With, I suspect, my brother and sister in laws suicides being the catalyst for buying a panel van and converting it into a camper and after years of touring Europe on my motorcycle I finally got around to taking my wife on a road trip to Switzerland. This was her choice of destination.
Monday saw us up early at 0300 for a 2 1/4 hour drive to the tunnel to meet an early train, after boarding we then sat there for 25 minutes whilst they tried to fix a problem with it. After 30 minutes we were disembarked and led to a different train, which worked.
After a quick lunch of the almost compulsory ham baguette and pain aux choc we headed to our first campsite.
After 320 miles ended up at Camping Du Pavillon in La Neuville-aux-Joûtes, France (Bienvenue au Camping du Pavillon)
A nice place run by an old couple who were very friendly. I managed to pay and get a pitch with my limited French.
After a good nights sleep, thank you Guinness, we were off again. Breakfast comprised of pastries and coffee. My wife, who has travelled very little, was like a kid in a sweet shop when confronted with the first boulangerie we encountered
260 miles later (No motorways or toll roads is the best way to experience France) found us taking in the beautiful Vosges/Alsace region and ended up at Camping Acacias in Altkirch (Camping les Acacias Altkirch*** site officiel)
A small site which appeared to be just opening up for the summer again. Met by a nice guy called Steve whos' English was worse than my French but we managed to sort something out.
I was determined to make Switzerland the next day, this was our aim for the trip.
Does anyone else have a fascination with old border posts? It seems i have to stop at each one i cross just to have a look to see what the buildings are now being used for.
110 miles the next day saw us get to our chosen campsite in Switzerland (Camping Jungfrau Lauterbrunnen | Camping im Berner Oberland)
I'd seen this place online and had wanted to visit for years. Glad i have done though there was far too many tourists for my liking.
Stayed at Camping Jungfrau for a couple of nights, though the staff were fantastic it was very expensive (60 chf per night) so before we left we also had a look around Interlaken.
Monday saw us up early at 0300 for a 2 1/4 hour drive to the tunnel to meet an early train, after boarding we then sat there for 25 minutes whilst they tried to fix a problem with it. After 30 minutes we were disembarked and led to a different train, which worked.
After a quick lunch of the almost compulsory ham baguette and pain aux choc we headed to our first campsite.
After 320 miles ended up at Camping Du Pavillon in La Neuville-aux-Joûtes, France (Bienvenue au Camping du Pavillon)
A nice place run by an old couple who were very friendly. I managed to pay and get a pitch with my limited French.
After a good nights sleep, thank you Guinness, we were off again. Breakfast comprised of pastries and coffee. My wife, who has travelled very little, was like a kid in a sweet shop when confronted with the first boulangerie we encountered
260 miles later (No motorways or toll roads is the best way to experience France) found us taking in the beautiful Vosges/Alsace region and ended up at Camping Acacias in Altkirch (Camping les Acacias Altkirch*** site officiel)
A small site which appeared to be just opening up for the summer again. Met by a nice guy called Steve whos' English was worse than my French but we managed to sort something out.
I was determined to make Switzerland the next day, this was our aim for the trip.
Does anyone else have a fascination with old border posts? It seems i have to stop at each one i cross just to have a look to see what the buildings are now being used for.
110 miles the next day saw us get to our chosen campsite in Switzerland (Camping Jungfrau Lauterbrunnen | Camping im Berner Oberland)
I'd seen this place online and had wanted to visit for years. Glad i have done though there was far too many tourists for my liking.
Stayed at Camping Jungfrau for a couple of nights, though the staff were fantastic it was very expensive (60 chf per night) so before we left we also had a look around Interlaken.
