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We had a stressful start to the day when I tried to book into a campsite in Malcesine, the next place we’re stopping for any length of time. The first few we’d chosen were fully booked and, finally, I was relieved when John spoke to Luciano at Camping Claudia who managed to find us two... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, we packed up and left the campsite in Arco. John and I found it stressful avoiding small children while emptying our waste tank and toilet, and filling up with fresh water, mainly because all of these facilities were in different places on the campsite and required a lot of manoeuvring. Then we took a... Continue Reading →
The weather forecast wasn’t very good so we decided to have a relatively lazy day and just wander into Arco and visit the castle, perched high on a rocky outcrop above the town. Despite the forecast, the weather was sunny in the morning. John and I decided to walk to the town, while Dan and... Continue Reading →
We’ve been busy so I’m a bit behind with my blogs for this trip. A couple of days ago, we did a lovely route which headed up from the Roman Bridge in the village of Ceniga and dropped back down to Dro. It had several sections of via ferrata... paths with wire ropes, suspended wooden... Continue Reading →
We left Colmar in bright sunshine to make our way to Malbun in Liechtenstein. The journey went well, apart from queuing traffic through Basel and Zurich. At lunchtime we took a detour to Lake Zurich where we had a lovely warm swim. Then we ate our cheese butties while we dried off. Wonderful! We didn’t... Continue Reading →
We had a good night’s sleep on the campsite and woke ready to hit the road and travel to Colmar. We left Luxembourg and headed to France. The rain was atrocious for a while and the roads were flooded, with Molly sending up flumes of water. Thankfully, it didn’t last too long, and she’s much... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, we set off on a 2-month road trip to Italy. The plan is to meet Dan and Jackie and spend a few weeks exploring the Italian Lakes together, travelling from Garda in the east to Maggiore in the west. Then, we’ll spend time on our own visiting the Italian Rivera, hiking through Cinque... Continue Reading →
After a lovely breakfast in our posh hotel in Zermatt, we checked out and were given a ride in the hotel’s electric buggy to the railway station. This felt very luxurious after mostly travelling on foot for weeks! We took two trains and had a 4 hour journey to reach Geneva. It had been chucking... Continue Reading →
After breakfast, we put our rucksacks on again for the short walk to our next hotel, the 4 star Monte Rosa…very much an upgrade from our previous hotels and mountain refuges! Although it was only 10 o’clock, the plan was to leave our packs at the hotel, and explore Zermatt until we could check in.... Continue Reading →
We finished! Neither of us had a very good night’s sleep, being in a dormitory in the hut, and with one man snoring all night. Therefore, we were up early. That did mean we got to see an ibex family though, and the tail end of the sunrise over the mountains. After breakfast, packing, paying... Continue Reading →
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