An adventurous summer tour of France with my motorhome

This time no oceanic flight to accompany my summer .... It is often said that there are beautiful things to see around the corner .... and here I am presenting to France, land of the Enlightenment, the King Sun, Platini and beautiful women .... all with the adventure of a camper for 20 years ..... Good luck!

 

The tour

The hiring of Camper is 1400 € for 23 days (less than 60 € a day) ... I have my travel companions Begona, a Spanish woman, her son Alejandro 7 years and my legendary dog Ugo Beddu ( join the Facebook page .. just write Ugo Beddu.'s arrival from Spain is scheduled to Ciampino airport at 14:30 but Rian Air comes with about 2 hours late and then we start directly with the campers at 16 : 30. The new house is a 90 year Elnagh 4 places .... .... We walk down the street before the Aurelia to Livorno, where to our amazement we find only traffic near Civitavecchia highway and then up to Ventimiglia. ... Toll € 38.00 We fell asleep in the midst of other campers in a motorway service station in Genoa ....

Aix en Provence

We go to France and the highway does a God of wrath .. every 10 km there is a toll of about 3 €, we must do more than 200 miles and then do the math ..... configure your browser (fundamental) and take the state and avoid any kind of toll. Pass through a very picturesque villages and views. We eat a sandwich in the middle of the French countryside and arrive in Aix en Provence, where we camp is a place in the Arc en Ciel, but the camp is full, then go to the nearby camping Chantecler, where we book a night for 28 € for 3 dog and electricity. We are tired but after a little refreshing swim in the pool and shower we start walking around the visit of Aix en Provence, Provence beautiful city, whose beauty was immortalized by Cezanne. We stroll along the Cours Mirabeau, the main street, dotted with outdoor tables, visit the Place de l'Hotel de Ville, with its charming cobbled courtyard and the charming Place d'Albertas. Around 20:00 we meet our old French friend named Florence that is not seen in a long time. Sipping a glass of wine rose on one of the terraces at many stages back over the past ..... amazing how fleeting time .... We are tired en camping in the back where we cook a pasta dish with a sauce Barilla ponto Pecorino ... W Italy!

LES BAUX DE PROVENCE - ST. REMY DE PROVENCE

We woke up around 08:00 and after breakfast we leave the campsite and head towards Les Baux de Provence, a beautiful village perched on a rocky outcrop, with a castle and old houses .... a return to the past .... sin for too many tourist shops sprung up along the main street which ruin the atmosphere of this magical place ... At about 13:00 we go away from this country and we are moving towards the nearby town of St. Remy de Provence. We find in the camping place Pegonas, where for 32 € are in place and electricity. The campsite is located 500 meters from the center and is super organized, with pool, hot showers and clean and perfect for the camper .... We visit the town of St. Remy de Provence, a typical Provençal village, with boulevards lined with plane trees, cafe terraces and squares that are home to fountains. Solita baguette head ... even if half of our go to Ugo that wags his tail and happy about the 16.00 return to the campsite. Swim in the pool, shower and relaxing evening with meat and salad with rags bought in a supermarket .... We enjoy the RV .... reading, chatting in the shade of a tree in the campsite. Tomorrow? We expect the story .. you go to Arles ....

ARLES

A thought about my grandmother died a few years ago ... ... today was his birthday ... hello grandma Mimma're always in my heart! Let's start intone the 9:00 am and arrived in Arles, avoiding toll roads around the 10.20. We book a night at the campsite Les Roisiers, € 30.00 and this will be a good choice, thanks to hot showers and swimming pool. Only problem is that about 5 km from the center. We decide to walk the walk, it's hot but luckily ventilated, we come to Arles and the town's center wins immediately. Its color and vivacity have something magical. We visit the beautiful amphitheater and theater (€ 6.00 for the two entrances). The amphitheater with its elegant witch we literally ... wonderful! The Theatre it remains only part of the steps, some of the columns and the orchestra. We eat a baguette bistro ion of the center, visit unfortunately (opens at 15.00) only outside the church of St. Trophine and 15.00 back to the amphitheater to watch the spectacle of gladiators for the truth ... a small thing ... . At around 16.00 we arrive in Les Alycamps, one of the most prestigious cemetery of the West (€ 3.50). The place is beautiful. Still walk to the center and Hugh with his great charm is by slaughter of hearts between the French .... around 17:30 we set off for the camping ... (more 5km of sweat and toil). We arrive, swim in the pool and light dinner with pasta and sauce .... the face of the diet ... Tomorrow we leave for Avignon.

