I'm planning my route down for a months visit in July.
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I logged on this morning to my local webcam, to look at the snow on the ski slopes.
Loved the note about changing the locks!
For many years now I have used the likes of 'mappy', 'via michelin' etc for calculating different routes down to Italy - for us its a part of our holiday, so we don't always want to take the quickest/shortest route down. We prefer to vary the rou
Today I received an email from the Swiss Travel Centre. The relevant portion is;- "The GBP price for a Vignette will increase from 01 June 2011 and we wanted to give you the opportunity to purchase this years’ Vignette before the pric
I've just driven down and back for a [much too] short holiday, and feel that an update on how fuel prices look on the way down would be useful to fellow travellers The following is a good site for seeing what prices have been like Â
P&O have introduced a new ferry on the Dover - Calais route - its called the Spirit of Britain. They seem to have a special offer on at the moment [on this ship only] I've just booked a return crossing [car + 2] for £60 - significantly less th
Does Tomato soup exist in Italy? We were feeling a bit under the weather when we went out to Italy 2 weeks ago. As part of the R&R process, I fancied some soup, and looked around the supermarket. There were lots of different soups, but I rea
The route/timings for next years Giro d'Italia have been posted  My son rang me up to inform me that the route passes about 100m away from
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Things to consider;-
If you can 'fill out' those points, we can probably give advice on how to get there and where to stay
Try a travel agency
You could add another cistern/tank to the system to give you a bigger 'buffer' whan the pressure drops - this could be the cheapest option. In UK prices range from about £400, but I know my ½ûÂþÌìÌà neighbour uses an industrial one he got from a farm
Train Travel If you plan things properly, you can spend many of your nights travelling on sleeper trains. This has the advantage of giving you more days to 'sightsee' and the costs are offset by the savings in hotels/car hire/petrol/tolls etc etc I once [using a Cooks European Timetable' (see  for an example)] planned a 4 week Eupean Tour for an Aussise friend than only required staying in hotels if you wanted more than 1 day in any city - which obviously you will ned to do
My recommended route [minimal toll charges] to Italy is as follows;-Â [Toll free as far as Switzerland]
This route is dual carriageway/motorway all the way except for Nancy to Colmar or MulhouseAccommodation is expensive in Switzerland - we tend to avoid 'overnights' there Enjoy..........
"Â fill up in Lux?"I always do - but mine's a petrol engined car.Â
Well ............................."From what I can see the mileage is about the same, and therefore the same diesel cost, its only the extra time going via Belgium/Lux time that becomes the issue. "Drive time is very similar - distance are about the same and the route through Belgium/Luxembourg is all mortorway, so speeds are similar to french motorwaysYou may even save on fuelprices - see  to sort out which country is best to fill up in.
Well - did the 'motorway avoiding route'to try it out. It consist of getting on 'Road 9' once you enter Switzerland from France near Pontarlier.It was an easyish drive, and the only minor difficulties were in negotiating Lausanne [just follow signs for Montreux etc] Timewise it adds between 1 and 2 hours to the jouney. Distance wise there is not much in it.We returned via the motorway - I prefer the quicker route, but if they did hike up the cost of the Vignette, I'd go non-motorway again
"How did your last trip go? If I recall correctly you were planning a trip for earlier this year? Just got back from first trip down to Italy with our dog. Will write about it soon [I hope]
I've stayed at Hostellerie Groff Aux Deux Clefs in Beisheim - worth looking at. Out of Colmar, but easy to get to the Autobahn to Basel [Use the 'Basel Bypass' via Lorach to avoid Basel]