The first part of our drive this day was entering France via highway and making our way toward an unusual roadside sculpture “The Woinic”. This metal pig stands over 30 feet tall, and almost 50 feet long and is an interesting …
Europe 2018 – South X Sud – Part Three
An early morning departure from our dull but air conditioned hotel and travel via the highway got us to our first stop rather quickly and thankfully ahead of the tour busses we noticed arriving when we left. The medieval city …
Europe 2018 – South X Sud – Part Four
In the morning Gap, France was just as ugly as the night before with the same people sleeping on the streets. Overnight there was a loud music concert in the park just to the south of the hotel and was …
Europe 2018 – South X Sud – Part Five
We departed our “brewery/restaurant” hotel and left the keys in the room as there was no one to see us off. A simple and inexpensive brioche and cappuccino at the local cafe saved us from an extra 10 euro per …
Europe 2018 – Italy – Lake Orta
Upon arriving in Italy the temperatures were quite high as they had been most of the drive south so far. Having the lake just outside the door was a help as were the lower temperatures at night. Within a few …
Europe 2018 – Italy – Lake Orta – Part Two
A days excursion took us up into the northern part of Pedimonte in the mountainous area along the Swiss border. The landscape, architecture and food are all drastically different up here. The roads become much more enjoyable to navigate as …
Europe 2018 – North X Sud
The planed three day trip back to the Netherlands turned into two and a half as the prospect of driving through dull Belgium only to find our points of interest (mainly small breweries) were closed was too much to deal …
A visit to the UK 2016
Cambridge UK – University town packed with tourists Eastmidlands A visit to the Peak District Huddersfield area Magic Rock Brewing Bempton Cliffs Scarborough Castle Whitby Abbey and area Rievaulx Abbey Kirkham Abbey and area Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village Castle …
Netherlands and the Chunnel to the UK 2016
The standard KLM overnight flight from JFK to Schiphol saw Dinky pick up up in the AlfaSud and take us to the apartment in Egmond aan Zee. After dropping the bags off we set off for the small city of …
Ireland via Alfa Romeo 33 – Day One
The yearly Alfa Romeo trip to Ireland hosted by a member of the UK Alfa Romeo Owners Club. The first day of the trip consisted of getting the Alfa 33 packed up and hitting the road. Our destination on was …