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2015 Road Trip
We set off this morning in bright sunshine, headed for Arlon, Belgium, at the SE corner next to France and Luxembourg. We didn't like the place much, so carried on south and are now in a hotel just outside Luneville, France.
480 miles + a ferry is enough for one day, especially with the roadworks and getting irritated by that bright flash of a speed camera this afternoon ... (130/110. Mea culpa.)
No photos: none worth taking today. Even the dashcam got bored and refused to play with my new 64Gb SD card.
480 miles + a ferry is enough for one day, especially with the roadworks and getting irritated by that bright flash of a speed camera this afternoon ... (130/110. Mea culpa.)
No photos: none worth taking today. Even the dashcam got bored and refused to play with my new 64Gb SD card.
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Day 2
We didn't manage Strasbourg but we did go to Colmar to look at some old buildings and great looking old Merc.


From there, we went west-east through Switzerland towards Tirol. The 2383m Fluela Pass (E of Davos) was good fun.

We ended up in an old, old Romansch village near the Italian border - Mustair. The hotel building still has remnants of its 13th century beginnings: its prices are 21st century though. 2 days' budget in one go!

Day 3
Shock horror! Boo hoo! There had been snow over Whitsun and the Stelvio was closed ...
A boring couple of hours plus a bit of scenery took us to Lake Garda. We chose the car on the right:-

We're now in Cremona. Marvellous.
(We won't manage Florence I'm afraid @Donald )
We didn't manage Strasbourg but we did go to Colmar to look at some old buildings and great looking old Merc.


From there, we went west-east through Switzerland towards Tirol. The 2383m Fluela Pass (E of Davos) was good fun.

We ended up in an old, old Romansch village near the Italian border - Mustair. The hotel building still has remnants of its 13th century beginnings: its prices are 21st century though. 2 days' budget in one go!

Day 3
Shock horror! Boo hoo! There had been snow over Whitsun and the Stelvio was closed ...
A boring couple of hours plus a bit of scenery took us to Lake Garda. We chose the car on the right:-

We're now in Cremona. Marvellous.
(We won't manage Florence I'm afraid @Donald )
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the Wife and I went to Colmar as part of our European honeymoon tour a few years ago, gorgeous place!! and funnily enough she bought medicine from the shop down the streetSailor wrote:Day 2
We didn't manage Strasbourg but we did go to Colmar to look at some old buildings and great looking old Merc.
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Day 3 (continued)
The square outside our hotel in Cremona:-

Day 4
You can forget the M25. The autostrada before, near and after Bologna was awful. 32 degrees and Italian lane discipline? I usually reckon that if I can't see the following car's number plate, it's too close. A Fiat Stilo whose bonnet I couldn't see in the mirror except for the bit near the wipers - at 75 mph - was just too much for me. If I could be arsed to sign up to YouTube, the dashcam footage would be interesting. Especially as we went from that speed to zero in 200 metre thereafter. Back down to truck speed for me, chaps. We're on holiday, after all.
Worth the effort, though. This was the evening view from our room in San Marino:-

The square outside our hotel in Cremona:-

Day 4
You can forget the M25. The autostrada before, near and after Bologna was awful. 32 degrees and Italian lane discipline? I usually reckon that if I can't see the following car's number plate, it's too close. A Fiat Stilo whose bonnet I couldn't see in the mirror except for the bit near the wipers - at 75 mph - was just too much for me. If I could be arsed to sign up to YouTube, the dashcam footage would be interesting. Especially as we went from that speed to zero in 200 metre thereafter. Back down to truck speed for me, chaps. We're on holiday, after all.
Worth the effort, though. This was the evening view from our room in San Marino:-

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