If you’ve been following this blog, you will know that we set off on June 1st in a camper van. Below is an approximate map of wheer we went for the first five weeks of our trip, and below that some photos. From Briançon we went through the mountains over into Italy for a couple of weeks, I’ll put photos and a map of the next sections of the trip up soon.
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| Wimereux, between Calais and Bologne has some interesting buildings. | Wild rocket near Paris! | Gecko in Bourg-en-Bress |
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| We stayed at Chavannes, near Bourg-en-Bress. beautiful campsite by a river and lots of walks in the area. | Driving through the mountains towards Geneva we saw this beautiful lake. | Bright and colourful architecture in Geneva (yes, we popped over the border into Switzerland for a couple of days) |
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| St. Johns Wort flower at a herb garden in Geneva | Stayed in Taninges in the Alps for a few days, it rained a lot but on the nice days we had some beautiful walks | |
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| A beautiful lake not far from the campsite. | No rain on our last day in Taninges so we went for a long walk into the forest. Saw all kinds of wildlife and mushrooms (not sure what they were though) plus some fun sculptures. | |
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| Wild mushrooms, Taninges. | Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is in the Alps, about 15km from the border with Italy. It was amazingly beautiful… | |
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| More photos of Chamonix. We also found the best wild strawberries here. | ||
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| A final waterfall photo at Chamonix. | Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières was a random stop on the way to Annecy. Tiny campsite in a sleepy village, very pretty. | In the mountains near Briançon, beautiful area and interesting town with great market and several good organic fruit and veg shops. |
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Dear Rob and Jolita,
We enjoy very much your photos. We wish we’re there. You’ve inspired us to do a similar trip in a camper. You reminded me of my childhood memory like seeing fireflys.
Thanks so much for sharing. Look forward seeing you in few weeks.
Lots of Love, Chang-yu, Grace & Jesse
Are you planning to go the Rennes le Chateau?
I wanna go there some day!
Probably. A friend wrote us a list of places we should go and Rennes le Chateau was one of them.
Hello Rob and Jolita! I am glad to see that your journey had so many inspiring moments! I hope you are enjoying every day! I think of you and wish you all luck. Write to me if you can! Joanna