Day Ten of the #ItalyRoadTrip – finally seeing the sea
Leaving Camping Flaminio is no easy thing in a large motorhome – it’s a great campsite, but finding your way in and out without taking a wrong turn or getting caught in the wrong lane (if there are any lanes in the endless crowd of hooting revving little cars surrounding you) is tricky (or maybe we’re inept), and leaving Rome turned out to be almost as stressful as getting in. But we finally broke free of the endless...
Day Eight – Rome at last. #ItalyRoadTrip
So having taken a day to rest, we were up and about ready to tackle our trip into Rome. The help from Flaminio’s brilliant information desk had been excellent, and we had a detailed map for the walk to the train station, and clear instructions for which train to catch to and from Rome. We followed them carefully, risking life and limb crossing the busy roads, and soon found ourselves at the rather dingy Station. Once again we...
Day 6 – Driving again… #ItalyRoadTrip
And so onwards towards Rome. Planning the journey, it had seemed entirely feasible to plan in 5 hour drives.However, it has become rapidly obvious that this is actually a bit ambitious. Routes always take longer than we anticipated, and when you add in stopping for lunch, you can add at least an hour on to every day. Six hours is just too long, really, and is making the travelling more exhausting than we expected.So having come the...
Venice in a day – Day Five of the Great #ItalyRoadTrip
(be sure to follow us on Twitter or Instagram for regular updates on our four week adventure touring Italy in a motorhome) Up bright and early, we were at the campground reception office by 8.30 to buy our bus tickets into Venice. The bus stop is right outside the camp gates, and the bus comes every 30 minutes – it couldn’t be easier. A very helpful local stopped us getting on the wrong bus, and then assisted us with the...
Starting out in the LittleStuff #ItalyRoadTrip
So. Day ONE. Up at 5.30am for the uneventful crossing to Cherbourg – we all slept on the way across, thanks to the fabulous fits-six-when-two-of-you-are-small four-berth cabins on the Barfleur. Bailey of Bristol Approach Autograph 765 Loooong drive across France, and didn’t arrive at the campsite near Auxerre until almost 9pm French time. There may have been a scenic detour through the middle of Paris. Thankfully we called...
Here it is – the GoPro Hero 3+ Review from our #GoProAdventures
I know, I know. The GoPro. If you have even heard of it, you know it is the camera that mad and stupid people strap to their heads when they throw themselves out of aeroplanes or glide through impossibly curly waves, yes? Well, yes. And no. It IS that thing, yes, absolutely. But.. it’s not ONLY that thing. As regular readers will know, a month or so ago we were picked along with just a handful of other bloggers to complete the...