Previous post: France. Between 27 May and 5 June we zigzagged through Switzerland, with a short loop into the French Alps. Along the way we put the whole camper on a train through a mountain, then crossed three passes to reach Italy. 27–29 May: Basel and Zürich We crossed from Alsace into Basel in the…
Previous post: Milan · Next post: Tuscany After a morning on the bikes in Milan, we headed south for the sea. 19 March: down to the coast From Milan it was close to three hours south to the Ligurian coast, with a short stop on the way. Just before six we were parked up in…
Previous post: Venice · Next post: Cinque Terre & Pisa After a day of bridges and a stroller in Venice and a night in Illasi, we kept heading west across northern Italy toward Milan. 18 March: Verona to Nova Milanese In the morning we spent about two hours in San Martino Buon Albergo, just outside…
Previous post: Austria · Next post: Milan About two weeks after we left Bulgaria for Romania, we came down out of the Austrian Alps and into Italy. The next week took us from Venice across to Milan, down to the Cinque Terre, and on to Pisa. This post is the first two days. 16 March:…
After Budapest, we crossed from Hungary into Austria around lunchtime on 12 March. Five days later we were over the Alps and into Italy. 12 March: into Austria Our first stop in Austria was an hour in Bruck an der Leitha, and we spent the night nearby. 13 March: the Prater and the Riesenrad In…
Previous post: Brașov in winter. We left Romania on the morning of 10 March and by lunchtime on 12 March we were at the Austrian border. In between were two nights near Budapest. 10 March: across Hungary to Budapest We set off from near Făget at about a quarter to eight. By a quarter past…
We left Bulgaria and the Black Sea on the last day of February and pointed the camper north, toward the Danube and Romania in winter. The plan was snow, castles and the mountains around Brașov. 28 February: over the Danube We reached Ruse in the afternoon and crossed the Danube Friendship Bridge into Romania just…
Our camper on Greece’s wildest roads: a motorway arch near Megalopoli, stone lanes in the Mani, the Langada Pass over the Taygetus and the Rio–Antirrio bridge.
From Greek waterfalls to Bulgaria’s Rupite springs, a camper fix in Plovdiv and stock-up days in Varna: our family’s ten-day February road trip by camper.
Three February days at Meteora in our camper: Varlaam’s giant barrel, Roussanou’s footbridge, misty Holy Trinity, and a night parked up among the rocks.
