View from the private beach at Camping Europa A typical pitch at Camping Europa Exploring the promenade in Bellagio Picture-perfect Bellagio Public beach at Acquaseria LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – MENAGGIO, LAKE COMO, ITALY 65.8km We stayed: At Camping Europa right in…
Europe road trip: Ticino, Switzerland
My aim to blog about in ‘real time’ about our road trip as it unfolded last year has well and truly fallen by the wayside, but I’m going to keep coming with the posts. The next stage of our trip…
25 tips for family camping holidays
Pack kids’ clothes (and your own) into clear plastic zip-up storage bags – this makes it super-easy to see the clothes so you can grab them without having to scrabble around the bottom of a bag. Pack nice underwear. You’re going…
The blues of the Auvergne
I’m finding it a challenge to adjust to being home after our Europe road trip. I miss the freedom of being on the road, and being out in the open air camping. We’re slowly finding our groove, and working out…
Campsite activities for young children
We loved being away with the kids for a month, but it can get tiring needing to keep them entertained 24/7, especially when most of the campsites we chose to stay on were on the smaller side – a compact…
The colours of the Cinque Terre
When I saw a photograph of the clutches of tightly packed houses in their pretty pastel shades clinging onto the steep cliffs above the Mediterranean Sea, I knew that a trip to the Cinque Terre (or ‘Five Towns’) in Liguria,…
Lunch stop in Gandria
Before we left the UK I saw a photograph of a gorgeous-looking village in Ticino, Switzerland called Gandria on Pinterest (where else?). When we looked at our driving route from Locarno to Lake Como and realised that we would drive…
Cycling the Medieval walls of Lucca
After visiting Florence earlier this week (beautiful but busy – the throngs of tour groups definitely took the edge off its magic for me although the buildings were breathtaking), we spend yesterday exploring the medieval walled city of Lucca, whose…
Magical Corippo
After our time in German-speaking Frutigen, we headed south for a few hours to Locarno, in Ticino, the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland. I’ve already shared the video of our spectacular journey through the mountains, and the change from the alpine…
#1day12pics – a photo an hour in June
I’ve been wanting to join in with Michelle and Emma’s #1day12pics photo day for about three months, but something has always got in the way. This month, the date fell right at the start of our Europe road trip and…
Alpine loveliness
We’re well into the second week of our Europe road trip and most of our time so far has been in picture-perfect Switzerland. We spent three nights in the mountain town of Frutigen, about half an hour from Interlaken. We…
When the journey’s as good as the destination
A journey that’s as good as the destination from Heather Young on Vimeo.