Road Trip Time!
I love, love, love road trips! In fact, I love them so much I decided to create a dedicated road trip blog called RearViewMirror.tv. Over there I’m going to be writing about road trips around Europe as well as day trips from Europe’s main cities. It’s still fairly new (I haven’t added a logo/header yet) but please have a look and let me know what you think. If you would like to follow along and get tips and ideas for driving around Europe then subscribe to the RSS feed. I’ll be using the same Facebook page which you can like here if you haven’t already.
Thanks to Changes in Longitude for convincing me starting a road trip blog was a good idea. If there’s anything you don’t like about the site blame Michael!
Road Trip #1
I’ll be taking off on my first road trip of the month tomorrow. Milan is the destination. I’m not going to do sightseeing but to see Soundgarden in concert! I saw them here in Paris earlier in the week but that wasn’t enough so I figured why not drive down to Milan to see them again?
After Italy the road trip will continue with stops in Annecy and who knows where else before returning to Paris for a couple of weeks. Annecy is a great foodie destination and I hope to go to La Salle des Gardes, Crêperie Ti Mad and Au Péché Mignon as recommended by @trottaround. If anyone else has foodie recommendations in Annecy let me know in the comments or on Twitter.
Road Trip #2
Later in the month I’ll be off on a long road trip to Berlin, this time to see Pearl Jam in concert! I love travelling to see concerts and it’s one of the huge benefits of living in Europe.
I’ve already taken many road trips through Germany but on this occasion I’m planning to stop in cities I’ve never visited before. The itinerary looks something like this:
- Paris – Trier – Rudesheim – Hiedelberg – Maulbronn – Schwäbisch Hall – Leipzig – Berlin
Again if you’d like to follow the trip subscribe to Rear View Mirror although I’ll still be writing here of course. I’ll also be quite active on Instragram (destinationeu). Speaking of which if you’d like me to follow you on Instagram, leave your username in the comments and I’ll add you. 
What are your travel plans this month?
About Andrea
I work for an airline, so I am lucky in that we can fly very cheaply to go see concerts that would otherwise be waaaay to far to drive to. Have a great time in Milan (can’t wait to check out your new blog…..I LOVE roadtrips!)
That’s so great that you get cheap flights. It’d be hard not to take advantage of that at every opportunity!
Wow, you’re living the dream, girl! Sounds SOOO awesome and just right up my alley of fun. Enjoy the summer. (We’ll be tooling around Spain and Portugal in a car.)
Well, I know you do plenty of travelling too right? I’ll be in Spain and Portugal towards the end of summer or early autumn. Maybe our paths will cross!
Sounds like a fun month and glad to hear you’re going to Maulbronn and Swabisch Hall – my 2 favorite places in Germany! Trier is also really nice. Will be interested to hear how about Rudesheim and Leipzig as I haven’t been to either yet.
I should have credited you re Maulbronn and Swabisch Hall because I picked those places based on your recommendation (I will when I write my posts on them).
Pearl Jam! Hauptstadt! Heidelberg!
The three magical phrases to pique my interest … or the fact that I lived in Heidelberg for a couple of years …
Fun, fun, fun!
So you must be a Heidelberg expert. I’ll have to message you before I go to get some tips on visiting.
Hi, Andrea. Although it’s been about a year since the last time I was in Heidelberg (HD), I’m happy to point out a few things to see. HD can in fact be done in a day, but I’d set aside two if you can help it, so you can take things a little bit easier.
I love road trips too! Great idea starting up a separate blog dedicated to that – it looks really good.
I can’t WAIT to live in Europe again and be able to take off at a moments notice. Hope you had a great trip!
“One of the huge benefits of living in Europe”…one of the many
The trip is going really well. We’re in Leipzig and heading to Berlin tomorrow for a week. Any update on when you might make the big move?