After a year of living in the land of potatoes, pierogis and. . . (nope, NO POLKA DOT bikinis here). . . head-butting goats, Poznan, Poland, it's finally summer vacation time and, yup, we're on the move again!! This time exploring Poland 21 days of family camping road trip number 5. This time it's all … Continue reading All-in-Poland, Family Camping Road Trip #5
What?!?!!? More problems??? We cut it close yesterday when we arrived at our primary campinground in France only to find it closed and our back-up camping sites were closed too. In fact, we couldn't find anything open in this eastern part of France that borders Germany. Why? It was the summer of floods in these … Continue reading WTF?!… More Problems? On the Road in Germany, on the Way to Our New Home in Poland, Day 21+22
Problems. . . finally caught up with us. And just like that. . . camping was over. We're still on the road though, with over a thousand kilometers to home. The original plan for this family road trip number 4, from Bolonia to Polonia, was to go through the Swiss and Italian Alps and visit … Continue reading In Pictures: Problems with Camping in France, Day 20
So we finally cleared the French border with Andorra without a problem, mingled and simmered with the many tourists of Carcassone's fortress in the summer's swealtering heat, and rushed into a calming lakeside camping on the "ruffe" of this fire-prone Mediterranean area of France. Here it is in pictures. Camping Vailhés on Lac de Salagou … Continue reading In Pictures: Red Earth Camping by Lake Salagou in France, Days 19-20
On day 19 of our family road trip number 4, we move our little gypsy caravan from camping in the mountains of Andorra to an overnight camping by a lake (Lac du Salagou) with a road trip stop to see an impressive medieval fortress in Carcassone, France, with 3 kilometers of walls and 52 towers … Continue reading In Pictures: On the Road from Andorra to France+Road Trip Stop Carcassone, Day 19
What is it like camping in Andorra? And given the hazy Covid-19 country-border restrictions, are we even able to cross the border? So, yes! We've finally left Spain after 4 years, 4 months and 4 family camping road trips! Orienteering mission accomplished! At the top of the . . . (ok, not quite the mountain … Continue reading In Pictures: Feels Like Wild Camping in Andorra + Family Camping Road Trip 4, Days 17-20
This is our last stop in Spain, for a long while. Finally, after 4 years, a months and 4 family camping road trips, we are leaving our adopted motherland. It's time for these self-styled, pseudo-nomads to roam again. . . this time to a winter wonderland of Poland. But before all that we've got a … Continue reading In Pictures: Camping Lake Caspe + Family Camping Road Trip in Spain, Days 15-17
Two weeks into our family camping road trip (number 4!) and we're camping in the region where Spain's greatest literary hero, Don Quixote, roamed--from the plains to the mountains of Castile-La Mancha,. From Camping Los Batanes by the emerald green lakes of Ruidera to Camping Caravaning Cuenca, we move our modern gypsy caravan, some 477 … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Caravaning Cuenca, Days 14-16
After a couple of quick stops at what has been called the most well-preserved Renaissance towns in all of Spain and also UNESCO world-heritage sites--Ubeda and Baeza, we continued north on day 14, in mid-July, on the 7th leg of our 4th family camping road trip across Europe. Destination? The pre-medieval town of Cuenca, with … Continue reading In Pictures: The Hanging Houses of Cuenca, Spain, Day 14 Road Trip with Kids
On day 12 of our family camping road trip from Spain to Poland this year, we finally leave Andalucia and with it, a piece of our hearts, for the our kids grew up in it, even blossomed in it, and our family gained a little bit more peaceful perspective by appreciating the small things in … Continue reading In Pictures: Review of Camping Los Batanes in a Chain of Lagoons, Days 12-14
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