A year ago we were on day 41. Here is what happened in the other 330.
· The journey
The blog stopped on 15 September 2025. The journey did not: another 16,289 kilometres, four countries and not a line written. Let us start with why.
August 2026
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Twelve days still, and two hundred metres
From 21 to 31 August 2025 the track records 0.2 kilometres. It was not laziness, and it was the best decision of the first month.
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The vehicle
Four kilometres of gravel track
On day nineteen we scratched an entire side of the camper rather than go back on our word. Would we do it again? We still do not know.
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July 2026
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The savannah near Béziers
After three intense days between the Sigean safari park and the visit to Carcassonne, we took a break by the sea.
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Carcassonne: the detour we were not sure about
We were not entirely sure whether to make the small detour and go and see Carcassonne. Now we are really glad we did.
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September 2025
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Days 50–52: Sorrento and the crazy traffic
The drive to the coast turns out to be the real challenge. Then three nights with a pool, a scooter and an hour on the water.
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Day 49: A spontaneous visit to Pompeii
We thought Pompeii would be too much with two small children. A series of coincidences takes us there anyway.
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Days 47+48: Back to Ostuni and the astonishing Matera
For a gas bottle we drive an hour and a half back the way we came, and spend the afternoon in the old town of Ostuni.
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Days 42-46: Sant'Isidoro – storm, beach and ants
Five nights on a bay, a storm on the first night, and a few days later a camper full of ants.
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Day 37: Ostuni and disinfecting the water tank
Ostuni luckily has a camper accessories shop. We buy a disinfectant for the tank.
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Growing
Days 35–36: the Waldorf school La Stella in Ceglie Messapica
We leave the camper stop at Alberobello and go to visit the Waldorf school La Stella.
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Growing
Days 38-41: Punta Prosciutto and the forest festival
After the night in the car park in Ostuni we try to have our empty gas bottle refilled.
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Day 34: Polignano and Alberobello
From Margherita di Savoia we follow the coast and stop at Polignano a Mare.
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Growing
31 August: one month on the road
We have been travelling for exactly a month and so far it still feels like a holiday.
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Day 33: Margherita di Savoia — visiting our borrowed family
Today the moment has come to say goodbye to the Baia degli Aranci.
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Days 22-32: Vieste, Baia degli Aranci – rest at last(?)
It is high time for some rest. In the end we will stay here for twelve days.
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August 2025
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Day 20: long leg to the Adriatic coast (Lake Bolsena, Pescara, Fossacesia)
Today we cross to the other side of the Apennines. First we wash the camper and get the mud of the gravel track off it.
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Day 21: Apulia, Gargano, Vieste
We wake up and see the sea – amazing!
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Day 19: an adventurous drive to Farnese and enchanting Pitigliano
Acquaintances live self-sufficiently in the countryside near Farnese. The road turns into a gravel track.
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Day 14: into Tuscany
We say goodbye after a lovely visit. First comes a good long stretch of motorway.
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Days 15–16: we head for the sea… at last!
After a quiet night we have breakfast looking out over a beautiful Tuscan landscape.
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Days 17–18: further along the coast — Argentario and Pescia Romana
We move on, but stay in the Argentario area.
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Day 13: a visit in Abano Terme
Today we go to friends in Abano Terme. We take our break on the way right beside a car wash.
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Days 3–11: Udine
In Udine we can park the camper in the courtyard of Maddi's cousin. Getting in is millimetre work.
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Day 12: on again (at last), or rather: properly beginning
Udine was a planned stop, to finish the work on the camper we had not managed in Munich.
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Day 2: on to Udine
After the first night in the camper it is very cold in the morning and I have to switch the heating on.
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Day 1: departure — pfiat di Minga
On 31 July it finally happens: months of preparation run together into the one moment when all the threads meet.
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