Roadtrip #3 (Adriatic Part 1) – Overview
Roadtrip #3 (Adriatic Adventure)
Ever wanted to pack your bags, just jump in a motorhome and go off and explore Europe as a family? Well, that’s exactly what we (Catherine, Richard, Lottie & Libby) have done since September 2015.
A normal family just on an extra-ordinary adventure, so here’s the 3rd part of our European Roadtrip towards the south of Europe (including Italy, Croatia, France, Austria, Switzerland & Slovenia)
Long story short
How did it all start….
We’re just a normal family of 4 (& a dog) but when kayaking the Dordogne in July 2015, a switch just flipped! Life’s too short, we needed to ‘live’ not ‘exist’ So we’ve taken up a ‘once in a lifetime’ family opportunity!
So here’s the first steps onto a roadtrip adventure that’s now over 700+ days old and includes visits to over 30+ European Countries….
INTERACTIVE ROUTEMAP (adriatic adventure)
Route Overview
Miles Covered
Hours Driven
Days On Road
Cost Per Day (4 people)
Could you do it with your family?
Picture this. All your belongings safely stowed in the back of your motorhome. Imagine you sitting in the drivers seat, with the kids in the back, ready and raring to go for yet another family adventure in your trusty motorhome. The chance to discover amazing people, places, food and adventures across Europe. All for under £48/day (average in 2017) or £17,000/year.
Use our experiences to Help You
Hopefully you’ll find plenty to inspire and help you on your journey, but please shout if we can ever be of help… just drop us a line and we’ll get back as soon as we can get wifi signal!!!
We hope you enjoy these Route Specific Blog Posts below but if you have a Question, we'd be happy to help you
LifeinourVan City Reviews | Rome | Italy
Rome in Italy Things we did in Rome, Italy What we liked about it here's just a few ideas.... As Italy's capital city, Rome has lots to offer in terms of attractions and places of interest, but nothing really prepares you for the sheer beauty and vibrancy of this...
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LifeinourVan City Reviews | Munich | Germany
Munich in Germany Things we did in Munich, Germany What we liked about it here's just a few ideas.... With playgrounds and glorious parks everywhere including it's own Olympic Park, Munich has plenty to entertain young visitors. Its vast range of impressive museums...
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LifeinourVan City Reviews | Brussels | Belgium
Brussels in Belgium Things we did in Brussels, Belgium What we liked about it here's just a few ideas.... What's our main tip for families? Access to the city is best via the fantastic tram system. If you have younger children, why not head for the Mini Europe...
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LifeinourVan City Reviews | Strasbourg | France
Strasbourg in France Things we did in Strasbourg, France What we liked about it here's just a few ideas.... What's our main tip for families? Head for the impressive cathedral before walking the short walk to where the river trips depart, view the EU parliament &...
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LifeinourVan City Reviews | Bruges | Belgium
Bruges in Belgium Things we did in Bruges What we liked about it here's just a few ideas.... What's our tip for families? If you love a good canal trip, then this is the city for you... see the city by canal, visit the Historium & head up the bell tower.. then try out...
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LifeinourVan City Reviews | Dubrovnik | Croatia
Dubrovnik in Croatia Things we did in Dubrovnik, Croatia What we liked about it here's just a few ideas.... Do you fancy swimming in the crystal clear warm water of Dubrovnik. Gazing up at the imposing citadel made famous by Game of Thrones. If you do, you’ll love any...
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Lifeinourvan Europe Roadtrip | Dashcam Footage | Alps
If you fancy seeing a little more then, check out the dash cam videos of some of our ‘Top Scenic Drives’ across Europe . Or if you want to read more, click on any of these below to see their full blog post :- Jotunheimen Tourist Route (Norway) Aarhus to Limfjorden...
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Sharing our Learning Journey in Pisa
Both girls throughly enjoyed their opportunity to create this video on the Leaning Tower of Pisa to help their cousin Izzy's school topic on Italy... After a decent night at the Parcheggio Camper site, just a few minutes walk (10-15mins) from the centre of...
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Chance to get the human angle on the WW1 experience at ‘In Flanders Field’ Museum, Ypres
With the girls still reeling from the superb introductory tour (from Salient Tours), we headed for the main Ypres museum 'In Flanders Field' just along from the central square (in sight of the Menin Gate). It really is a superbly situated museum within...
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Belgium’s Comic Arts Museum, Brussels | Introducing Tin Tin to the next generation
If we're honest, we hadn't planned on retracing our steps back.. but this was too good an opportunity to miss... we'd been really keen to visit the fantastic Belgium Comic Arts Museum since we planned the journey some months back... figuring the girls would love the...
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A dash to see the tulip fields near Amsterdam…
Those Dutch tulip fields, wow! All the colours of the rainbow!!! what an experience and worth every one of the 716km to get there!!! It really was frighteningly long drive from Munich to Amsterdam almost certainly eclipsing any pf our previous 'one day journeys' but...
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Belgium choccies in Bruges
Wow, finishing this leg as we started it! 3 countries in 3 days and well over 1000km travelled! It's been a busy end but we couldn't miss out on a trip to a very special place, Bruges! ruges is often described as the 'picture perfect' European...
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A special visit to Truma, Munich – from a humble language school into a multinational corporation
Truma UK (part of Truma Group since April 1997) working with their sister company Truma Germany helped secure us this fantastic visit to the main product plant in Munich... a chance to see high end engineering at first hand and a chance to see how a multi national...
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Science, Science, Science – a day to remember at the Deutsche Museum, Munich
The Deutsche Museum is ostensibly a Science & Technology museum that resides on the banks of the river that runs through the centre of Munich, it has main key attractions but we simply had to start with the wonderful mining section.. quite literally down a mine shaft!...
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From Edelweiss to Bayern Munich in one day… and a family experience at Mystery Rooms Escape Room!!
So after a fair few days of trying to squeeze in work and play....we decided today was a day to catch up, write up and more importantly focus on some basics!!! So both girls set to the task before 8am and barely raised their heads until mid day! (well perhaps they...
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