Europe 2012

This blog is a chronicle of trips away from home. My name is Kevin Barrett, and my wife is Kimberley. We live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

First up is our European adventure: end of April to early June, 2012. Six weeks abroad.

A couple of things...

• Kimberley and I left Edmonton on Saturday, April 28th, and returned on Saturday, June 9th, 2012.
• We arrived in Paris and after a few days, rented a car. We drove through France, into Spain, and then across southern France into Italy. Wound up putting about 5500 KM on the rental.
• I wanted to drive the trip because of many years watching the Tour de France...the countryside looked awesome, and I wanted to see the towns, hills and rivers from the cyclist's point of view.
• The major areas we hit over the six weeks were: 
• Paris
• Normandy
• Loire Valley
• Dordogne Valley
• Carcassonne
• Priorat county, Catalonia
• Provence
• Genoa
• Firenze
• Tuscany
• Rome
• We love to cook...we took cooking lessons in Priorat and Tuscany.
• Favorite locations: Tuscany, Normandy and Priorat.

Now, on to the travelogue.