2024

Our spring trip had us visiting Poland and the Baltic States with an unexpected detour into France at the beginning.  In the fall we spent most of the trip in Switzerland and Northern Italy.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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April 9, 2025 Blaye FR

Tonight we are in one of our favorite campsites in France, the winery at Chateau Marquis de Vauban gives you the opportunity to park in

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October 7, 2024 Modena IT

We shifted our base about 50 kilometers today to Modena. Modena is probably most famous these days for being the home of Pavarotti. Ferrari’s headquarters

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October 1, 2024 Bergamo

After our day of rest yesterday we were both up early and ready to get going into town. Our campground is conveniently located about 100

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June 3, 2024 Achthoven, NE

We were off early towards Amsterdam and with light traffic and minimum construction we arrived in the small village of Achthoven near the University town

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May 27, 2024 Gdansk PL

The day started with a misfire. We wanted to visit the Solidarity Museum near the shipyard, but thought we would begin at St. Nicholas Church

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May 25, 2024 Malbork PL

Our friends recently visited Gdansk and highly recommended that we see Malbork castle so we were off bright and early to visit. The castle was

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May 24, 2024 Torun PL

Torun is unique in Poland in that it was mostly untouched in WWII. The buildings you see in the town center are the original buildings

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May 20, 2024 Kozle PL

Today was about driving and getting to western Poland to continue our travels. It was a pretty quiet drive, but we quickly missed our quiet

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May 13, 2024 Riga LV

We were off early in the morning after a good nights sleep in François. Before setting off we found Trena to thank her for her

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May 7, 2024 Warsaw PL

Yesterday we were a little underwhelmed by Warsaw, possibly because Ton was under the weather and without her list of places to see I am

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May 5, 2024 Warsaw PL

After spending the longest time we have ever spent in one campground it was time to move on. Tomak and his family at Kluczwoda Camping

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April 29, 2024 Wielczka PL

The most important tourist attraction near Krakow is Auschwitz. Ton and I discussed whether to visit the camp prior to coming to Krakow. Initially we

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April 24, 2024 Gacki PL

The weather forecast called for rain all day, so we had intentionally decided that we would hang out in François with no plans except for

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April 21, 2024 Wroclaw PL

Today we entered our 18th European country,(19th if you count the Vatican, we are debating the technicality since François the motorhome did not enter the

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