The final blog! So that was it - our fabulous three week tour. My anxiety of being "alone" with only Colin, his music and his special sense of humour was completely unfounded. He was the perfect travelling companion, even being all slushy on the last night (must have been the influence of the Romantic Rhine!) saying that I was also his best travel buddy, the only one with whom he would do such a trip again, so I think that our mutual appreciation society was in ...

THE ROAD-TRIP TOP TEN "BESTS"!! 1. Best buys a) Tom Tom b) Tower fan c) Reclining chairs (with attachable trays / cup holders!) 2. Best gadget a) Gas BBQ - by far the best item in our boot! 3. Best random packing item a) Plastic picnic mat that ended up being used daily as an external door mat! 4. Best advice received a) Buy paper road maps 5. Best Mabel manoeuvre a) in Krk, Croatia - in between trees, watching pitch markers, trees, cars, posts..! 6....

Lake Bled (Slovenia) to Ehrwald (Austria) After splashing out €8 for our road tax "vignette" for Austria, we decided to eat some homeward-bound KMs this morning and drive 450km to a campsite at the foot of a cable car on the Austrian / Germany border. I appreciate that I am not driving, but a 4-5 hour journey just flies by, as there is so much to see. It's almost like being at a cinema to watch a 4 hour film. The big windscreen is just fabulous - except for th...

Krk (Croatia) to Bled (Slovenia) Headed out early although we were both surprised just how close (relatively) Slovenia was - about 3 hrs to get to the north, past the capital Lubijiana. Before leaving Croatia though, we realised that we still had local currency (Kuna) to spend. So at 9h30, we stopped at the supermarket and Jules blew the lot on vodka (5 1l bottles at about £5 a pop) a washing up bowl with handles (I know), some red Crocs (last season's colour) ...

More of Croatia After a gorgeous evening with my hoooge bruschetta and cornetto (!!), we were again up with the larks, I mean fishermen, to catch the little car ferry across from Tpanj to Ploce. The road that climbed across the island to the port was rather pulse racing for Jules, being seated on the sheer drop side of Mabel's cabin! This time, I uploaded the video to Facebook, as the app doesn't seem to want to take videos. It was like a roller coaster, climb...