We have decided to head to Europe for our long summer break. It was close call. We spent a while juggling up an interpid style trip to China and Tibet or heading to France and the UK to catch up with friends. France and the UK won out and we have nearly organized an itinerary. Nothing like booking and committing to flights to get you motivated.
We are leaving Singapore at the beginning of June and heading to Paris to pick up a little Peugeot rental car. We are packing our tent and a bit of camping gear and intend to drive around France, the top of Italy and Switzerland for about four weeks. In France the plan to is check out Monet's Garden in Giverny just to the north of Paris then to drive out towards Normandy to some of the D-Day landing beaches. After this we hope to head south to a famous abbey called Mont. St Michel near Brittany.
The rest of the plan is vague at the moment. We think we will skirt around the Mediterranean Coast and pop into Italy to maybe spend some time here. Then I want to explore some of the Swiss and French Alps and to do a few missions. We will try to base ourselves somewhere like Chaminox on the French side or Zermett near the Matterhorn but are a cautious about how far our Singapore dollars will stretch.
From here we will drop back the rental and fly from Paris to Glasgow to do some touristy things with Rachel's brother Rodney before heading down through the UK to rendezvous with Rodney and his girlfriend at their apartment in London. Just before we fly back to Singapore we are booked for a little break in Paris with good mates Tom and Kathryn.
Should be a good trip, a little different from the bus journey and empanadas of South America but something I have been wanting to do for a few years. If anyone has any good ideas of places to see in the South and East of France let us know !