AVIGNON - BOURGES

This morning around 9:00 we set off for the Avignon, the papal city. We leave the camper at the free parking Ile Piot, where a free shuttle bus takes us to the center. The city offers an exceptional historical and artistic heritage. We walk towards the Palace of the Popes and we suffered an unwelcome surprise, the entrance is forbidden for dogs, so we are forced to return to the camper and leave the legendary Hugh Beddu in the camper .... our faithful friend and he looks puzzled with back pain in the heart in the center. The queue for the Palace of the Popes is long enough ... after about 30 minutes waiting for our turn avvirva and pay the dearest ticket (€ 12.50). The building is shown with its austerity and grandeur on the outside, but disappointing 'in it, too stark and bare of furniture. After about two hours to visit, leave the palace and visit the famous Bridge of St. Benezet (€ 4.50). Again we are a bit 'disappointed, especially for the interior too bare. Let's take a ride in the center of Avignon, which is characterized by its squares, fountains, terraces and the inevitable carousel. It's hot and around 13:30, we leave Avignon to stop after an hour in the yard of a supermarket to eat something. We face a long trip and very tiring, Bourges 600 km, 600 km of mountains, curves, paths, and unfortunately also starts to rain. The camper also has problems also, when you scale from 5 to 4, the motor slide dangerously forward ... but then we fear the worst 'things for the better and take up the camper works again. The rain stops falling, we have dinner in the middle of an unknown French village, we find a gas station open and pass in front of a fantastic castle in the middle of a lake, stands this fairytale castle. Around 2:30 we arrived exhausted at the free parking for motor homes used Bourges! What a day!

BOURGES - CHEVERNY

Wake up at 8:30 and after a quick breakfast we depart to visit the Cathedral of Bourges, the Cathedral St. Etienne, an architectural gem from the stunning stained glass windows, inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage Site. In short journey to the camper, a postman bike is hit by a car in the middle, hits his head on the car .... running to help and, fortunately, what remains is fear ... and the postman gets up and starts . We are campers and again after about an hour we are at Cheverny, we leave the camper in the parking and enter the castle (€ 7.50). Unfortunately I have problems with the camera you can not read the DVD, hopefully it's just a disk problem. The castle of Cheverny is a sober and elegant building and offers a nice park with a shelter that houses 90 dogs "intersections" between Fox-Hound Puitevin English and French. Alejandro is sad because he lost in the castle garden in the shape of a small puppet seprente. We leave the castle and take back the camper. We stop at the Camping Chateaux de Chambord Bracieux two steps. We shower and then taste of good chocolate in a show just outside the camping ... In the evening, risotto and cheese .....

CHAMBORD - CHENONCEAUX

Day of castles, lost in the streets of the Loire. The temperature is definitely abbassta and you wake up with a slight cold. Breakfast and departure to the nearby Castle of Chambord (€ 9.50) and parking the camper € 6.00. The fortress stands with her white pinnacles in the middle of the green park, giving visitors a fantastic play of colors. What Chambord is the largest castle in the Loire Valley and its interior offers plenty of rooms to visit, all rich in paintings, statues and plush furniture. The view from the terrace is wonderful. After about 2 hours to visit we leave satisfied and aware of seeing something unique. It 's time for lunch and have a little peckish, we stopped in a village in France and eat a sandwich dipped it lverde plain of the Loire Valley. At about 15:00 we arrive at Chenonceaux, where she awaits another castle (€ 10,50). Even in this beautiful and unique elegance, too bad for a part covered by a veil for the restoration. The interior is very attractive, especially in the kitchen. Visitors are very numerous and sometimes hard to get from room to room, they should not let all these people and especially should not allow tour guides to speak to your group for an hour in a room, not allowing others to see if fatigue or shoving. Among the people stopped two girls wearing the jersey of legendary Roma .... Photo Giallorossi sisters together! Daje Dajeeee Rome! We leave the castle and we enjoy the gardens, the first in the elegant Catherine de Medici, then the labyrinth, where Alejandro is blow up a French girl and the garden full of flowers and various kinds of tomatoes. At about 18.00, after shopping in a supermarket and having spoken to my father, we arrive at the campsite Las Acacias, in the village of La Ville aux Dames ... 6 km from Tours, we visit the city tomorrow. Have dinner with steak and salad ... the happiest of all? Ugo course ....

