Sunday morning!

Yep, we’re still in Provénce… This isn’t a dream…

But it’s time to hit the road again…

It’s about 9 am and the beautiful weather of the last couple of days has turned. Dark clouds loom beyond the hills and there’s that smell of rain in the air. Read the rest »

Life in Europe is busy. Very busy. Especially in the peak season. So heading out on the bonne foi (i.e. without making prior reservations) is quite a risky thing to do. The last thing you want is to end up in some dodgy hotel with their last available (flea-ridden) bed. So nowadays most Europeans book their overnight stays beforehand. The bean-counter in me scoured the net to find a suitable room, but the Indiana Jones kept closing the windows, insisting we wing it. Often I have these personal struggles … Read the rest »

Just two days before heading to Switzerland en-route to Italy, cousins Ina and Andries showed us their video of Rheinfall in Schaffhausen … well Neuhausen actually (they’re about 3 km’s apart). It looked awesome … the sound and power of the water drew me in like a magnet. We just HAD to include it in our travel plan.

It was our first day of travelling and we’d spent about 8-9 hours in the car before reaching Neuhausen, so we grabbed the chance to stretch our legs. Read the rest »