2014

This year we canceled our trip, but Frank went over to prepare the Rialta to be shipped back to Canada.

Due to arrive mid-August.

 

A short trip, from Amsterdam through Belgium to Reims & Orléans, then east to Metz, followed by 10 days on the Mosel & the Rhein.

With a long stopover in Dulles en route, I took the 15 minute shuttle to the nearby Smithsonian Air & Space Museum to kill some time. Fantastic place, took in an IMAX film as well.

 

 

 

 

 

After landing in Amsterdam, I drove south, stopping for lunch at Drei Fonteinen in Beersel, before entering France. After looping from Reims to Orléans, I headed east through Troyes & Brienne Le Chateau...

 

... to Metz - stayed in the Camping, overlooking the Mosel...

 

From Metz I routed through Luxembourg, past Trier to wind along the Mosel River, staying in Wintrich...

 

 ... and Krov ( International Fest ongoing)... 

...and a brief stop in Cochem...

 

I then left the Mosel and found a great spot overlooking the Rhein in Oberwesel...

From Oberwesel I went to Köln, where I snagged a spot in the stellplatz overlooking the Rhein.

Then to Haarlem to hang out with my friend Kees and to steam clean and prepare the Rialta for its return voyage.