Last week an alert arrived on my phone courtesy of
our all knowing masters at Google. It was to inform me that on this very day
last year we were enjoying the spectacular sights of Venice
After a few minutes reliving those un-forgetable sights,
sounds and smells I was pleased to realise we would soon be back on the road
again with different set of destinations to visit and explore.
Hopefully they will be just as memorable and enjoyable
as last year.
We don`t have quite as much time for this trip, six
weeks as opposed to last years twelve weeks. But I still hope we can pack in
some interesting places along the way.
The plan is to drive from Calais down through
Belgium, arrive into Luxembourg with empty fuel tanks to cram as much cheap
diesel in as possible, then into Germany travelling east through Bavaria.
We`ll then head for Vienna
From there we will head south to the clear warm Adriatic
waters of Croatia
Messing around in the sea in my Kayak with Louis on
board and swimming were definitely one of the highlights last year which I hope
to repeat.
I was amazed by Louis reaction to the kayak, he can
be a bit excitable and I was half expecting him to be leaping around like a
nutter.
Not a bit of it though, each time he just went
straight off to sleep and seeming to enjoy the rocking motion, while I did all
the work paddling of course !
Just the occasional glance around for reassurance and
he was happy as a pig in muck.
We`ll probably explore places we didn`t go to last
year and maybe do a bit of island hopping.
But as always, the plan may change as we go along and
the mood takes us.
Or we`re just tempted by places we find on the route, so
watch this space !
I`ve done some research on the Blogger.com help forum
and couldn`t really resolve either of the two issues I`ve had with this blog.
The first one is the comments people leave, some seem
to come through to me yet others don`t. So if I don`t acknowledge you it`s not
because I`m ignoring you, I probably just didn`t receive it.
The second problem was getting the map to load to
show the latest pin drop.
You may still have to drag it across.
So, Ed has been packed and polished and is all ready
for off tomorrow.
We`re booked on a 1020 Channel Tunnel crossing so
it`ll be an early start for us.
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| happy memories from last year |
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| happy memories from last year |
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| Ed the motorhome is displaying new graphics this year, thank you Lauren. |
See you on the other side of the water, or La Manche as the French like to call the English Channel.
