Europe 2011 - Part 2

My husband Mar and I are ending our RVing tomorrow, exactly six months since we officially started on April 25, 2011.

We are taking the train tomorrow from Piadena, Italy to Civitavecchia, Italy arriving the following morning to join a trans-atlantic cruise which will end 16 nights later on Nov. 11, in Galveston, Texas.
After midnight on Nov. 11, we will be home sweet home.

Part 1 of our RVing in Europe 2011 was a round trip from and to my niece's house in Gazoldo degli Ippoliti in Mantova, Italy travelling through Italy, Switzerland, Austrai, Liechtentein, Germany and France.

Part 1 was two months and 2 days with 3 days rest in Gazoldo and over 4,000 kms.

Having rested for 3 days in Regie's (my niece) house, we were ready to go again and so on July 1, 2011 we left  Gazoldo for Part 2 of our RVing in Europe 2011.  We travelled through Germany with a plan to visit Scandinavian countries but changed our minds.  From Germany our new route was Netherlands, Belgium, France, back to Belgium and Netherlands to meet our daughter who flew in from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to join us for exactly 4 weeks.  From Amsterdam, Netherlands, we passed through Germany again because our daughter wants to see Poland and as a bonus, we wanted her to see Czech Republic so that was where she ended her trip in Europe.  In Prague, daughter Cha, flew to London to meet a friend before flying to the highlight of her trip which is India, where she will backpack for two months.

We continued our Part 2 by travelling through Germany, Austria and finally Italy.  We are now back in Gazoldo having completed a round trip from and back to Gazoldo degli Ippoliti.

Part 2 was 3 months and 15 days with 10 days cleaning, detailing, rubbing and waxing the camper, bonding with family (1 brother, 2 nieces, 2 kids of niece) and resting.  Mileage was  5,500 kms.

Total mileage is 9500 kms.

 We definitely enjoyed our RVing in Europe 2011 and we are coming back for more.