Spain - north coast to border of PortugalJan 19, 2007
We started our trip through Spain with a new camera (old one donated to Euro Disney) and a massive traffic congestion in San Sebastan. We have taken the coastal route along the top of Spain and after surviving San Sebastan decided that no big towns for us unless catching a bus in. We thought the French drivers were nuts until we crossed the non existant border into Spain.&nbs...
Destinations visited: Salamanca, Avila, Segovia, Madrid, Santander, Bilbao
Family roadtrip from Paris to LourdesJan 06, 2007
Well we starting in Paris travelling down through the middle of France. A leisurely stroll for some... a mad house on some of the ring roads. Lucky we survived. First stop Orleans for lunch on the first day and onto Tours. Hit the wineries and Trish found a winner !!! Stocked up and onto a beautiful Chateau of which Leonard spend his last 3 ye...
On into France and Nick covered 3 countries in 15 mins. We had our first Champagne each in the little town of Charlon du Champagne. The ring road.... we came we ringed we conquered. We hit Paris for a few days before meeting with Nick's family by strolling around and getting our bearings. We stayed at a massive camping site within a park near the Eiffel ...
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Well Luxembourge was absolutely beautiful, it is a tiny tiny country of 82kms long and 57 kms wide and houses the moselle valley famous for it's white wines, a massive spanish fortress and is the proud home of 5000kms of marked connected walking paths through the mountains and forests. Here that Mum and Dad !!!! On our first day we were snowed on, just a little bit ...
Well we have finally left. We packed up all that we own, attached the bike rack, checked oil and tyre pressure and headed to Dover for the 2pm ferry on Wednesday 20th for the start of our massive trip. We have had a slow start for the first 5 days as we are getting used to moving around each other and having to get up in the mornings. Haven't been eating much as we...