TOURS - AZAY LE RIDEAU - CONCARNEAU

After the obligatory breakfast we set off to Tours, capital city of Lorenna, which offers visitors the beautiful Cathedral of Saint-Gatien, the facade of harmonious and rich from the inside windows. On leaving the cathedral we move towards the old town and visit the picturesque Place Plumenau, surrounded by beautiful half-timbered houses, the Rue Briconnet, where, at number 16 is the house of Tristan and the Rue du Grand Marche, one of the most interesting Tours of the old, full of half-timbered houses in the slates. Tours leave and stop for lunch in a park .. baguette to repeat and then continue to the Castle of Azay-le-Rideau (€ 8.00). But small castle which offers' an exceptional, in fact, the fortress stands on the River Cher in the middle of a park ... taking pictures repeatedly. Around 15:00 we start the allla time in Brittany. After about 450 km we arrive at Concarneau. We stop at the campsite and at reception Lochrist something unique happens .... ask the usual information, pricing, availability, electricity and so on but then the boss comes out of the campsite, a man in his fifties, obese, with a red face , staggering drunk because ... there is in fact taking place in a camping holiday and we see many bottles of wine and beer are everywhere. The owner tells us to go camping, take advantage of everything and then tomorrow we would have recorded! But we honestly say that we must stay one night! ... And he replies: "I'm sorry but there's a party ... do as you wish now that I just can not follow you"! We choose a camping spot in .... ... we are virtually alone in the middle of an acre of land .... beautiful ... with Hugh that runs from side to side! For dinner, pasta with pesto ....

CONCARNEAU - QUIMPER

We woke up around 08:00 and after breakfast honestly pay the camp (€ 22.00) and begin our tour: Concarneau and instantly the spectacle of marine life opens before us, seagulls, beaches, boats and the ever-citadel with its irregular streets delights us and takes us back in time. After about 2 hours we start to visit the nearby Quimper, the ancient capital of Cornwall, offers the beautiful Cathedral St. Corentin, a beautiful square and the Rue and the Rue du Salle Kereon with beautiful half-timbered houses and squares with many tables at 'open. We have lunch in a street in Quimper with the camper and head north. 200 km of Britain's Green and then sink into a blue sea lined with rocks. We stop in Perros-Guirec, where he started the Pink Granite coast (we'll see tomorrow). After trying 3 campsites .. all filled, finally found space in one of 38 €. The camps on the sea are known to be more expensive. We have dinner with chicken and salad and a delicious French cheese with herbs. In the evening we go for a walk along the city beach. The water is not cold, climb over some rocks and we enjoy the colors of the sunset ... Hugh is overjoyed and runs left and right, back in the camper tired. These are 22:15, tomorrow awaits the Pink Granite coast and Emerald.

Pink Granite Coast - Emerald Coast - Dinan

We woke up around 09:00 and after breakfast we drive to the Pink Granite Coast (Armour) and the Emerald Coast. The Pink Granite Coast is so called because the color of the rocks that rise over the sea and along the coast. Perros-Guirec and we enjoy the view of Tregastel-Plage, where space is up to the Sept Iles .. Then we dive in the Emerald Coast, first walking along the golden beach and then go to the lighthouse at Cap Frehel, by where you can enjoy a breathtaking view. Near the lighthouse is the lighthouse at Fort La Latte (€ 5.00), an ancient and beautiful situated on the high sea, and cell doors opening directly on the ocean. We expected much more organized by the French in particular for the Pink Granite Coast, it is very difficult to find information and discover the most pleasant places. We continue to LUGNANO 15.00 on the Emerald Coast and we move to Dinan, we stop at a campsite just outside the port, which is called Camping de Lyvet. The owners are a French couple and the price is only € 15.40 per night. I still do not dominate visit the picturesque town of Dinan and for us is a pleasant surprise. In fact the city is a real architectural jewel and with its picturesque streets and houses is very attractive features. Around the 21:00 back at the campsite for dinner .. pasta Caprese.

