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Welcome to (some of) Ryan and Mels adventures!
Our Current Status:
Due to dealing with our land/development project we will be "at home" till
Easter! I know I know, normal trips will resume shortly!
INFOMATION: Our personal
online amazon shop is on
line and in test - please feel free to take a look!
Hello and Welcome!
Thanks for visiting and hope our travels trips and exploits are interesting to you and they have some useful tips you can use yourself. If you have any comments or suggestions please feel free to add them in the Guestbook and we can get back to you.
Apart from our travels, we hope soon to be in a position to initiate some other dreams - such as undertaking voluntary work; fun jobs (e.g. working in a ski resort); and some other things that will soon be apparent!
Campervan Tour since October 2008
The map to the right (click map to expand) shows where our trips have taken us so far, with both the
plans and reviews available on the "TRIP" menu above. This site only
covers trips since we started our big adventure - not previous holiday trips.
So far:-
- Trip 1: Holland & North and East Germany
6 weeks, Oct/Nov 08 - Trip 2: Spain & Portugal including sun
chasing and snowboarding!
7 weeks, Dec 08/Jan 09 - Trip 3: Italy & Switzerland
7 weeks: Feb/Mar/Apr 09 - Trip 4: Scotland ish
2.5 weeks: August 09 - Trip 5: South of France
4 weeks: September 09 - Trip 6: South Germany,
Austria and Hungary to Budapest
4 Weeks: Nov/Dec 09.
Trips to do:- (no specific order)
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
- Slovinia, Croatia, Bosnia etc
- Poland
- Iceland & Scandanavia
- And not forgetting UK Lakes, Scotland, Dales etc
Our Adventure Dream
Our dream is to have as much fun as we can for as long as possible! We're fortunate in that we have the time at the moment. Our rules are: (1) if we want to do it - we will! (2) never say never and (3) You only live once. We would much rather be in our rocking chairs saying "When we were younger we ......" than "Wish we .... when we were younger"
Inspired? Any tips for our future trips?
Then get in touch! We really enjoy getting comments from people, gems
on where to visit, and people who tell us they've got help and inspiration from
us! If any of you are ever near us - give us a shout and we can all have a
beer!
One core source of information is a Website forum Motorhome Facts! Far too many people on there have been helpful to us - so worth a peak.
Site Map
Here is a site map which shows the direct links for all pages which are accessible directly off the menu above:-
1. HOME 2. Trip Planning/Tips/Van Planning and Preparation Our Campervan! Detailed Review Modifications by us (index) Modifications - Upgrades Modifications - Useful Mods Modifications - Minor tweaks Tips/Advice/Communication/Research/Finance etc Extra tips learnded after 200 days in a year 200 days in Year 1 - Review Campsite/Aires/Stopover Database 3. Trip Details/Reviews Trip 1 - Holland & North Germany Preparation Details, costs, review W1 Home-North Holland W2 East Holland-Amsterdam W3 Amsterdam-Hamburg W4 Hamburg-Berlin W5 Berlin-Dresden-Harz Mountains W6 Harz Mountains-Home How did the 4.8m van do? Trip 2 - Spain and Portugal (Sun & Snow!) Preparation Details, costs, review W1 Home-Malaga W2 Malaga-Tarifa W3 Tarifa-Aljezur W4 Aljezur-Lisbon-Algarve W5 Algarve-Sierra Nevada W6 Sierra Nevada-Valencia W7 Valencia-Home How did the 4.8m van do? Trip 3 - Switzerland and Italy Preparation Details, costs, review W1 Home-Munster (CH) W2 Munster-Lake Bolsena (I) W3 Lake Bolsena-Sperlonga W4 Sperlonga-L'Aquila W5 L'Aquila-Florence W6 Florence-Lake Garda W7 Lake Garda-Home Trip 4 - Scotland (ish!) Trip 5 - France (pt 1) Details, costs, review W1 Home-Cap de Agde W2 Cap de Agde-Le Pradet W3 Le Pradet-Les Salles Sur Vendon W4 Les Salles Sur Vendon-Home Trip 6 - Germany, Austria and Hungary to Budapest Details, costs, review W1 Home-Baden Baden (DE) W2 Baden Baden (DE)-Sankt Gilgen (A) W3 Sankt Gilgen (A)-Mosonmagyaróvár (HU) W4 Mosonmagyaróvár (HU)-Home 4. Blog/Links/Guestbook/Pics Our Blog Our Guestbook Others Blogs Links to other useful sites Photos