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What a pleasure to read your comments and your pictures. As said "an American view" on Europe is always very interesting.
In Caen you was at 120 km from my home !! It's a pity that you can not drive up to here.
Glad that you have lot of fun in this side of the sea.
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Lots of Stuff
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We stayed at this campground during our Paris stay.
camping de paris
They had a suttle bus runing evey half hour to the Port Mailot station. We took the subway but catching a bus should work.
The campground sells combo tickets that cover the shuttle, bus and subway. Priced around 12 euros for a one day pass.
Took this picture waiting for the suttle bus. We were standing at the Port Mailot stop.
Lady in high heels riding a motor scooter. Something we don't see very often.
Notre Dame.
And the inside.
Three days in Paris is not near enough but our time was running out and we still had a ways to get back to Hamburg.
Stayed here first night after Paris. We just love that many European campgrounds have tall hedges between spots.
We did not plan enough time for Verdun!!!
There is so much to see our one afternoon was not near enough.
Douaumont National Cemetery and Ossuary is impressive even when being repaired.
Can you see the trees growing over the shell holes from 1918.
The back of an observation shield at Fort Douaumont.
We headed Southeast to Strasbourg. Almost there and we changed our minds and headed North to Luxembourg. Glad we did.
Luxembourg City is just beautiful.
Plus Luxembourg diesel prices are low. (for Europe)
Someone in Luxembourg has a sense of humor.
An English couple we spoke to in our Luxembourg campground said someone famous was buried in the American Cemetery and we should go and see.
They were right.
My uncle on mothers side servied in the 3rd Army during WW2
He joined Pattons 3rd after the battle of the bulge and served unitl 1946.
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Many thanks for the link to the Paris camp ground. Looks really good. I'll keep that in mind for when we do the South of France - we can stop there for a couple of nights.
Glad you got into Luxembourg; it is a lovely little city.
Steve.
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and if you stay at the Bois de Bologne campground go into the center by metro, if you want to return late in the nicht take a taxi, very comfortable, if there is no bus or metro any more ! ;-)
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Sitting by this fountain I watched a very pretty girl ride up on her bicycle. I watched her(as I'm not dead yet)get off the bike and go in and buy a snack. She came out with the snack walked right over to me and asked if she could sit next to me. When I could talk again, I said sure and made room for her on the bench.
My wife was sitting next to me on the other side, we were talking about what to do next. The young lady said she was from Luxembourg and asked if she could help. She did and we took her advice. I relate this story to show how helpful and sweet everyone we met on this trip was.
When pretty girls are sweet to this old man it makes his day!!!!
This fountain, A pretty girl, Luxembourg City, WOW!
Next stop Bastogne, just a short jog back into Belgium.
This old US tank is right in the center of Bastone.
It had a couple of large holes in it.
This impressive monument was built by the people of Belgium to say thanks.
From the top you can see a little of the country side and maybe understand why we love to travel through Europe.
One more picture to show why European back road travel is so pleasant.
This one is after we crossed back into Germany.
Another from Germany to show international driving symbols don't always cut it. We had no clue what this sign said and so proceded with caution.
Found a bridge under construction and a automatic one lane red light system so trafic could move two ways with only one lane open.
Well we turned the motorhome in and had the best part of a day to tour Hamburg before our flight the next day.
My kind of place.
Hamburg is quite a port city considering how far inland it is.
Well that's about it.
After thoughts,
Well we were sure glad to turn that motorhome back in. Our Truck Camper suits our needs far better than the motorhome did.
Yet the motorhome is better for two couples to travel in.
Renting an RV vs. renting a car and then staying in hotels is about the same as far as cost goes.
After all the RVing we've done staying in hotels and living out of suitcases is no fun. We are spoiled by our TC.
Would we do it again? Maybe! But driving that big thing in Europe IS stressful.
The rented cars of past visits were much less tiring to drive...
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blocker4243
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Loved your photos and information...we are in the planning stage for a 5 week trip to Uk and Europe next september...motor homing all way...looks like you all had fun...question..how was it driving in europe compared to the US...and did you get to Britian by chance??
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blocker4243 wrote:Loved your photos and information...we are in the planning stage for a 5 week trip to Uk and Europe next september...motor homing all way...looks like you all had fun...question..how was it driving in europe compared to the US...and did you get to Britian by chance??
Thanks
Gary
No we did not get into the British Isles at all, another time hopefully.
Driving in Europe is not to much different than the US.
Secondary roads are smaller and without shoulders. Freeways or tollways are much the same as those in the US.
However Trucks in Europe are required to travel at 55 mph (90 kph) making merging and travel more pleasant than in the US. Also every time we signaled for a lane change others made room for us. Very courteous.
Driving a large rented RV on small city roads was stressful.
Just keep remembering many RV sized European delivery vans do the same every day.
Have a great trip Europe is lots of fun to RV through.
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Lots of Stuff wrote:No we did not get into the British Isles at all, another time hopefully.
Driving in Europe is not to much different than the US.
Secondary roads are smaller and without shoulders. Freeways or tollways are much the same as those in the US.
However Trucks in Europe are required to travel at 55 mph (90 kph) making merging and travel more pleasant than in the US. Also every time we signaled for a lane change others made room for us. Very courteous.
Driving a large rented RV on small city roads was stressful.
Just keep remembering many RV sized European delivery vans do the same every day.
Getting used to RHD coming from LHD on unfamiliar roads in the UK could be a problem. Roads in Wales on a map were marked with accident hot spots, the very narrow roads and blind spots everywhere made driving difficult.The sheer density of Heavy Trucks on European roads is a problem. That is why they have a curfew on Saturday and Sunday.
Tollways and Freeways do have smoother roads than the ones I encountered in the US.
Quote:Lady in high heels riding a motor scooter. Something we don't see very often.
Saw a Woman in her mid 50's with knee length boots, tall fur hat and coat, riding a bicycle in the traffic in Nice.
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I have only just come accross this thread !!!!!!!!!!! You have done such a good job of showing Europe through American eyes---------and posted such good pictures.
How many miles (Ks)did you cover on your trip ??------You did well to rent in Germany (opposed to UK) as the gearchange and steering would have been easier to manage. In general you can see a lot without doing massive mileage, so your fuel cost is not SOO bad !!!!!
AFAIK you were not restricted to 56 mph (like trucks)------but we run with the trucks (generally) -----it is economicle,safe and stress-free(well relativly !) and also try to stay away from the major roads as much as possible.
We will be happy to give anyone planning a British/European trip any help we can-------don't be afraid to ask !!!!!!
Nigel & Pamala-----Mildenhall------UK
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Don't know how I missed this one. Nice report. Enjoyed it much.
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