On Friday June 10th I joined with the Dutch Alfa Club again this year for another of their trips abroad. This year, being the 25th anniversary of their first trip to Belgium, they once again traveled to Spa. An amazing …
NY to California 2011 via Lincoln Highway – Introduction
Purchased in Holland during the summer of 2006, this 1973 Giulia super was quite tired and heading for a scrapyard or perhaps a race track. After a close inspection and test drive I felt it was a good candidate for …
Scheveningen and Noordwijk aan Zee – Dutch towns on the North Sea
Two seaside beach towns on the coast of the North Sea. Scheveningen is a very built up and busy town and that is to be expected with Den Hague so close by. Full of casinos, shops and a huge modern …
Holland – Groningen: Pancakes and windmills
The occasional day of sunshine followed unavoidably by rain.Three actual functioning windmills form a “windmill museum”. These three windmills were used as water pumping stations to drain the land of water. No longer used in that capacity they are now …
Holland – Friesland
Some beautiful cities along the Waddenzee in an area of North Holland called Friesland. The cities I visited are; Makkum (famous for its traditional –and ugly- pottery), Workum including the Jopie Huisman museum, Hindeloopen, Stavoren and it’s old harbor and Sloten with it’s nice windmill. The …
Holland – Enkhuizen and more…
The city of Enkhuizen contains a reenactment village of homes and shops collected from around the Netherlands and arranged to look like a village from the past. It is very well presented and is worth a visit if you care …
Bourtange is a village…. no a fortress, with lots of Germans
Close to the German border, to the east of Groningen is a fantastic landscape that acts as a fortress: the village of Bourtange
Lake Garda Italy – Paradise North of Milan but too many Germans!
Northern Italy has three major lakes; Lago Maggiore, Lake Como, and Lake Garda. We were told that Lake Garda the least touristy but at this time of year (August) everyone in Europe is on Vacation so the area is loaded with …
Lake Garda Italy – Day two. A trip around the lake via ferry.
After a night of ferocious thunderstorms perfect weather awaited us today for our voyage around the lake via ferry. The lake ride itself was quite beautiful but the stops in the various villages was only marred by the throng of …
Alfa drive day 1- Sart of the Appalachian trail
Spring is here in the North East and it’s time to take a drive in the Alfa. This Southern facing trip will be via Skyline Drive/Blue Ridge Parkway. Today’s stops were Lancaster PA for Pretzels, Gettysburg to check out the …
Alfa drive day 3 – Blue Ridge Pkwy to Asheville
The Blue Ridge Parkway in the area North of Asheville was subject to some massive storms over the winter visible by the huge amount of tree limbs that littler the side of the highway. Work crews have been hard at …
Alfa drive day 4 – Asheville to Valdosta GA via Athens
Hardly enough time was available for all of what Asheville had to offer. The Biltmore estate will have to be seen at another time as many miles needed to be covered today and much of it via the interstate. After …