ST. MALO'

We wake up with the bitter surprise of rain, we have breakfast and we hope for a better weather, but the sky is gray and does not bode well. We go in search of umbrellas and then leaving for St. Malo '. The town is completely destroyed in August 1944 has been rebuilt so well that visitors easily find the spirit of history. We leave the camper in the parking Paul Feval (€ 7.20 per 24 hours) and a free shuttle bus we head toward the center of a French national. We do not want to speak ill of the French, but unfortunately we have to confirm what others have said .... we were nationalists, proud, they refuse to speak other languages from French superiority and deal with tourists and I can ..... mind the dear Albertone singing ... But Who have you ever sent to that country? ' And vaaaa and vaaaaaa. We continue the visit and take advantage of low tide to visit the ILE DU PETIT BE ', an island that is home to a strong (€ 5.00) and mainly offers a unique view of the bay and the Ile du Grand Well, where is the tomb of Chautebriand and where you can enjoy a wonderful panorama. Unfortunately the rain there by 17:00 to the truce and decide to return and resume the camper where she awaits the legendary super Ugo Beddu ... To get out of St. Malo is a terrible traffic and employ more than an hour for a only one mile, heats the camper and we had to stop and then restart after about 15 minutes ... we find a gas station at Beneath the Sea in the camper and will start again .... what a fright! Luckily the caravan back to life! At dinner with rice, eggplant and French wine. Tomorrow is the tip of Normandy: Mt St Michel.

MONT ST. MICHEL - HONFLEUR

We woke up a little 'before and after lunch we're already in the road leading to Mt St. Michel, one of the most incredible and fascinating world. After an impressive traffic remain bewitched by the beauty of the place, both architectural and natural beauty, thanks to the mystery tied to the rhythm of the tides and wild immensity that surrounds Mt St Michel. We park the RV in a parking lot surrounding the walls of the abbey (€ 10.00). We are told that if we do not want the sea swallows the camper we must resume before 18.00.Passeggiamo along the Grand Rue, narrow road uphill, lined with ancient houses and tourist shops. For my personal taste I must say that Mont St. Michel to date salt to the liking of the charts this journey and reach the top of the hit parade. We walk along the walls and our eyes to those jumping from the architectural beauties ... km scenic beaches and islands that emerge from the sea for a few hours, only to be swallowed up again! Fantastic! We enter the Abbey (€ 8.50) and is a blast from the past, meeting room, the cloister, the prefettorio, buildings, crypts and the church are heartbreakingly beautiful ... Around 15:30 we go out and find the the camper ..... .... except the tide several times we turn to record the latest images of this place. Beautiful .. a place worth the trip! Taking the road and enter strongly in Normandy. After about 180 km of green, we arrived at Honfleur, where we stop at the campsite Phare (€ 27,00). Omelette and salad for dinner and then we go out to enjoy Honfleur by night ..... who welcomes us with lights, outdoor seating, lots of small boats on the harbor ..... beautiful! Take an ice cream and return to camp, knowing that they had spent a great day!

HONFLEUR - ETRETAT

In the morning after breakfast we leave the camper just outside the campsite and explore the picturesque Honfleur and the seaside town that offers the Vieux Bassins river, surrounded by beautiful bays, dotted with boats characteristics. We visit only from the bell tower of Sainte Catherine, a tower covered with oak and chestnut wood Eglise Sainte Catherine. Prior to joining this church await the end of a funeral and see so many people crying partly ruined our day. The church is very different from the others we visited, the aisles are covered by a vault of wood, resting on oak pillars. Really beautiful. We leave after just 2 km Honfleur and cross the Pont de Normandie surprising, a masterpiece of art and technical audacity, bridges tie rod is the longest in the world. Despite its light weight can 'withstand the fierce winds and shock with the largest cargo ships. The bridge is beautiful and evocative, the cross armed with cameras and camera. The toll is € 5.00. We leave the bridge and after about an hour we arrived at Etretat, beautiful seaside resort, with its pebble beach and especially thanks to its high cliffs. We walk along the Falaise d'Aval, which allows to reach the top, giving you extraordinary glimpses of how the bow and Manneforte Aigoielle, some 70 meters high. Come back and Alejandro Begona are tired and they stop on the beach, and Ugo Beddu I go to discover the Falaise d'Amont, which offers a spectacle of white rocks dotted with seagulls .... the scenery is amazing .... Around the 17:30 ... I forgot to go back to the camper we ate lunch in a good kebab turkish local restaurant. At about 18:30 we find a small camp in the direction of Fecamp, which asks us to name Epivent € 20.00 and the price also includes three chocolate croissants for breakfast ... We are tired and decide to stay in the campsite for dinner ... pasta with clams and French red wine ....

