Italy So we left sunny Chamonix on a beautiful day and as we came out of the Mont Blonc tunnel (38 Euros one way wow) it started to rain and then it continued to rain for the next 2 days so our first few opinions of Italy were · It rains a lot · There are far to many round abouts · The Italian drivers are crazy, the French don't mind if they hit you but the Italians actually try and hit you · The Italian petrol stations do not li...

Bourgogne Well I decided I would have to take the plunge at some point and drive on the right (wrong side of the road) or I just never will so as we left Paris I drove down towards the wine producing region of France. We decided after 3 hours of driving we would stop at a town just outside of Auxierre called Vermenton and we found a lovely campsite right next to the river. Vermenton was a very quiet French village so we walked all round for a couple of ...

Paris I quickly drew the long straw and opted to drive the Cambridge to Dover part of the journey on our first day as the driving on the right hand side of the road in France seemed like a daunting task. We arrived in France (Calais) at 15:15 and thought we would make the best of the lovely sunshine and head straight for Paris. So with Jonny driving and Terri navigating we hit the road for what we thought would be a 3 hour drive. It all seemed to be going...

Here Begins the start of our Journey where nothing makes sense A while ago Jonny and I started planning our trip overland from England to South Africa and it turns out a lot of people did not actually believe we would go through with it till now and its all real. Since planning out trip the route has changed several times due to different countries starting a war (how inconsiderate). Originally the plan was to cross from Itlay to Tunisia (North Africa) an...