ArchieVan is still undergoing his post voyage fettle, so this post has nothing to do with van life but everything to do with the best little community in Britain. It’s life on the edge at its zenith. Community events arriving like buses. And what a brilliant weekend it made for all who ventured to […]
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Home, and planning the next adventure.
The first ArchieVan adventure is done. And we completely loved it. Wonderful scenery in the German mountains and forests, the Slovenian Triglav National Park, the Dolomites, and even driving through Kent yesterday as the trees turned. We met some great people. Ate some great food. Swam in lovely water. Marvelled at so many things. And […]
Wachenheim, and creating our own romantic road.
Wachenheim, Wachenheim, so good we went there twice. On the way down through Germany my first solo stop (i.e. not visiting friends) was at the wonderful Riesling producing town of Wachenheim. That was thanks to a recommendation from Marlon and Silke up in Aachen. I’ve talked about it so much since that we decided we […]
The Romantic Road – Romantische Straße, Germany.
The Romantic Road For the first 100 kms or so of the Romantic Road Minty and I weren’t feeling the love. We’d left a beautiful lakeside hotel, The Hotel Seeblick outside of Bad Endorf. After a morning swim and a great Germanic breakfast of cheese, meats, strong bread and coffee we had high hopes of […]
A great lakeside site – Camping Murinsel, Austria
Leaving Slovenia was hard. Despite more rain than I’ve seen for the year to date, Slovenia is a stunningly beautiful country. It’s small, heavily forested, lightly populated, and green, oh so green. It feels ancient, and yet bang up to date. A bar might be full of old boys in from a hard day in […]