The front right brake on the Giulia Super began sticking just a couple of weeks after the drive from Connecticut to Florida. When braking, the car would pull to the left. After a drive I noticed the right front wheel …
Europe 2018 – Part One – Groningen to Grainthorpe
Avoiding the bridges and traffic that surrounds New York City we decided to travel via the ferry from Connecticut to Long Island and then west to JFK airport. We arrived and checked Nico in for the flight and it was …
Europe 2018 – Part Two – Netherlands
The short Cityhopper between Humberside airport in the Midlands of the UK and Schiphol Airport, outside of Amsterdam took virtually no time at all – due to the flight lasting only an hour and the one hour time change. Good …
Europe 2018 – South X Sud – Part One
Setting off from our apartment rental in the center Alkmaar, it was time to depart and start the trip south with our final destination Lake Orta Italy and the village of Orta San Giulio. Our first stop was to visit …
Europe 2018 – South X Sud – Part Two
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 …