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i'm sure that on a recent trip to belgium i went to a right hand window but i think you're correct V.V. ... - .- -.




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Post #50160 14th Feb 2011 1:22pm
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Post #50189 14th Feb 2011 6:06pm
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+1 for the Millau Viaduct and the associated visitor centre. It's a great visit and the road from Montepellier is very good (after you get off the ECool.

I did London -> Paris -> Lyon -> South of France -> Millau -> Versailles -> London and the whole family throughly enjoyed it

If you do anything along the E8 (the coastal motorway along the south), avoid Saturdays as that is change over day for the holiday lets and there are miles of traffic jams. Going to the south, I would suggest going through the mountains via Grenoble and Gap.

Depending on what appeals to you, I would suggest in the south of France to avoid staying in towns like Nice/Monaco and stick to the smaller villages like Frejus, St Aygulf, etc. We stayed in Sainte Maxime and did the drive to Monaco in about 45 minutes and back along the coastal road to Nice, etc

As Darren suggested, do Italy. It is beautiful Smile Paul

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darrenmax wrote:
scarey wrote:
i have noticed that drivers over there on 2/3 lane roads, indicate to come out at the same time they pull out, they then politely pull back in leaving the 'fast' lane clear...not like over here where drivers just hog the middle or fast lane...

i used to drive from antwerp to turin, then on to monaco every 2 weeks and believe me the french arent that friendly, they come up behind you with their lights flashing and the indicator on nearly all the time


And that is when they are being nice. I had quite a few try and drive me out of the middle lane (read: side swipe) lol Paul

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I'd reconsider Champagne...

You expect

or this

What you get is hoursnhoursnhours of this


I'd either do a detour through the Loire valley or if you're set on Champagne (as in Liquid), go directly to Reims. We packed up and headed west one summer a couple of years ago because the weather here was bad and turned nice on the other side of the Voges Mnts just to the west. Coming from the Alsace, I pictured the top 2 pics. What we didn't know is that the Champagne (the region, not the Liquid) is also the 'great plains' of France. Wotta boring drive. And then we got to where they make the (Liquid) Champagne and it's only 1/4 th the size of the wine region in the Alsace and not as picturesque. Speaking of which, if you're set on wine/alc, then do a run up the 'Route du Vins' in the Alsace. They make good bubbly here too (Cremant). Much more to see and do than in the Champagne (Liquid and region)... Laughing 
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Driving your FFRR through the continent is awesome, I did it 2 summers ago, last winter for skiing and going again in 3 weeks time down through the Alps.

I did a write up from my summer jaunt:

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Great pics and epic journey. We have done the same passes and more in our 28ft Campervan - if there is tarmac we use it Whistle

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