The urge to explore

I like to be at home.

Safe, warm, all comfort, and always something to do.

Yet, there is more to life then emptying dishwashers, cleaning up the kid's mess, ... over and over again.

How do you get away from all of that: a break ?

What is the perfect break ?

I knew what that meant to me: exploring.

My wife likes the sun. Little children want water, sand and other children. Older children want wifi.

Trying is knowing.

These days with older children three types of vacation keep standing:

  • Family ski vacation with the car

  • CamperVan as a couple, complemented with bikes

  • 4x4 with daughter, son and friends

After buying our first CamperVan, I started preparing. And couldn't keep myself from sharing.

In the menu you can get to my findings related to "selecting a ride", "preparing" and "camping" itself.

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Vianden

Luxembourg Vianden More

Gaasbeek Castle

Belgium Flanders Gaasbeek Castle
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Ooidonk castle

Belgium Flanders Kasteel van Ooidonk
Picto TripAdvisor

De Belgische kust

Belgium Flanders De Kust

From de Famiflora and Plopsaland in the South, driving 100km to Het Zwin in the North.  5 stops on the best locations.

Fully prepared, exclusive for members.

Windmills

Netherlands Windmills

Châteaux de la Loire

France Chateaux de la Loire

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Landing in Normandy

France Landing Normandy That this war may never ever be forgotten, and never ever anywhere happen again. That when we stand together, we can overcome every injustice.

Follow a trail thru France, Belgium, Germany all the way to where the trains stopped.

Itinerary (4 to 5 days)

Arrive and visit 1 museum and 1 beach

Picto Route 100km, 4 musea, 3 monuments, 1 beach

Visit 1 beach, 2 musea and one of the ports

Picto Route 53km, 2 beaches, 1 museum and 2 army vehicles

Picto Route 358km with sleepover in Le Crotoy and visit La Coupole on your way back North direction Calais.

Trappiste

Belgium Flanders Beer Chimay, Orval and Rochefort can be visited in one trip together with Dinant, Ciney, Durbuy or Charleville-Mézières and Sedan in France.

Picto Wiki

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

France Nord pas de Calais
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Picto Camping  or  Click to see good camping spot Boulogne-sur-Mer
Click to see good camping spotClick to see good camping spot or  Le Crotoy

Boat-lifts route

Belgium Wallonia Ronquere
Parking

Picto Unesco World heritage

4 Hydrolic boat-lifts

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Battle of the bulge

Belgium Wallonie Ardennen offensief

From 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945, Hitler's army tried to push back the allied forces and secure Antwerp. They tried !

Picto Wiki

Itinerary

95km from the end point of Along the frontline sleep in Floreffe and visit 1 city and 1 museum

Picto Route Drive 29km visit 1 city and 1 museum

Picto Route Drive 84km and visit 1 city, one museum and 1 monument

Picto Route Drive 131km and visit 1 museum

Picto Route Drive 238km and visit 3 sites and 4 musea (or split with sleepover in Pepinster)

Istria Inland

Croatia Istria inland From South to North

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Kingdom of Festini (cave)

Pazin cave

Vela Vata (The Great Gate)

Brugge

Belgium Flanders Brugge

Picto Unesco World heritage

Brugge Venice of the North.

History & authentic.

Click to see good camping spot

Limited places

Click to see good camping spot + Picto Stappen17min. + picto train  14min. Beernem - Brugge

Veluwen

Netherlands veluwe

Provinciale domeinen

Belgium Flanders Provincie domein Every province has its domain for recreation.  Mostly accompanied by a camping.

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Cyclist paradise

rijdende wielrenners Many hills of the "ronde van Vlaanderen" close by Oudenaarde and Ronse.

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Bokrijk

Belgium Flanders Bokrijk Bokrijk open-Air museum.

Townhall and belfry

Belgium Flanders Oudenaarde Belfort

Picto Unesco World heritage

The most beautiful townhalls of Flanders.

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Waterloo

Belgium Wallonia Waterloo More
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Hoge kempen

Belgium Flanders Hoge kempen Once an industrial coal region, now natural beauty protected as National Park.

