After a little hiccup finding each other, our two blue dots moving from opposite ends of Europe finally met up in the quaint french village of Saint Remy de Provence. This is my parents first trip to Europe in their new campervan and so far all is going well. They are much better provisioned with …
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194 – Canne and Cezanne
Cannes So we took a more unusual approach today. Mark caught the much delayed train into Cannes for a mooch around. Marvelled at the glitzy hotels, posh shops, and beach under construction. He found some lovely street art and sculpture, ate pancakes, drank coffee and was home for a late lunch. Meanwhile, I stayed behind …
190, 191, 192, 193 – Major catch up from the pyramids and Milan
Apologies for the delay, I’ve been out of sorts and had fallen behind. All caught up now, hope you enjoy xxx 190 – Pyramids in the clouds and a drip feed of chocolate in Milan Never before have our lives been so revolved around the weather. We have waterproofs and can cope with the rain …
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188 – 189 Becalmed & Gnomes
It is rare I have just a single photo of my day, but torrential rains took away our lake garda mountain views and bar a quick dog walk and pizza outing we were becalmed in the van. Both Mark and I tried our best to amuse ourselves with a never ending list of books, studies, …
187 – Above the clouds
Nervous of getting stuck in the carpark we were on our way by 7:30am and left Verona as the sun rose. Ideally we would have spent a bit longer in this lovely city. However we were rewarded for the early start with breathtaking views above the clouds as we made our way to the cliff …
186 – Wherefore art thou Romeo
We had a lovely lazy Sunday morning watching out for birds in the rain, before driving into Verona. It’s a wonderful city, rather understated. Driving along the river your eyes dart from bridges, to churches, bell towers and pretty houses. We parked up in pothole heaven (aka Parcheggio Libero Don Mazza) a tight but convenient …
185 – Flooded Venice on a shoestring
I was awake at 5am having dreamt of my venice painting. I’d almost not bought it as I’d never been, but Mark knew how much I liked it and promised to take me (he had actually forgotten this when I mentioned it this morning lol). It was still raining but due to improve by 8am …
184 – Soaked!
It’s sort of crazy how much time it takes to plan trips, routes and what attractions you want to visit. There is so much to see and do, but the weather is turning so we ideally need to head towards Spain soon. We finally decided to focus on northern Italy and save the south for …
182 & 183 Come rain or Shine
A second day of pouring rain and we couldn’t convince the pups to go out. Mabel flatly refused and Ernest darts in and out as fast as possible. Jasper doesn’t care either way. The day was largely consumed by a major writing session on the realities of vanlife, route research, pampering in the frying pan, …
Realities of Vanlife
N.B. Grab a coffee this turned out way longer than I intended, but I hope you find it useful. A few weeks ago I saw a post on a vanlifers FB group page lamenting the glossy, happy image that people like me reinforce when we blog about vanlife. Truth be told there are a growing …
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