FECAMP - ROUEN - PARIS

In the morning after 3 croissants camp to return to Etretat because Begona need to use the internet and there is the tourist office that offers it for free. After that we move to Fecamp, city tour that shows a large harbor that today as well as accommodate vessels, is also home to tourist boats. We visit the Abbey Church of the Trinity and especially stroll along the beautiful pebble beach in a beautiful landscape, where the blue of the ocean breaking on some high white cliffs ... beautiful! We leave the beach and slowly back to the camper parked in the parking lot of Carrefour, which is open 24 hours on 24, have lunch with cod and fresh shrimp (in Fecamp is a must to taste the fish, having been for a long time the French capital of cod fishing ). In the afternoon we are already on the road in the direction of Rouen. We arrive in this town, around the 15.00. Rich historically welcomed us with all its beauties. We visit the beautiful Cathedral of Notre-Dame, which inspired the famous series of the cathedrals of Monet; continue for the Rue du Gros Horloge, tourist traffic and pedestrian street with the Gros-Horloge, a huge gold watch, one of the most interesting monuments of Rouen. Take some pictures at the Palais de Justice, with a beautiful facade and visit the Place du Vieux Marché, a picturesque square, which was where the prisoners were put in the pillory or executed in the Middle Ages. Right here was burned Joan of Arc, and this is the Church of Sainte-Jeanne D'Arc, the modern structure, with some great windows and the shape of a ship. We continue our journey and visit the vast courtyard of AITR Saint Maclou, one of the last vestiges of the ossuaries for plague in the Middle Ages. At about 19:30 we leave the beautiful city of Rouen and the camper we leave in the direction of Paris. We arrived after about 2 hours and emzza with some difficulty, the engine of the camper gets hot and we had to stop again .... Luckily this time you stop a friendly French gentleman who helps us and ciporta even of chocolate eggs to scared Alejandro. Fortunately this time, after putting a lot of water in the engine's start at the camping and arrivamo International Maisons Laffitte (€ 38,00). Camping will be one of the ugliest of the entire trip, unclean and disorganized! We are tired, we eat with the meat and go to bed. Tomorrow we will visit Paris.

PARIS

The alarm clock is at 7:30, breakfast and then take a train first and then the metro to get to Paris. First impression? ' We do not understand anything with transportation and no one speaks or pretends not to speak English. We go to a stop in the center of Paris, eager to discover the city. For tickets, we recommend the day pass which costs € 10.00 and allows you to use all means of transport in the city for 24 hours. We go and we are in Place Chateneuf, beautiful and elegant. After about 1 km of roads and buildings and the first image of the Eiffel Tower from a distance we are facing the entrance of the Sainte Chapelle (€ 8.00). The impact is exciting, the 2-storey structures it has a chapel high as 7 meters, full of relics and unfortunately souvenri shops that are a real slap in the face! And a glass top that offers the oldest in Paris. Beautiful but let me make the Roman Empire, nothing to do with "our" Sistine Chapel "! We leave and head to the nearby Cathedral of Notre-Dame, one of the most famous cathedrals in the world. From layman can tell me that the cathedral disappointed and frankly I preferred to those of Bourges, Rouen and Tours, to say nothing of the Basilica of St. Peter. We visit the inside and I expected much more, because the building is quite bare and I continue to be perplexed and disappointed! ! I was expecting so much more! We try to climb the tower but well-paid 8 euro to go up there seemed to be a robbery and we refused .... about .. you want to light a candle in the cathedral? Take out 5 € .... in the face of the sacredness! We leave the cathedral and the weather alternates between rain and sun, walk along the Latin Quarter, which is constantly crowded with bars and restaurants. We stopped for lunch in a small greek restaurant ... one of the few local where you spend very little € 19.00 for meat, potato, water, coca-cola and salad ... (x 3 people). We go outside and see the famous Sorbonne University and then get to the Pantheon (€ 8, 00). building dominated by a huge dome. This building houses the "ashes of the great men of the era of French liberty, Voltaire, Baudelaire, Rousseau, Hugo and many others are buried here. while it pours outside and stand in the Pantheon in waiting for better weather, that will happen after about 30 minutes. studied the map of the metro and finally begin to understand something ... although the P for parking that is mistaken for the P Parada ..... Let's get out of the metro off at the Trocadero and the Eiffel Tower we enjoy, this technological monster right in the heart of the city. the sun comes out and the sky clears, and then we take advantage, going up the elevator to the top ... (€ 13.10) . After a queue of about an hour we can get .... the elevator stops before the second floor and the view is exceptional. Paris is stretched for many miles showing all sides, the domes of churches, bridges River, the skyscrapers of the modern! arrive until the third floor and up the elevator is nothing short of awesome all over again ... with the camera and then we enjoy the view from the third floor of 276 meters . It's almost 19:00 and time to get down and return to the campsite where she awaits festive joy Ugo Beddu! This light dinner, salad, mozzarella and go to sleep .....

