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- Tag 1
- Montag, 2. September 2024 um 09:00
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 226 ft
EnglandHereford52°3’12” N 2°41’15” W
Starting off
2. September 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Looks a bit wet out there...
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- Tag 1
- Montag, 2. September 2024 um 16:15
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Höhe über NN: 177 ft
- EnglandArchidiocese of Canterbury51°15’42” N 1°6’1” E
Our new first stop?
2. September 2024 in England ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Park and ride for a bargain stop and a free ride to Canterbury city centre. Evensong in the cathedral and back on the bus for supper.
Starting strong with a picture of a bus - winning with the toddler demographic [Tom]
ReisenderMy aim, of course! Should have taken a more interesting pic of the bus.
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- Tag 2
- Dienstag, 3. September 2024 um 12:29
- 🌬 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: Meereshöhe
English Channel51°4’53” N 1°25’43” E
Ferry time
3. September 2024, English Channel ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Made it safely this time...
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- Tag 2
- Dienstag, 3. September 2024 um 18:00
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 89 ft
FrankreichLe Pont Thibault50°31’56” N 3°5’41” E
Rural peace
3. September 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Place to stay by a lovely stream...
ReisenderAnd this is where we drove forwards off our chocks and left them behind...
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- Tag 3
- Mittwoch, 4. September 2024 um 14:36
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.181 ft
BelgienHachy49°41’49” N 5°39’41” E
Through Belgium...
4. September 2024 in Belgien ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
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- Tag 3
- Mittwoch, 4. September 2024 um 15:06
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.024 ft
LuxemburgStrassen49°37’29” N 6°4’48” E
...and Luxembourg
4. September 2024 in Luxemburg ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Including a stop for cheaper ⛽️
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- Tag 3
- Mittwoch, 4. September 2024 um 15:52
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 545 ft
DeutschlandOhligsbach49°24’36” N 6°38’36” E
...and Germany
4. September 2024 in Deutschland ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
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- Tag 3
- Mittwoch, 4. September 2024 um 18:02
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Höhe über NN: 673 ft
- FrankreichBrechlingen48°38’11” N 7°25’52” E
...and France again
4. September 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
A peaceful and dry evening avec saucissons, pommes de terre, oignons et haricots verts.
ReisenderThe classics are the best. But are you still eating it off plastic plates?
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- Tag 4
- Donnerstag, 5. September 2024 um 18:30
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.033 ft
- FrankreichBollenberg47°56’44” N 7°15’20” E
A day of homage and a wet vineyard
5. September 2024 in Frankreich ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Not exactly holiday fun, but important. Le Struthof, the only concentration camp on French soil. Alsace was annexed to Germany when they invaded. Memorable.
Finished up on vineyard which would beWeiterlesen
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- Tag 5
- Freitag, 6. September 2024 um 11:43
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.683 ft
SchweizSeebad Eich47°9’19” N 8°9’28” E
Still looking for the sun
6. September 2024 in der Schweiz ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Travelling south through Switzerland...
Found the 🌞 on the St Gotthard Pass, in time for lunch.
The picture with me in it is right at the top of the pass.
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- Tag 5
- Freitag, 6. September 2024 um 17:23
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Höhe über NN: 886 ft
ItalienLavena Ponte Tresa45°57’39” N 8°51’51” E
Italy...800m from the border
6. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Campsite in Italy, almost everything you can see is Switzerland. Yes, I swam in the lake.
Proud of you 🏊♀️😊 you have certainly put the miles in across Europe! [Fiona]
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- Tag 6
- Samstag, 7. September 2024 um 12:39
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Höhe über NN: 299 ft
- ItalienCertosa Monumento45°15’25” N 9°8’27” E
Certosa di Pavia
7. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A lovely Carthusian monastery, built to the glory of the Visconti and Sforza families, as well as to the glory of God. The first picture is the view from the sosta on which we are parked for a day orWeiterlesen
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- Tag 7
- Sonntag, 8. September 2024 um 11:20
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 302 ft
- ItalienCertosa Monumento45°15’25” N 9°8’28” E
Dry in the van
8. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Terrible weather forecast for heavy rain. Went to the service in the monastery we visited yesterday and were warmly welcomed in accordance with ecumenical principles. Started to rain at 11.30 andWeiterlesen
ReisenderWe managed to get a leg stretch after supper; it had been raining very heavily since 12ish. Hoping for better tomorrow. Three days is good going!
