Monday 28th Sept. After leaving Oelde in the morning we drove all the way back to s'Gravendeel and arrived just after lunch. We were greeted with a cheery welcome by Ewout's sister Willy who had arrived from Australia that morning. It was lovely to see her and for me it was lovely to have another female in the house. On Tuesday, Willy and I caught the bus to Dordrecht. We had a lovely time looking around, doing a bit of shopping and having coffee. We also stumb...

After spending the night at the Munster camping park we packed up and headed off to Oelde to visit with the 3 bikers we met while camping in Hungary. I was a bit nervous about meeting them again as it had been 4 months since we had seen them and didn't know how it would go. We were due there about 1 o"clock and as we were about to drive into town we saw a "ute"or pick up truck with a guy flashing his lights at us and waving madly. We wondered what ...

We have just spent the most enjoyable evening and day with Carlo and Jeanne at their home in Belgium. Carlo tried to educate Ewout on the different types of Belgium beer and Jeanne spoilt us with some wonderful home cooked meals. We got to sleep in a real bed in their home and it was a wonderful change from the camper. After leaving Carlo & Jeanne's home we headed east and found a place by a canal to spend the night. It was a very quiet peaceful spot so we d...

We have just spent the most enjoyable evening and day with Carlo & Jeanne, a couple we met in Italy near Sorrento. We were parked next to them in the Sienno Camping ground and they were very warm and friendly, inviting us to drink with them and sharing some chat around their table at night. When we left they invited us to come to Belgium to drink and eat Belgium beer and food. Carlo spent the afternoon and evening educating Ewout on the different beers and Je...

Friday 11th We spent the day driving up through the Normandy countryside, taking smaller roads through rolling hills dotted with small towns and lined with hedgerows. We unfortunately became stuck in a traffic jam in the middle of no-where which we later found out to be caused by a major local fair. We were creeping along not really knowing what was ahead but there were no side roads that we felt were suitable to take the camper so persisted on our route hoping t...