We decided to haul ass to near Reims so we could squeeze in a two nighter at a nice campsite, rather than lots of travel and then one night stopovers, so a long day driving but rewarded at the end with a massive but quiet campsite in the grounds of a chateau, with pool, sunshine, restaurant and Boulangerie. A perfect end to an incredible journey.
We’ve managed to visit 8 countries (a couple of them twice), covered 3500 miles, been up a mountain, driven a supercar (and the super van of course). Squeezed in city breaks, sea, sand, pools, mostly sun, a bit of thunder, loads of cycling and plenty of hiking. We’ve met people from countless places & learned so much about Europe and Europeans. We’ve had a go at speaking a few different languages and received a warm welcome pretty much everywhere, despite the Brexit embarrassment that must make people think us Brits are complete muppets.
As we speed up the motorway, through France on our way to the ferry (slightly late departure after the last night big one with our Dutch friends), we’ve captured our final thoughts, so here’s our quick quiz:
Favourite country
T – Croatia & Italy.
S – Italy
O – France
N – Italy
Favourite campsite
T – camping la Futa (Tuscany)
S – Belvedere (Croatia)
N – camping glacé de la met (chamonix)
O – camping Masai Mara (Austria)
Favourite day trip
T – Porsche museum
S – Venice
N – Venice/mont Blanc
O – the ferry
Favourite thing to do when travelling
T – watch a film
S – drive mostly
N – paint rocks
O – watch fire engines
Least favourite thing
T – dog poo island (worst campsite)
S – Tom’s bike being run over
N – insect bites & cash only places.
O – the big cable car
We have made it back to England, it’s sunny but cold. Back to our real lives, it’s been awesome, we’ll try to do something like this again without a doubt. It’s hard work but well worth it.
Our travels, mostly in the van 