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- Tag 8
- Montag, 9. September 2024 um 10:15
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 236 ft
- ItalienStazione di Pavia45°11’20” N 9°8’42” E
Pavia and its trains
9. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Pavia is a lovely town with mediaeval towers, the Viscontis' palace and more ancient churches than you could imagine. Highlights were maybe the pirates' church, the mermaids' church and the tomb of StWeiterlesen
ReisenderIt certainly is! It poured yesterday and overnight but is hot today . Just off for a pizza, we hope x
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- Tag 9
- Dienstag, 10. September 2024 um 15:30
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Höhe über NN: 30 ft
- ItalienCasa San Guido43°38’6” N 10°21’54” E
Washing machine, pool and sun
10. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Very reasonable journey southwards to Tuscany. Passed Carrara which still seems to have some marble left in its mountains. Good drying weather too. The sunloungers by the lake have an excellent viewWeiterlesen
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- Tag 10
- Mittwoch, 11. September 2024 um 10:30
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Höhe über NN: 23 ft
- ItalienPiazza del Duomo43°43’24” N 10°23’41” E
Pisa
11. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A tower, with a lean so pronounced that it is a surreal experience on the spiral stairs as you tip from the outside to the inside of the steps. This is confirmed in the wear on the marble stairs.Weiterlesen
We are really enjoying our journey through Europe with you both. Lovely photos although devastated at lack of Pisa/Raymond photo and absence of evidence of the man 💼. Simon has man bag envy. [Fiona and Mum]
ReisenderWe will have to provide suitable evidence! Raymond has been thinking about buying one for approximately 20 years before finally making a purchase.
Ah....look on photo 2. The one with me looking up at the tower. The man bag is on the wrong side of me.... but just about visible. I'll make sure I flaunt it a bit more at the next stop. [Raymond]
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- Tag 11–14
- 12. September 2024 um 11:00 - 15. September 2024
- 3 Nächte
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 89 ft
- ItalienPiazza San Michele43°50’35” N 10°30’9” E
Lovely Lucca
12.–15. Sept. 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
San Michele with the amazing facade, the duomo with a similar but asymmetrical facade and Puccini's birthplace and museum complete with the sheet music I have had on my wall since I was in Tockwith.Weiterlesen
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- Tag 12
- Freitag, 13. September 2024 um 01:00
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.608 ft
- ItalienPiazza dei Priori43°24’11” N 10°51’51” E
Volterra
13. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Hour and a half from the last campsite, with shopping on the way. Windy hill town inland with a view as far as Corsica. Long trousers, jacket, and heating in the evening, but stayed dry. We could seeWeiterlesen
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- Tag 13
- Samstag, 14. September 2024 um 11:00
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 883 ft
- ItalienSanta Lucia43°27’8” N 11°3’22” E
San Gimignano...footsteps of Tony Blair
14. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Very well known, very full and very amazing! We are parked on an area sosta with lovely shrubs behind us and an olive grove beside us and a beautiful walk into town. A lot of towers and a lot ofWeiterlesen
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- Tag 14
- Sonntag, 15. September 2024 um 10:30
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.109 ft
- ItalienPiazza del Duomo43°28’5” N 11°2’35” E
San Gimagnano day 2
15. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Went to mass in the collegiate surrounded by beautiful frescos - and plenty of people. After lunch on the church steps we visited the archaeological museum (see Etruscan statue) and St Fina'sWeiterlesen
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- Tag 15
- Montag, 16. September 2024 um 11:50
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.033 ft
- ItalienLe Scotte43°20’11” N 11°19’50” E
Siena...learning about the Palio
16. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We arrived mid-morning along with a lot of other vans at a pricy campsite in Siena. By the afternoon we had used the washing machine, drier and swimming pool and were ready to explore Siena. Even theWeiterlesen
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- Tag 16
- Dienstag, 17. September 2024 um 10:30
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.102 ft
- ItalienTorre del Mangia43°19’6” N 11°19’57” E
Still Siena
17. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
A much cooler day with rain threatening, so more for indoor activities. We started with the much frescoed Museo Civico; the Maesta shown was the highlight.
If there's a tower, climb it. The Torre delWeiterlesen
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- Tag 17
- Mittwoch, 18. September 2024 um 12:00
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 823 ft
- ItalienArezzo43°28’20” N 11°53’17” E
Unexpectedly Arezzo
18. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
We planned to go to Montepulciano to do some walking but the forecast of storms was rather discouraging. We have headed for Arezzo and booked for the famous frescos tomorrow. Today we admired the viewWeiterlesen
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- Tag 18
- Donnerstag, 19. September 2024 um 10:30
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 915 ft
- ItalienPalazzo Cassi43°27’53” N 11°52’52” E
Arezzo again
19. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Main aim today was to be at St Francesco for 12.00 for the booked visit to Piero della Francesca's frescos. They lived up to expectations despite our recent pretty solid diet of painted walls.Weiterlesen
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- Tag 19
- Freitag, 20. September 2024 um 10:30
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.654 ft
- ItalienCantina Storica Fattoria della Talosa43°5’45” N 11°47’17” E
Montepulciano
20. September 2024 in Italien ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Another stunning view from the back of the van...Arrived in time to set of for an 18km walk courtesy of Komoot. That didn't include the significant walk up to the starting place. A certain amount ofWeiterlesen
ReisenderLooks a bit wet out there...
Here too!!! [Fiona]
ReisenderIt's drier in Canterbury, up till now, at least.