PARIS

Rain rain rain ... ... .. on the Paris flood ... primeore decide to wait for the afternoon to go out and enjoy the Eiffel Tower lit at night .... I'm writing now are 12.02 and out the camper continues incessant rain and the sky did not bode well! We try to 14.00, despite the rain to come out. We head for the Montmartre district and visit the beautiful Basilica of Sacre-Coeur, characterized by its beautiful dome and its white color. Council to visit the crypt and climb the tower, where you can 'enjoy an exceptional view over Paris (€ 5.00). We leave the basilica of cracks and eat chocolate and cocoa, very good and we turn to the quaint village of Montmartre, a village in the heart of the metropolis, with its Place du Tertre, where the tables are crowded open-air artists who propose landscapes and portraits. We say goodbye and go down in the Montmartre district of Pigalle, an area dedicated to the nightlife of Paris. Memorable photos in front of the Moulin Rouge and one thing happens right here really very nice .... you ever a guy who asks you to give him a photo? Surely you ... and so far everything ok .... but a guy who asks you to 50 photos all the same? To us this has happened .... I'll have 'taken to a French man about 50 photos, all the same, always with the same position ... laughter will go down and then by metro to the Place de la Concorde, immense and beautiful square hosting an obelisk, Fontane, statues and is surrounded by palaces and gardens ... beautiful! Sins of the rain ... walking along the Champs-Elysees, one of the most famous of the world, from very large boulevards, elegant and full of shopping malls .... it's cold, it seems to be in November to buy ... Begona Alejandro a giocchetto and even a scarf, we reach the Arc de Triomphe and why we avoid soaking up and we just view it from below. The Arc hosts since 1921 the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier chilly ... we refuse to go back to 20:00 and around the camp and decide to abandon the idea for today to see the Eiffel Tower lit up at night ... We have dinner with a nice pasta with clams and tired go to sleep ... there will be some sun tomorrow?

PARIS

We wake up and even the weather fails us ..... Cilo black and light rain ... improvement pero 'than yesterday. Breakfast and we go a little 'depressed to see what' missing in Paris .... the question is ... the Louvre Museum or the Louvre? Next to us there is a family of Bergamo ... family who will accompany us for the rest of the holiday and will be a kindness and a utility extraordinary ... Thanks to them we solve our doubt, Hamlet, Paul (the husband) it says: "The Louvre? A brick ....." We visit allamor the National Museum of Natural History (€ 8.00), 3 floors displaying movies on animals, environment and history of life .. Interesting, but the Natural History Museum in London is from another planet .... We leave the museum and the metro go to visit the Louvre Museum just outside the palace, beautiful, was for eight centuries, the residence of kings and emperors. The pyramid was once criticized, is very beautiful. We take some pictures and we move to the Opera House, a building with a monumental façade with marble sculptures, golden .. We enter the shopping center La Fayette, dear ... and that is why we flee as soon as possible to enter a Another mall is more human, where Begona you buy a sweatshirt to combat the cold. By underground go to visit the Hotel des Invalides, which is characterized by the cannons along the ramparts, a long facade 196 meters and a beautiful courtyard of honor ... Within this complex is the Eglise du Dome, a dome with 555,000 gold leaves ... The interior disappoint. The Napoleon's Tomb is located in the Museum of the Army, but the entrance is 9 € ... too much and then forget it .. With 10 € instead we embark on the legendary Bateau Mouche .... and back over Paris and its monuments by river, taking photos ripetizone and finally comes the sun! . E 'night .. go back to the campsite, the rags with meat and salad! With family in Bergamo, Paolo and Antonella and a child of 7 years named George, who will become a great friend of Alejandro, we decided to go with the car of Paul and with the help of my browser, at the time of the Eiffel Tower night version .... Paul's biggest fan dell'Atalanta I of Rome .... that there you ago ... not my fault if you are below! Ah ah ah ... The Eiffel Tower lit up is wonderful, we do a lot of photos and we also visit the Cathedral of Notre Dame at night. It 's midnight and return to the campsite .... tomorrow with the family of Bergamo (sun permitting) you will all'Eurodisney and will be the worst day of the entire holiday .....

