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| Europe in a Motorhome: A Mid-Life Gap Year Around Southern Europe |
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| Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing |
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Bored with the daily grind and keen to escape the rat-race, Hazel and Simon Jackson did what so many dream of - they sold their house and possessions, bought a motor home, took their thirteen year old son out of school and travelled Europe. They left winter behind and for the next year they barbecued on beaches, skied on mountains, swam in warm seas and danced at fiestas.
Encountering everything from Spanish hospitals, and the Guardia Civil when they were robbed in Spain - to being ripped off in Rome, propositioned in Sicily, dazzled in Dubrovnik, and almost drowned in Slovenia... they wild-camped their way through southern Europe, in a motor home affectionately known as The Beast.
They slept, ate and lived in a different place almost every day, meeting locals off the beaten track, making new, lasting friendships... and shared it all with their teenage son Jack.
If you enjoy travel and need to be re-assured that you aren't the only ones who break-down, get lost, or stuck in impossible situations, then this is the book for you. Join them as they travel for a year through Europe, from the luxury of your arm-chair.
Brimming with useful tips and historical information, this is a book full of humour, catastrophes and everything else that comes with life on the road.
It is a dream come true.
Please visit their website at www.geocities.com/h.hdj@btinternet.com |
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| Review Date: July 1, 2007 |
| Reviewer: R. Oliver, |
This book is a good example of a travel dairy, while obviously not intended as a "how to" book there are nevertheless many hints and tips offered to the observant reader wishing to undertake a similar journey. But don't buy it if you expect step by strep instructions on motorhoming in Europe - if you need that much instruction perhaps you should stay at home.
Having undertaken a similar journey myself I enjoyed the opportunity to remember and reminisce which the descriptive style of this book offers. Scattered with personal opinions and observations which lift it beyond a mere "travel brochure" I found it an enjoyable and easy read - recommended.
Just a small last point, it's a pity that the photos on the author's web site are too small to appreciate.
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| Review Date: September 24, 2007 |
| Reviewer: H. D. Jackson, Wales UK |
| This book gives you the real inside story of what its like to up sticks, with your children, and take a gap year travelling through europe together. Alongside useful information about cities and local areas you also have the ups and downs, that are sometimes very funny, the good and the bad times, and the people you could meet, which all comes with daily travel. A list of campsites is also included. Don't expect this book to tell you 'how' to take a gap year with your family - just read what happens to this family when they do! Further independent reviews can be seen at [...] . The free photographic web site gives two pages of large pictures from each country visited. Click on the small picture of each country to open the pages. Web site on page 4 of the book. [...] |
europe in a motorhome: amid life gap year around southern europe
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| Review Date: January 24, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Mr. Clifford Ratcliffe, watford. uk |
| total lack of infomation for others thinking of doing the same thing. |
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