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Three Week Summer Road Trip Time

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Three Week Summer Road Trip Time

Post by bossy_01 » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:28 pm

Ok, so after a lot of planning I finally have pretty much sorted out the final details for my up coming roadtrip in July / Aug. It will involve a mixture of camping / Very Budget Hotels / Mobile Home / Odd Nice Hotel...

So here is the plan of places I am aiming for...

1) Dover - Dunkirk
2) Dunkirk - Strasbourg (Via Nurburgring)
3) Strasbourg - Frieburg (Black Forest)
4) Frieburg
5) Frieburg - Geneva (Camp by lake Genva)
6) Geneva
7) Geneva - Lake Garda (Camp)
8) Lake Garda
9) lake Garda
10) Lake Garda
11) Lake Garda - Nr Cannes
12) Nr Cannes
13) Nr Cannes
14) Nr Cannes
15) Nr Cannes
16) Nr Cannes
17) Nr Cannes
18) Lyon
19) Reims
20) Dunkirk
21) Dover

Any Suggestions of places to visit would be much appriciated, so far I am looking at the following....

Germany - Black Forest

Mercedes Museum – Stuttgart
Black Forest High Rd – Hochstrasse - Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt
Gutach River Waterfall – Triberg
Rhine Falls

Switzerland

St Bernard Pass

Italy

Ferrari Factory
Verona
Lake Como / Magiorie
Lake Garda

South France

Eze
Cannes
Monaco
Col di turini
St. Tropez
St. Paul de Venice
Grasse
Antibes

Reims - Champagne House

Thats what I am at so far, very much looking forward to getting a lot of roof down time in the Zed, and some time to my self as I will be on my own for the first two weeks....
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Re: Three Week Summer Road Trip Time

Post by AlanJ » Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:38 pm

Are you going to do the Nordschleiffe?
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Re: Three Week Summer Road Trip Time

Post by bossy_01 » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:16 pm

yes I plan to, although not in anger as such, not worth pushing and risking the car or myself...driving the ring is a buzz within itself even when you don'y have speed on your side (vito camper van, volvo v50!)
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Re: Three Week Summer Road Trip Time

Post by roofless » Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:46 pm

bossy_01 wrote:
Any Suggestions of places to visit would be much appriciated, so far I am looking at the following....

Germany - Black Forest

Mercedes Museum – Stuttgart
Black Forest High Rd – Hochstrasse - Baden-Baden to Freudenstadt
Gutach River Waterfall – Triberg
Rhine Falls

Switzerland

St Bernard Pass

Italy

Ferrari Factory
Verona :thumbsup: Make sure you register your car if going inside city walls
Lake Como / Magiorie Maggiore - Stresa nice and Issola Bella lovely if you like gardens
Lake Garda Torre Del Benaco

South France Gorge Du Verdon a great Drive, a little further west

Eze
Cannes Lovely to eat on the street climbing up the Hill, west side of town towards church on hill top/castle
Monaco
Col di turini
St. Tropez Expect queues to get in and out. Water taxi from Port Grimaud? Old GRimaud beautiful inland
St. Paul de Venice Very Pretty, Expensive and prob best of an evening that time of year
Grasse Biot interesting to see glass blowing
Antibes Lovely, if you like boats take a walk into the marina :)

Reims - Champagne House

Thats what I am at so far, very much looking forward to getting a lot of roof down time in the Zed, and some time to my self as I will be on my own for the first two weeks....
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