Category Europe
Europe 2014 – A Summary – Part One
We’ve been back in the States now for a little over a month and have settled into a nice routine that may or may not be the one we pursue in the future. We’re currently on the road, driving to the west coast for the holidays, a trip that will last about six weeks. Throughout […]
Europe 2014 – A Recap – Part Five
The rest of the gear was comprised mainly of equipment we’ve collected and used during many years of camping. I won’t cover all of the small pieces we took along, instead placing a focus on the key components that made living out of the back of the car fairly comfortable. For cooking, we used three […]
Europe 2014 – A Recap – Part Four
With the car decision made in early 2013, we could begin to assemble the gear we’d be taking, freed from having to reduce what we would take with us because we could now ship it all in the car. This proved to be both a blessing and a curse. To be perfectly honest, we took […]
Europe 2014 – A Recap – Part Three
As we went from dealer to dealer looking at potential cars to purchase and ship over, we established some guiding principles to help keep us on track during the process, as it is very easy to get caught up in the excitement of car buying and end up with a vehicle that while nice, is […]
Europe 2014 – A Recap – Part Two
The second option for transportation, and one we considered seriously, was to purchase a vehicle in Europe. The most viable choice when purchasing is to consider European delivery from one of the manufacturers that still offers this possibility. The choices available are Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, and Volvo. It is still possible to by a […]
Europe 2014 – A Recap – Part One
Every trip regardless of its length requires some nuts and bolts to pull it off, some accounting to figure out how much it cost, and some reflection to put it all into perspective. We’ll do our best to cover all three in the posts to follow. Europe 2014 as is to be expected, took a […]
Europe 2014 – Antwerp – Our Last Day, Full of the Things We Like to Do
Timeline: October 29th – 31st After another fine breakfast we set out on our final full day in Europe, headed for a northern suburb of central Antwerp and the Red Star Line Museum. Opened in September 2013, this new state of the art exhibition shows the other end of the Ellis Island immigration experience. During […]
Europe 2014 – Antwerp – Where Did Those Six Months Go?
Timeline: October 29th – 31st After an easy drive to Antwerp, we ran into heavy traffic on the outskirts of town, then again just a few blocks from our B&B, causing us to give the B&B Alegria a call twice to let them know we’d be delayed. We arrived after dark at their location in […]
Europe 2014 – Montigny – The Last Time We Visit Francois Here, the End of an Era
Timeline: October 25th – 28th Up early for our long drive to Montigny (we’d reconfigured the car the day before, putting the bikes inside) we hit the breakfast room promptly at 7am and filled up for the road ahead. It was still a bit dark out as we backed the car from the narrow space […]
Europe 2014 – Milano – Our Last Night in Italy and the Last Supper, Literally
Timeline: October 23rd – 24th We left late morning for Milano with a three-hour drive ahead of us on toll roads. Starting just before the drive, and then throughout, I was in a foul mood, similar to those experienced from time to time throughout the trip. I think this one was brought on by the […]
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