PARIS: EURODISNEY.... DON'T GO THERE!!

After breakfast we thrilled with the family of Bergamo dell'Eurodisney at a time. Take the train ticket and we recommend a particular type of ticket that would ensure the 20% discount on entry to the park. The journey takes about 50 minutes and on arrival we have the first surprise ... the discount is only for a ticket to both parks in one day ... virtually impossible to visit the same day two, however, and although we accept ..... the discount rate is the dearest ... € 53.00 per adult and € 45.00 for children ... nonsense! We go first in the Walt Disney Park and the row for each game is monstrous ... ... 90 minutes for each attraction, we lose patience and see the show first Animagique, where music and dancing will retrace the history of Disney films .. We go out for long lines and do not do practically anything! We can see the attraction of Armageddon bad .. a bit 'of explosions and fires, and nothing more .... Let's try again for a ride to the park but we can not do anything .... go to another park, the nervous Magic Kingdom and even here the lines are hallucinating .... unfortunately you can not get 2 million people when there are 40 rides in a row .... After an hour and a half we are able to enter the world of Pirates of the Caribbean and then after another row of 90 minutes in the world of Peter Pan and there's going to bang in the middle of the attraction ...... the machine stops when we are 4-5 meters in the air ... and we're stuck in dark and stays on for about 40 minutes, with us in other flying machines the family of Bergamo and others unknown, all conditions in our organization ..... no one comes to get us down, merely a voice to say to remain seated and are repairing the technical fault .... the nervousness and fear increased when we begin to smell something burning ... and suddenly the machine resumes its journey and then come back again .... finally, stuttering and arrive at the end of the attraction ... We leave poisoned, we offer explanations and we do not pass the file to the other games, but we are not interested in this and I want the money .... the entry we say that they are unable to organizations from a park like this and compile a document complaints and see what happens ... we have already offered free entry to three other time ... but not enough! The opinion of this park was very bad, do not go! Dear and treat you as numbers .... Let's go back to the campsite, dinner and poisoned disappointed and go to sleep!

A long trip from north to south

After breakfast, we the family of Bergamo, they are cut ... we leave in a caravan in France from north to south and fragrances to our navigator we avoid all motorways and main roads we travel only. Bergogno through beautiful villages, extensive vineyards, too many discussions and arrive around 22:30 in the region of the Southern Alps, the largest lake of Le Bourget, the largest lake in France. The camp site found by the family of Bergamo is located in Aix les Bains, a town on the lake, known for its spas. Since the camp is closed, we sleep on his car and fortunately the caretaker, a young Algerian makes us use the bathrooms and showers .... We are tired, we eat meat, we salute our friends at Bergamo and go to sleep.

