We have settled into a lovely routine in Les Arcs skiing by day interspersed with lovely food and drinks. We are so enjoying such quality family time with Sean and Alex and they are both absolutely flying with their skiing impressing us and their instructor. It has been super busy in Les Arcs for theContinue reading “Taken root – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France”
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First Days Skiing 😁⛷ – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France
Kevin and I celebrated our 14th Wedding Anniversary this week with our first day of skiing and a ski lesson. Our last time on the slopes was on our 10th Anniversary in Val Thorens just up the road and before that was New Zealand in 2014 for 2 days and then 20 years ago soContinue reading “First Days Skiing 😁⛷ – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France”
Settled in – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France
We are settled in at Camping Huttopia in Bourg-Saint-Maurice. We are expecting Kevin’s daughter Alex and nephew Sean on Wednesday for skiing. We start our skiing the day before on our wedding anniversary. We might have started before but a cut on Kev’s leg (just on the ski boot line!) which became infected has insteadContinue reading “Settled in – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France”
Camped out – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France
We had a bit of an interrupted night’s sleep with people coming and going around us and music playing. First time we have had issues with music playing locals in park ups, though it seems to be a common problem. They were not too loud and I suppose they have as much right to doContinue reading “Camped out – Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Savoie, France”
Annecy magnet – Annecy, Haut-Savoie, France
Today’s plan was to head into Annecy to get a French SIM card from the Free shop (French mobile brand rather than without cost), then head towards Bourg-Sainte-Maurice for LPG and set up camp. However, as we walked through Annecy, which is so picturesque, we immediately said to ourselves we would stay another night. SinceContinue reading “Annecy magnet – Annecy, Haut-Savoie, France”
Arrivederci Italia, Bonjour La France – Annecy, Haut-Savoie, France
We were on the road at 07:30 this morning all van servicing done, ready for our next adventures in France. We have had a fabulous time in Italy, although we are leaving behind lots to come back and see at another time, especially in mainland Italy. We did a pretty thorough tour of Sardinia, whenContinue reading “Arrivederci Italia, Bonjour La France – Annecy, Haut-Savoie, France”
Lake Como – Como, Lombardy, Italy
We can now officially say we been to the Italian Lakes plural as we are now parked up by Lake Como. The fog / mist had finally lifted for our final morning at Lake Garda so we were able to get some long range photos across the lake as we walked the dogs this morningContinue reading “Lake Como – Como, Lombardy, Italy”
6 Nations pause at Lake Garda – Bardolino, Veneto, Italy
We have spent the last couple of days trying to decide on a route to France as there are some large mountains between us and there. We had the choice of 2 road tunnels, both equally expensive, a mountain top (tor) route at 1527m / 5010 ft in the snow or about 400km drive roundContinue reading “6 Nations pause at Lake Garda – Bardolino, Veneto, Italy”
Fog at Lake Garda – Bardolino, Veneto, Italy
There was frost on the ground at Palmanova this morning. We had had a walk around this fort-town the night before to the grand and imposing plaza at the centre of this star-shaped town. We had a fabulous meal at a bistro on the square. The older husband and wife team that run it obviouslyContinue reading “Fog at Lake Garda – Bardolino, Veneto, Italy”
Out of the snow – Palmanova, Udine, Italy
Last night we went out into Schladming as the snow started to fall. We had heard rumour of a potentially larger amount due on Thursday and when we had got back to the van after visiting Krug late in the afternoon both of the motorhomes beside us had gone. Hmm, maybe they knew something more.Continue reading “Out of the snow – Palmanova, Udine, Italy”
In for a Penney 