with occasional squalls of rain. We took the opportunity to sleep in, and
April 4, 2026 Tilburg NE
We checked out Tilburg today. It is the 5th largest city in the Netherlands. When the textile industry collapsed in the 1960’s the city went
April 3, 2026 Tilburg NE
We made our first move of the trip about 120 kilometers south to the college town of Tilburg. We are going to spend a few
April 2, 2026 Amsterdam NE
We both slept well last night so a trip into the city center seemed in order. Ton found a new place for us to check
April 1, 2026 Amsterdam NE
There was some activity today, but not particularly interesting activity. The day was spent provisioning for the upcoming trip. One of the reasons we like
March 31, 2026 Amsterdam NE
We did not leave the campground today. We are both jet lagged from yesterday but it is hitting us differently. Ton woke up in the
March 30, 2026 Amsterdam NE
We traveled to Amsterdam to start our spring trip. The trip today was the smoothest ever. This time we routed ourselves Portland to New York
November 6, 2025 Amsterdam NE
Our fall trip ended as they all do when we dropped François off at the storage. We had plenty of time in the morning to
November 5, 2025 Stein NE
This is always my least favorite day of the trip. Ton spends most of the day packing our bags. I try to help where I
November 4, 2025 Stein NE
Well after procrastinating as long as we could we finally turned north and are now near Amsterdam. The two places we normally stay at around
November 3, 2025 Ypres BE
The trip is winding down but neither one of us is in a hurry to declare it over. This morning the conversation was about whether
November 2, 2025 Poperinge BE
Today was a laid back day that we really enjoyed. The morning was spent doing laundry including our sheets. Laundry day is always an important
November 1, 2025 Poperinge BE
Today we traveled another 350 kilometers north into Belgium. The last couple of days had been about setting us up to head to this part
October 31, 2025 Grez-sur-Loing FR
Another day focused on driving. Today we covered about 380 kilometers in 6 hours. We made a couple of stops at rest areas. The first
October 30, 2025 Issoire FR
Our plan is to pass thru France quickly and get to Flanders in Belgium to do a little beer tasting. We want to be in
October 29, 2025 Roses SP
Roses was the first city we visited in Spain and we have had two of our favorite meals in Europe there so we decided to
October 28, 2025 Altafulla SP
It is time to start heading north so today we jumped up the coast about 400 kilometers to a place near Tarragona. The day started
October 27, 2025 Denia SP
The grey weather blew thru overnight and we woke up to a cool morning with very blue skies. We headed down to the bus stop
October 26, 2025 Denia SP
We decided to take advantage of Sunday to cover some miles towards Amsterdam. In Europe commercial trucks require a special (and expensive) permit to operate
October 25, 2025 Nerja SP
We were up early to look at the sunrise in the mountains. In this case early is relative as sunrise is a little after 8
October 24, 2025 Antequera SP
Antequera is another ancient city in Andalusia that was a key site in the wars that led to the reconquest of Spain. Like most of
October 23, 2025 Setenil De Las Bodegas SP
Today was the shortest drive of the trip at 26 kilometers to the city of Setenil De Las Bodegas. It is famous for its homes
October 22, 2025 Ronda SP
Ronda is considered one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in Spain. Both Hemingway and Orson Welles were struck by this city and left
October 21, Ronda SP
We were both up early due to the change of time zone, so we were off to the mountains of Andalusia before 9am. The drive
October 20, 2025 La Linea SP
Today was purely about travel. We were up early because we wanted to make a couple of stops on the way to the ferry. Our
October 19, 2025 Chefchaouen MA
Tomorrow we are reentering the Euro zone so our goal for today was to spend most of our Dhirams on gifts for ourselves and friends.
October 18, 2025 Chefchaouen MA
We are going to return to Spain on Monday so Chefcaouen is going to be our last stop in Morocco, but it is a good
October 17, 2025 Chefchaouen MA
Chefchaouen is known as the blue city in Morocco and is a must see stop on any tour of Morocco. It is not a large
October 16, 2025 Chefchaouen MA
Today was all about driving. We have relocated to a beautiful mountain town in the Rif Mountains called Chefchaouen. The total drive was about 200