Category Archives: Odyssey #1 2012: Australia Europe

WEDNESDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2012 RETURN TO BERN Last night on two separate occasions when negotiating traffic in Rolle I almost hit pedestrians on crossings. Had I made contact it would have been the first time in over fifty years of … Continue reading →

TUESDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2012. SALT-EN-DONZY, FRANCE to ALLAMAN, LAKE GENEVA, SWITZERLAND VIA MONTS-JURA It’s been a long time since Bev and I have slept in a car. We have slept on the roof rack basket of our Landcruiser but never … Continue reading →

MONDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2012.  LE PUY-EN-VELAY TO SALT-EN-DONZY, RHONE-ALPES REGION. The room in the Deltour Hotel in Le Puy (pronounced Pwee) was comfortable except for the cigarette smell and we should have asked for a non-smoking room. This morning our … Continue reading →

SUNDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2012. CHASSERADES to LE PUY. No matter where I park I always point out because if it rains overnight and there is a chance of getting bogged it is always easier to drive out forward. In this … Continue reading →

SATURDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2012. LE COLLET-DE-DEZE to CHASSERADES My day started with cooking porridge at the back of the car. I decided to do so as it was a cold morning and continental breakfasts are not real warming or sustaining.  … Continue reading →

FRIDAY 14TH DECEMBER 2012. First thing today we visited the walled town of Beaucaire (across the River Rhone from Tarascon) and after yet again another mind-numbing old town experience we headed northwest to the Robert Louis Stevenson trail in the … Continue reading →

THURSDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2012.  Today was cold with blustery winds and rain, just the sort of day to be curled up with a book in front of an open fire.  However, because of limited time, we have to go out … Continue reading →

WEDNESDAY 12TH DECEMBER 2012. TARASCON AND SAINTES-MARIE-DE-LA-MER Taking the chill factor into consideration when we ventured out this morning  it felt like minus five degrees.   We both thought it would have been a little warmer in these parts but not … Continue reading →

Apologies to readers: There has been a gap between the last posting and this one as we have been on the move and unable to access the internet.  However now we are in a stop mode we will have more … Continue reading →

SUNDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 2012.  ST GALLEN Susanne was our reason for visiting St Gallen. The circumstances leading up to how we met Susanne are interesting.  In 1985 our pottery workshop was in full swing and at one stage our business … Continue reading →