Bella Italia!!

by | Sep 15, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

We’re on our way to Italy and the navi says we’ve only got 140 km to go. We started out at about 11 am this morning and intended to meet up with Steffen and Steffi at 1 pm at a rest stop outside of Salzburg, Austria. But what should have taken us 2 hours...

Off to the grandparents

by | Sep 14, 2006 | Travel

Yesterday we spent most of the day preparing for the trip to Italy. That involved everything from making sure we had plenty of food for the dog to making sure all her toys and treats were packed…and then making sure we had everything for ourselves as well. So we...

On the road again…

by | Sep 14, 2006 | Europe, Italy, Travel

Well, after not doing much traveling at all for a while, we will be traveling quite a bit in the coming week. We are taking a trip to Tuscany from Germany with the Defender, the dog and will be joined by two friends who are driving along in their VW bus.You might...

Another weekend of camping

by | Jul 9, 2006 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2), Travel

We decided to use this weekend to practice what will happen when we have to set up and take down our whole collection of camping stuff so we packed everything up & found our way to Holland for the weekend. We had selected a camping site online a few days before...

Our new camping haven

by | Jun 25, 2006 | Europe, Germany, Pets, The puppy years (1-2), Travel

We went camping again this weekend to prepare, train and just ready ourselves for our 3 week trip through Spain and Portugal. Since we intend to camp pretty much every night we’re traveling, we know that we need to get everything down to an exact science so...