Today we left the Colmar campsite to travel to Lake Maggiore in Italy. We had everything packed by 9.30am and made our way through France to Switzerland. It only took 30 mins. The scenery changed to very mountainous snow covered peaks in the distance. The day is a sunny 33°C. We stopped for morning tea at a roadhouse with the tastiest looking food you could imagine, from cakes to full meals. It is very expensive in Switzerland compared to the other countries ...

Here we go again. Dismantle the tent and pack the camper. Most of the washing got dry and we are off to Colmar in France. Paul keyed in the fastest route which took about 4 hours including stops. We have to go about 300 Kms today and will start to see the alps. The scenery is changing to more Bavarian style houses. Also in the mountains we can see castles built overlooking towns in the valleys. The countryside is beautiful here. We arrived at our campsite Cam...

Today we left the Netherlands to go to Luxembourg. The campsite owner farewelled us as we left and invited us to return in the future. It was a great site near the Maas River. We mainly kept to the motorways. Our trip was to take 3 hours but on our approach to Liege in Belgium the Tom Tom got lost but even the road directions were poor so no wonder we got lost. The town was derelict in places and where there were buildings packed closely together is looked di...

Today is the last day with the family. It will be sad to say goodby. Again it was raining and a bit cool for our trip to Eindhoven. Tom Tom had a problem with directions to getting us into the city as the roads had changed but we eventually made it. Tom Tom is Dutch and with the updated software it still got lost. I am going to visit a very special lady, Tante Marietje. She is my dad's only sister. She grew up looking after all her brothers. Boys were very ...

June 4 2014 We started the day with continual rain. It was quite crowded in the camper with six of us. We finally got organised and made the hour and a quarter trip to Dordrecht, the birthplace and home of my mother. We met Hans my cousin at his home in Dordrecht. His mother and my mother were sisters and his father and my father were brothers so we have exactly the same heritage. That is probably why he looks so much like my brother. Alice, his wife, and Hans we...