The clock is ticking… Less than two weeks to go and the countdown has started. We’re making lists, studying maps and reading guidebooks like mad. It’s stressful but we are extremely happy that we’ll soon be able to travel.
A taste of what’s to come… After a somewhat hectic two weeks, today we picked up the RV and were able to finally get a taste of what we’ll be experiencing over the coming 4+ weeks. We spent the afternoon … Read More
Everything takes longer than planned… I naively imagined that we would get on the road at 11 at the very latest. By the time we got the apartment tidied up, the rest of the stuff in the RV, the bikes … Read More
Day 2, 05. June Happily, we discovered that our RV bed is very comfortable! This morning was about getting into our routines for the month – how to dance around each other in the small space, how many scoops of … Read More
Day 3, Sunday, 06.06 Thankfully we had thought to pick up a baguette and croissants in Lyon, so we could celebrate our first French-style breakfast. Not quite fresh, but still it’s hard to beat baguette and butter with some of … Read More
Day 4, 07.06, Monday It’s vacation, so sleeping in and having a relaxing morning are part of the routine. We had a leisurely morning, breakfasting on fresh croissants and baguette, then slowly got the bikes ready for our chosen outing … Read More
Day 5, 08 June, Tuesday About an hour ago as I dipped into the pool, I finally had the feeling that vacation has begun. At 3:30 we arrived at our very lovely campground. It’s located 500 meters from the Rhone, … Read More
Day 6, 09 June, Wednesday As usual, we took our time with our morning routine and shortly before noon got on the road for our relatively short (30km) bike ride in the area around Chateauneuf-du-Pape. The landscape around here is … Read More
Day 7, 10 June, Thursday Leisurely starts to the day are certainly our trademark… by the time we got on our bikes it was shortly before 11a.m. Our chosen outing of the day was to ride to Orange and back … Read More
Day 8, 11 June, Friday We had decided to take a day off from vacation, that is relax around the campsite, swim and visit the town and I was looking forward to a nice sleep-in. Way too early (at 6:45 … Read More