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No more than an hour south of the Turin you enter the Langhe, a region of rolling hills famous for wine, cheese, and in October,...

Turin. I'll be honest, another city I had not heard about before looking at the map and plotting an approximate road trip route. It's in...

To get to Italy from Germany, although not the only route, you pass through a somewhat scenic place called Switzerland. Vineyards seem to...

The first stop heading south on the road trip was Colmar, about 300km south of Bad Bertrich in France close to the German border. It's a...

The road trip commences. Destination only roughly mapped out, via Germany and Switzerland to Italy then not quite sure... but the car...

In The Netherlands there's a website called 'vakantie veilingen' which translates to 'holiday auctions'. Basically, you bid on particular...

I had never heard of Trier before, yet it turns out to be one of the most significant historical cities in Germany and played a critical...

Yes, Bertrich was a very naughty boy. Some of my 'extended' family live in Germany and recently started managing a hotel in the tiny town...

Already partly covered in an earlier diary entry, while staying in Maastricht in July I spent about 3 weeks working as a volunteer on a...

A half hour train ride south from Maastricht to the French speaking part of Belgium (Wallonia) takes you into Liège-Guillemins railway...

The last time I was in Rotterdam was 15 years ago (ugh, I'm so old) to see the Rotterdam Fast Forward Dance Parade, which was one the...

Beyond heading to Maastricht (Mestreech in local dialect) in The Netherlands there remains no plan for how this trip will unfold. I have...

The 4 weeks between finishing work and leaving went very fast. I had to vacate my unit, move into my parents place, organise a seemingly...