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So we're trying to decide a rough route to follow while touring Europe for the year, it obviously won't be set in stone but we'd like to get it something like so we know what ferries to book etc. I've attached a picture of what we've drawn out so far.
We go at the end of Sept/start of Oct so we'll be heading south first to leave the north til next summer and we need to be back by end of Aug 2012.
So the route will roughly be:
Oct - W. France, N. Spain
Nov - Portugal, S. Spain
Dec - S. France, Italy (Want to spend Christmas in Rome)
Jan - Greec, Bulgaria
February - Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia
March - Austria, Switzerland, S. to Mid. Germany
April - Poland
May - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
June - Finland, N. Sweden
July - Norway, S. Sweden
Aug - Denmark, Netherland, Belgium and home.
So long as you don't build it in stone and allow for changes of plan - poor weather, loving somewhere and wanting to stay- etc then it looks brilliant.
Have you looked at itineraries that other people have followed for the countries you want to visit ? ( eg on Magbaz etc site). There's nothing so frustrating as to get home and realise you passed the "Must See Site of All Times" by 100 metres !
Firstly WOW - we're doing the same route as you but in reverse!
www.europebycamper.com is our blog. We are keeping a log of all the places we Wild Camp for free over night so contact me and you are welcome to a copy of it.
If you are going Greece to Bulgaria maybe think about Istanbull? It's in 'European Turkey' and insurance was easy for us to get.
South of Spain - What about Morocco? Although you could be in danger of being accused of doing a whistle stop tour like we do!
Get a copy of Microsoft Autoroute if you haven't already and start to plot on the map all the places you want to go to or pick up as tips, read in magazines and books. You'll find that information invaluable when out on the road.
Will look forward to your blog once you're up and running!
This looks great but we would be a bit concerned about the January to March bits - Eastern Europe can get enormous amounts of snow and ice in Winter. Do you/will you have winter tyres fitted and/or snow chains? Is the van fully winterised? Do you have sufficient Propane capacity? Batteries big enough and new enough to cope in low temperature? Enough payload for emergency food supplies?
Hopefully, none of these will be a problem but you are better off preparing for as much as you can.
The only part of the route that is bothering us at the moment is austria and switzerland in March and getting snowed in.
I went skiing in Romania a few years ago, in February. Incredibly harsh and treacherous conditions, I couldn't imagine taking the mh there tbh.
Otherwise, look like a wonderful adventure - deeply jealous too !
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