We booked a ferry crossing yesterday. After a bit of thinking about routes, we have come to the conclusion that we don`t know what our route is going to be. Having never done this sort of holiday before, it`s very hard to tell whether we`ll like zooming 1000km across country and then staying somewhere for a week, or moving on a small distance every day. Perhaps a mixture. Perhaps we won`t like anything at all.
Anyway - we decided that we do at least have to get into continental Europe at some point, so I went ahead and booked a one-way ferry from Dover to Calais on May 1st. Was only £75 including the caravan - I`ve paid more than 180 for a return journey with just the car, so I thought that was pretty good. We`re travelling out on a bank holiday, which might help as I`d imagine it`s not the most popular time to head off.
We`ll have two weeks in the UK beforehand, during which we`ll hopefully begin to get an idea of what style of travelling we like. As a result of not planning an itinerary properly, we`ve no idea really what parts of Europe we`re going to head to - we`re both still very keen to try and get the nordic coutnries in, but it remains to be seen whether we can really manage the distance or not.
All I can tell you now is that we`ll be in France on the 1st of May, and we`ll be in Greece by the 28th of June (because that`s when I have to fly to China).