Hoge kempen

La Coupole

France La Coupole
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Ronse

Belgium Flanders Ronse Parking

A small city in the green, yet, once the richest city in Flanders with its tapestry museum, Art deco buildings, a basilica with crypte

Boutique hotels and modern bicycle B&B.

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Beaux Châteaux

Belgium Wallonia Kastelen Parking More

Domain provencial

Belgium Flanders Provincie domein camping More

Along the frontline 

Belgium Flanders War

West-Flanders is scarred by two Wold Wars.  This should forever be remembered, for it never, ever or anywhere, to happen again.

Visit WW I remnants and follow the trail of the WW II allied forces from Omaha beach, along many important places, all the way to where the trains stopped. Fully prepared from Omaha beach till the Ardennes in Belgium.  Work in progress to follow the trail till Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Itinerary

Picto Route Drive 53km and visit 3 musea

Visit a museum and a monument

Picto Route 70km visit 1 museum and 3 cemetries

Visit a museum and a cemetry

Picto Route 138km and visit 2 musea

Atlantikwall

Belgium Flanders Raversyde Parking

Raversyde

Walk thru the bunkers and trenches

Zilvermeer

Belgium Flanders Zilvermeer
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Menenpoort

Belgium Flanders Menenpoort Last post, especially on amistice day, November 11th.

Ieper

Click to see good camping spot + 5min. picto bike or 30min. picto walker

Pula cave

Croatia pula cave Bunkers, kajac the cave.

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Lago di Garda

Italy lake garda Picto Wiki

Monastries of Normandy, Chartres and Versaille

France Abbeys

550km from North to South past the most beautiful abbeys of Normandy.

Fully prepared, exclusive for members.

Het Zwin

Belgium Flanders Het Zwin
Parking Unique nature.

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Pairi Daiza Zoo

Belgium Wallonia Paira Daiza
Only place to see panda's and much more animals in as natural possible environment.

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Click to see good camping spot + 30min.picto bike

Clervaux

Luxembourg Clervaux More

Gallo romeins museum Velzeke

Belgium Flanders GalloRomein

Velzeke AD 850

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De Haan

Belgium Flanders De Haan

Authentic coastal city

Hosting the largest brocante market and a belle époque re-enacting: Trammelant on the 1st Saturday of August (if 1/8 -> 8/8).

camping

Join us 5-6/8-2023. De Haan

Zimmertoren

Belgium Flanders Zimmertoren
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Hallerbos

Belgium Flanders Hallerbos

Mid April 500 ha (1235 ac) of blue flowers

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Mramornica caveuagent

Croatia Mnamornica cave
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De muur van Geraardsbergen

Belgium Flanders De muur van Geraardsbergen

Iconic hill, part of the cyclist tour "Ronde van Vlaanderen"

Geraardsbergen hosting his "Manneke pis" like Brussels does

Taste de mattentaart

Beer routes

Belgium Flanders Beer

Trappisten route camperstop

Picto Wiki

Achel, best to combine with other visits to Zilvermeer MolNationaal Park Hoge Kempen and Bokrijk.
Westmalle, best to combine with ... Antwerp region
Click to see good camping spot

Westvleteren can be combined with the "Westhoek". AtlantikwallIeper.

Austria Ski

Austria Ski 7 options

Champagne region

France Champagne

Reims, Moët & Chandon

Roadtrip Champagne

Campertrip Champagne

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Carnaval Binche

Belgium Wallonie Binche carnaval
Parking Unique carnaval.

Picto Wiki

Hautes Fagnes

Belgium Wallonia Hoge venen
Parking Unique nature.

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Veves Castle

Belgium Wallonia Veves Castle More

Versaille

France Palace-of-Versailles More
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Istria Coastline

Croatia Istria Coast

Enjoy the amaszing coastline of Istria in Croatia.

7 nights, 160 km North to South, fully prepared, exclusive for members.

See also Istria inland, South to North. 

Wikipedia

Driving to Croatia when passing Luxembourg: Gasoline prices Europe

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