Our first trip of the year is going to include The Netherlands, France, and Spain. The second trip is to be determined.

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

October 15, 2025 Volubilis MA
Our friends Fred and Denise Cook told us not to miss Volubilis. Volubilis was originally a Berber city founder around 300 bc. It was subsequently

October 14 Azrou MA
We decided to move on from Fez. On the way over the mountains we had passed thru a town that caught our attention. It had

October 13, 2025 Fez MA
Today we tackled Fez on our own and had a much better day. There were two main sites we had not seen on Saturday so

October 12, 2025 Fez MA
Following up on yesterdays blog, before we went to bed and before she read the blog, Ton said-“I am done with guides”. She read the

October 11, 2025 Fez MA
First impressions are a funny thing. I was really looking forward to Fez. I was prepared to have it be the highlight of our Moroccan

October 10, 2025 Fez MA
The 280 kilometer drive today took over 5 hours. The roads were generally good, but we drove through the middle Atlas Mountains and they are

October 9, 2025 Er-Rich MA
We were in the Sahara for dawn again this morning. It was another beautiful sunrise, and Ton was very happy running along the dunes with

October 8, 2025 Merzouga MA
We headed out into the Sahara for sunrise. That statement feels like it should be followed with something more dramatic, than Ton took pictures and

October 7, 2025 Merzouga MA
We were up at the crack of dawn, which isn’t that much of a chore as it is at 7:10 am, but nevertheless. We wanted

October 6, 2025 Ouarzazate MA
We crossed over the High Atlas mountains today. We have become friends with two British couples over the last week. They did a night in

October 5, 2025 Essaouira MA
Our visit to Essaouira began with a stop at a grocery store, and most importantly our first visit to a Moroccan liquor store. Alcohol consumption

October 4, 2025 Essaouira MA
We wimped out today. The weather has been very hot the last few days with highs in the low and mid 90’s. When we go

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
