Category Europe 2014
Europe 2014 – The Dordogne, Part One
We arrived at Le Capeyrou Campground at the edge of the small town of Beynac mid afternoon on Friday, May 30th and were delighted with the site and its facilities. Beynac is a picaresque place, with its well-known castle perched high atop a steep hill overlooking the Dordogne River. For the first time on the […]
Europe 2014 – Cognac, Need I Say More?
We bade farewell to Francois after one last filling breakfast and made our way to nearby Versailles in search of a bike shop to see if we could purchase more tubes and flat repair materials. Driving in the older cities of Europe, as said before, is always an interesting experience and even with the GPS […]
Europe 2014 – Montigny, Part Two (May 22-26)
Note to our followers: We recommend the use of Chrome as your browser for one important reason. It will automatically translate into English many of the web pages I’ve listed a link for. It is a very handy tool to have available. We had called ahead to let Francois know we would arrive around 7:00pm […]
Europe 2014 – The Itinerary – As Far as it Goes
Here is the itinerary for the trip. Some is already completed, others yet to come and all is quite fluid with the exception of those dates where we are joining family and friends in particular places. If we think there will be significant changes, we’ll post updates along the way. Day Month Date Destination Notes […]
Europe 2014 – Montigny, just outside the city of light
Google maps says it is about 225 miles from Bray-Dunes to Francois’ place in Montigny-Le-Brettoneux, not too long of a drive if you stay on the motorways and make good time. But we had a different agenda, one where we would attempt to locate the farm south of Calais where I spent the weekend in […]
Europe 2014 – Camping du Perroquet: Seriously, We’re Thinking of Doing this for Six Months?
We left Brussels after checking out of Maison Noble mid-morning, saying farewell to Matthieu as he saw us off in order to see the Highlander we’d been talking about. As check in time for the campground we’d be staying at wasn’t until 2:00 pm and the drive would only take about 90 minutes, we decided […]
Europe 2014 – Brussels: We Have Pride
We slept well that night and awoke to another tasty buffet breakfast. The now familiar walk up to the St. Catherine Metro stop, transfer to the train to Antwerp, and handling tickets all seemed to go more smoothly. We arrived at Antwerp Central in less than an hour and found ourselves in one of those […]
Europe 2014 – Brussels: We Have Arrived
We thought we had a lot of time built into our last couple of days in Charlotte, but the number of small tasks that needed completing in order for us to leave the house and our affairs in order for six months took care of the entirety of Monday and had us hustling Tuesday morning. […]
Europe 2014 – Prepare for Liftoff, Part Two
The choice to buy the car was actually two decisions in one as it meant we’d be shipping it to Europe. Thus began the search for a firm to use for that purpose. Throughout the planning process I used a book titled Take Your RV To Europe: The Low-Cost Route To Long-Term Touring Paperback by […]
Europe 2014 – Prepare for Liftoff, Part One
Hopefully followers of this blog will now understand why this idea of a long trip to Europe to celebrate/initiate our transition from full time work is a path that makes sense for us. From my first trip in 1977, Europe has been the launching pad for personal reinvention as well as great destination to visit. […]
3jmann 
Recent Comments