Category Archives: Europe Trip 2004

Osterreich – Teil Zwei!

It had started raining during the night so we packed up the van and parked it next to the laundry room so we could do some washing. It felt wonderful to get clothes clean and pillowcases, everything smelt so fresh … Continue reading

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Osterreich – Teil Un!

Arrived in Graz around 7pm and checked into the campsite that had a HUGE swimming pool which had closed the day before!! 14.09.04. Got up early and got the bus into Graz. Kathy’s bites were no better, very angry and … Continue reading

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On our way to Prague

A well deserved sleep saw us getting up at 10:30am and rushing to pack and leave by 11am. It was a fantastically beautiful day, clear blue sky. Shortly after leaving we got a right shock when the roof of the … Continue reading

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Bratislava.

We got up early and prepared for our day trip to Bratislava. We had originally planned to camp there but had read that the campsites were ‘grim’. As it is not far from Vienna we changed our plans and took … Continue reading

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Viva Italia!

Buongiorno tutte! We drove all the way to Lake Maggiore, arriving about 8pm. 300 miles in one day: quite a tiring trek, really. It was starting to get dark, so we stopped at the first campsite we found. It was … Continue reading

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The hills are alive…

…with the sound of music! No we weren’t in Austria but we were travelling through the Alps. We left Lyon at 10am and struggled to escape, French signposts are pretty awful. Looking forward to the Alps we began to see … Continue reading

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France – Part Quatre

Managed to get up at 7:30am and Tim did the mountain of washing up. We stopped in Nevers for petrol, it was 23°C by 10am, a cloudless sky. It was a lovely drive to Lyon with some beautiful views. We … Continue reading

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France – Part Trois

We enjoyed Paris but were glad to get away from the big city and into the country. The weather was wonderful and we were driving on lovely, long straight roads with not much traffic and frquently tree-lined: lovely! We entered … Continue reading

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Photos from the first two weeks

Hi folks! We’ve taken loads of photos! Unfortunately the internet café in Lyon had no means (as far as I could tell) of resizing those that we transferred to the PC. I miss iPhoto“! Anyway, we’ve uploaded ten choice images … Continue reading

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France – Part Deux!

We are now in Paris! On our first day we went to the Eiffel Tower, only to the first floor as this was all Kathy’s knees could take. The view was great and the tower was impressive to say the … Continue reading

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