Today’s Bloganuary prompt is:
What is a road trip you would love to take?
My two favorite stretches of interstate in the US are I-70 W of Denver and I-10 along the Gulf coast. These days, my road trip planning has a more European focus. For Europe, I most prefer trains for getting between cities, so if we are going by road we must be seeing some nature. One recent summer, we had a fantastic road trip from Aachen, Germany down to Bled, Slovenia and Pula, Croatia and back. There was a definite nature focus while we avoided cities for the COVID times.
The next great road trip I would love to take in the spring to see the heart of Europe in bloom. In mid-April, we would go to the Daffodil Route in the Eiffel, a German national park just south of us. Then we would head to Hallerbos Forest in Belgium that is carpeted in bluebells that time of year. Next we would drive to Champagne, France and spend some time gossiping about how everything else is just sparkling wine. As much as it pains me, we would skip Paris on this trip because I love to show up there emerging from Gare d’Nord in the center of the city on foot. We would drive around Paris to Givery, France to check out Claude Monet’s gardens in full bloom. Next stop would be Normandy Beach in France, to see the historic WWII battleground. Then we would head back along the French and Belgian coast with a stop in Bruges, Belgium to see the canals, belfry, and basilica. Finally, we would drive to Keukenhof and the Dutch tulip gardens.
