AK350Z Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 Well, that's most of the trip sorted out. The Lady has happily agreed to the driving bit as long as there's no silly length days in the car, so we're trying to keep stints down to 3hrs or so, and have decent stops in fewer locations than you would on a total driving holiday. We're going mid July, for just over three weeks. The itinerary is as follows: Cumbria > Oxford area Oxford > Portsmouth> Overnight ferry to Le Havre Le Havre > Paris Paris > Dijon area Dijon > Feisch (Switzerland) Fiesch > Lenno, Como. Lenno > Grindelwald (Eiger!) +One night in the Monchjoch Hut at 10,000ft! Grindelwald > Baden-Baden Baden-Baden > Cologne (And 'ring visit hopefully) Cologne > Ijmuiden Ijmuiden > Overnight Ferry > Newcastle Newcastle > Home! I'm looking for a recommendation for a nice overnight stop in the Dijon area, if anyone has any particular choices. Quote
AK350Z Posted January 20, 2014 Author Posted January 20, 2014 I know, I'm a lucky man. Fran made me pies the other day too, what more can you reasonably ask for eh? Hopefully the Zed can come through it all scratch free, but I'm mentally preparing myself to not let any knocks spoil the trip! We're staying just outside the Paris peripherique, on the Versailles side. Think I might be driving to that hotel outside rush hour! Quote
Stutopia Posted January 20, 2014 Posted January 20, 2014 We hit Dijon on the way down to Barca for the new year road trip, cool place. Didn't see many honeymoon hotels, the mercure looked ok from across the road, but not exactly romantic. However, there's a bar in the gringo central bit called Mac Callaghan, it's on Rue Bannelier I think, they give you free oysters when you have a few drinks (perfect for honeymoon) we also got a free pint for drinking more than the locals, we didn't even know there was a contest on Have fun on the trip, sounds ace. Quote
Ebized Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Looking forward to seeing the pics of that trip - sounds brilliant Quote
mattross1313 Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Sounds awesome, We stopped in Dijon for our Roadtrip last July. However we were camping, and even for campsite standards it was one of our worst nights! Nice place though. Quote
Flex Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Shame about having to go to Newcastle, sorry Smoggie in me couldn't resist. Quote
AK350Z Posted January 21, 2014 Author Posted January 21, 2014 lol, no camping for us on this trip Matt! Had one reccomendation from a well travelled friend: http://www.chailly.co.uk/ 1 Quote
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