Tag:France
travelogue France and Italy 2025 Travelogue of a short camper trip through France and Italy that we made in May 2025 In May 2025, we took a short trip through France and Italy. In France, we visited villages that are considered among ‘les plus beaux villages de France.’ Afterwards, we continued our trip to Tuscany in Italy, where we explored several towns and cities. We ended our journey in Palazzago in Lombardy, where we visited our former neighbours. Period: May […]
Travelogue France and Spain 2024 (I) Slow traveling through Belgium and France on our way to Spain. Period 27 August 2024 – 28 September 2024. Distance 7,130 km. This time we wanted to drive on provincial roads to Spain with only limited use of toll roads. “Slow traveling” through Belgium and France. In Spain we wanted to descend along the east side, then diagonally north via Andalusia. This part of the report describes the route we drove through Belgium and […]
Travelogue Belgium, Luxembourg and France A short campertrip that we made in April 2024, abroad, but still close to our home Period 10 april 2024 – 14 april 2024. Distance 875 km. In April we made a short camper trip not too far from home. We visited Mechelen in Belgium, Clervaux in Luxembourg and the surroundings of Verdun in France. Please note that when you click on the green headings above the paragraphs, you will be directed to the photo […]
Stories Oradour-sur-Glane Souviens toi – Remember The drama of Oradour-sur-Glane In 2021 we visited the village of Kalávryta in the Peloponnese in Greece, where the German army left a trail of death and destruction on 9 December 1943. The Germans executed all the men in the village in retaliation. The houses in the village were looted and set on fire. More than 600 people were killed. What had happened in Kalávryta, but also in Distomo, made a big impression on […]
