Aidy P
Don't play that 'What If?' game, you'll never win!
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For the first time we're going on a 3 week family (wife and I and two daughters 7&9) road trip in the California. We've simply got a ferry booked from Hull to Rotterdam and then Zebrugge back to Hull 3 weeks later. The plan is to use the ACSI Camping Card book and app to find campsites as we go as we want to be 'free'!! This is our biggest trip in the van to date.
First stop will be Kassel in Germany to see some family. Then we're planning on dropping down in Bavaria to the Lake Chiemsee. What are the rules for 'Wild Camping' in a VW in Germany?
From Bavaria we'd like to get down to the coast near Venice via Austria. How easy is it to drive through the Austrian mountains and again what are the wild camping rules? A friend mentioned a train that you can take a car on through the mountains. Has anyone used this?
Has anyone camped near Venice? Was it easy to get public transport in to see the sights?
From Venice we're going to go over to the Italian Lakes before stopping near Milan to see some friends.
What are the wild camping rules in Italy?
From the lakes its a brief stop in Milan to see friends. Can anyone recommend a good site near Milan?
Then on to Chamonix in France to meet other friends before working our way back up through France into Belgium.
France I've taken the van before so we also have All The Aires to help us find stopovers and I'm used to the French motorway tolls. How do these tolls compare with the other countries?
Finally, any advice on Wild Camping in Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Belgium please in case we get stuck.
The van has been serviced and is starting to be packed. We're on a mission to keep it simple and light so we can be nimble with our travelling. I'm hoping its a trip that we're all going to remember for lost of positive memories (but as we get close...I have to admit to being a little nervous too!)
Any advice for camping and travelling in the above countries including must take travel essentials will be appreciated.
Bring on the summer holidays!!
Thanks
First stop will be Kassel in Germany to see some family. Then we're planning on dropping down in Bavaria to the Lake Chiemsee. What are the rules for 'Wild Camping' in a VW in Germany?
From Bavaria we'd like to get down to the coast near Venice via Austria. How easy is it to drive through the Austrian mountains and again what are the wild camping rules? A friend mentioned a train that you can take a car on through the mountains. Has anyone used this?
Has anyone camped near Venice? Was it easy to get public transport in to see the sights?
From Venice we're going to go over to the Italian Lakes before stopping near Milan to see some friends.
What are the wild camping rules in Italy?
From the lakes its a brief stop in Milan to see friends. Can anyone recommend a good site near Milan?
Then on to Chamonix in France to meet other friends before working our way back up through France into Belgium.
France I've taken the van before so we also have All The Aires to help us find stopovers and I'm used to the French motorway tolls. How do these tolls compare with the other countries?
Finally, any advice on Wild Camping in Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Belgium please in case we get stuck.
The van has been serviced and is starting to be packed. We're on a mission to keep it simple and light so we can be nimble with our travelling. I'm hoping its a trip that we're all going to remember for lost of positive memories (but as we get close...I have to admit to being a little nervous too!)
Any advice for camping and travelling in the above countries including must take travel essentials will be appreciated.
Bring on the summer holidays!!
Thanks