Starting off
2. syyskuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Looks a bit wet out there...
Our new first stop?
2. syyskuuta 2024, Englanti ⋅ ☁️ 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.
Ferry time
3. syyskuuta 2024, English Channel ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Made it safely this time...
Rural peace
3. syyskuuta 2024, Ranska ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Place to stay by a lovely stream...
Through Belgium...
4. syyskuuta 2024, Belgia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
...and Luxembourg
4. syyskuuta 2024, Luxemburg ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Including a stop for cheaper ⛽️
...and Germany
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...and France again
4. syyskuuta 2024, Ranska ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
A peaceful and dry evening avec saucissons, pommes de terre, oignons et haricots verts.
A day of homage and a wet vineyard
5. syyskuuta 2024, Ranska ⋅ ☁️ 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 beLue lisää
Still looking for the sun
6. syyskuuta 2024, Sveitsi ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Italy...800m from the border
6. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Campsite in Italy, almost everything you can see is Switzerland. Yes, I swam in the lake.
Certosa di Pavia
7. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 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 orLue lisää
Dry in the van
8. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 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 andLue lisää
Pavia and its trains
9. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 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 StLue lisää
Washing machine, pool and sun
10. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 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 viewLue lisää
Pisa
11. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 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.Lue lisää
Lovely Lucca
12.–15. syysk. 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 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.Lue lisää
Volterra
13. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 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 seeLue lisää
San Gimignano...footsteps of Tony Blair
14. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofLue lisää
San Gimagnano day 2
15. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 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'sLue lisää
Siena...learning about the Palio
16. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 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 theLue lisää
Still Siena
17. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 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 delLue lisää
Unexpectedly Arezzo
18. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 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 viewLue lisää
Arezzo again
19. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 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.Lue lisää
Montepulciano
20. syyskuuta 2024, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 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 ofLue lisää






















































































































MatkaajaLooks a bit wet out there...
Here too!!! [Fiona]
MatkaajaIt's drier in Canterbury, up till now, at least.