ANNECY - BOURGET LAKE

After breakfast we meet with Paul and Antonio with their jeep and set off to explore the nearby Annecy, the Venice of France. Annecy is a beautiful town, situated on the lake, with narrow streets and old quarters largely pedestrian entered the waters of Thiou and Fasse that feed the lake. The lake is beautiful, and very pleasant walk through the Old City. The day was fantastic with a bright sun and a cobalt blue sky that makes it more enjoyable and colorful squares ... We visit the castle (from outside), now a museum, devour a delicious baguette with fresh and we start to the lake .... and here we are bewitched by this wonderful stretch of water .... beautiful, crystal clear, surrounded by the peaks of the Alps rent a pedal boat for 6 (€ 20.00 an hour) and head cn family of Bergamo toward the center of this beautiful lake. The temptation is to dive a lot, but do not have the costume .... but who cares! We are Italian or not? Then in boxer, first Paul, then me and Alejandro we dive into the waters of the lake clean and cold. We spend 30 minutes swimming and diving and then return the pedal to your destination. Annecy leave and return to the campsite where we get our costumes and we move to Aix Les Bainz and its huge lake of Le Bourget. Ii walk along the lakeside, with its bars, benches, trees and games for children ... this time we do not do the bath, the water is far dirtier of Lake Annecy and decide to let it go. Walking we see a nice sports center with swimming pools, waterslides and beaches on the lake. Admission is € 5.20 but is denied entry to the dogs. Then I, and Ugo Paul Beddu back to camp and let our faithful 4-legged friend to our campers to return to the sports center. We do note, put off, but here's another unpleasant surprise ... no lifeguard tells us that it is not allowed to swim in the pool with my shorts ... they want the suit to slip .... I can not believe it, I ask explanations, partly because no one brings more to slip back to custom ... poisoned the ticket office and simply say: "O my ridate the money of the ticket or I take a bath"! Eventually I giving new money and I, and Begona Alejandro and arrive at the campsite for a nice refreshing shower. You can dine in the trailer of Paul, mega-galactic eaten with steaks, sausages, chicken, fries, ice cream, ham and cheese, all seasoned with a good red wine .... Around the 23:00 gorged back to sleep in the camper will be ... pero 'a bad night ... Ugo shortness of breath and so I have to get up several times to stroke .... too many french fries for lights! Do not close eyes and very hot .... tomorrow!

BRIANCON

In the morning after breakfast we ... going south towards the border with Italy. After 70 km the first problem, the camper at a traffic light, stop while driving crashes .... what to do?? Call for service ... 10:30 am and after 4 hours of waiting ... I repeat 4 hours of waiting at a roadside tow truck arrives ..... I take this opportunity to publicly thank Paul and Antoine are stayed with us all the time, giving up almost a day off ..... With the tow truck to transport us to a workshop near the camper works again ..... incredible, almost like a miracle, doing nothing .... and no one touched him .... Around 15:00 we're already in the street around 20:30 and arrive in Briancon, stopping a few more times on the way, a little 'for the camper who is hot, other times to contemplate a fantastic landscape of the Alps .... we enjoy a superb lake with rainbow .... so beautiful! Paul and Antony come before us and book a Campin, we arrive around 20:30 just in time for dinner with a nice plate of spaghetti with pesto .... After this day between engines and tow truck, we decided to go to sleep .... tomorrow it's back to Italy!

MILAN

Around 9:00 we always start in the company of Paul and Antoine, the direction of Milan. Smooth crossing the Mongervisio and singing the national anthem of Italy and only enter in our beloved country ..... we stop at a motorway and salute our friends, hugs and kisses with the family of Bergamo and here we are again on the road . The weather is sunny, warm weather and arrived in Milan around 12.30 pm. We stopped at Camping Village, a short distance from the Arena and Stadium Meazza (€ 35.00). The campsite is very nice and organized, with a small zoo for children, a restaurant, where to buy 3 pieces of lasagna w ..... Italy! Shower and relax in the afternoon and then around 18:00 we set off at the San Siro stadium to watch the final of Inter Roma Italian Super Cup ... armed sciapre Giallorossi guests go in and see the race, but unfortunately we lose 3-1 however we are happy and smiling .... Veso 23:00 we are again in the camp. Tomorrow we return to Rome!

ROME

We start not really early, about 10:00 we are on the highway and walk along the High way of the sun, from north to south ..... there is no traffic or at least is located just across the street in the direction The journey takes the opposite ..... quite regularly, even if the camper from signs of slowing down, heats up and continues to have problems with the gears. At 20 km to go we are already off the motorway, this is the camper that hangs again .... tow truck again, but 'this time we are lucky, the insurance covers 20km and let the RV, empty it of our stuff directly to the owner .....

HOME

When you return from a trip, always blend of mixed feelings .... happiness, sadness and nostalgia take over the human soul .... without precedence to each other, but share equally our feelings !
There are many pictures that I carry inside of this trip ... the disappointment of Euro Disney, the coasts, monuments .... but 'what' that is hard to forget is the very simplicity of the trip ... a glass of red wine , laughter, friends, the many faces met by chance, the camping, the road ....
The secret remains the same .... even in the land of Napoleon and of the Sun King, you can find the human side of each trip .....
Goodbye France ....