Viva España

  Madrid, Spain 7 September 2017 The past couple of weeks has seen Chris go back to Cape Town to catch up with business, sort out bits of admin and finish packing up our townhouse. I've been staying in Chiswick, been a bit of a tourist(more about that later) and settling my son into his…

Auf Wiedersehen , Hasta la vista, we will be back!(shortly)

  Sulzemoos, Germany August 2017 Back to Munich or actually Sulzemoos which is the town outside of Munich where the motor home rental company is based. As we wound our way back through Germany we had one important task to complete. Rewind back to the start of our trip:  I had noticed these machines in…

Oberammergau .. A Town Full of Passion

Oberammergau, Germany August 2017 Intro by Chris Our final stop of part one in this series was at a little town in Germany named Oberammergau. A small town that boxes far above its size in terms of tourism due to its world famous Passion Play. The Oberammergau Passion Play was first performed in 1634 and…

Merano and the ascent up the Jaufen Pass

Merano SudTirol, Italy August 2017 The trauma of the canopy is over for now and we can move on. We decide we still want to explore Merano. Merano became increasingly popular as a spa resort, especially after Empress Elisabeth of Austria started visiting. Dating from the 19th century are the civic theatre, the Kurhaus and the…

Camping 101: Awning care

Trento , Trentino-Alto SudTirol July 2017 Rose 29th July: This morning we woke up and had a serious chat about the next few days. We had to be in Munich the night of the 3rd Aug so we could hand in the camper the next morning. This means we seriously have to think about going…

The lakes in Italy, a beautiful restaurant and we end up in the car park.

Italy, Sud Tirol July 2017 So just reminding you how we ended off the previous post..I made a small mistake which lead us to the wrong country. Anyway lets not dwell on that...so its quite late and we need to get to the camp. We chose one next to a lake in Northern Italy. As…