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Our motorhome blog contains over a decade of blog posts. Starting when we quit work for our once in a lifetime tour of Europe.

We returned after two years and transformed our lives, achieving financial freedom, which enables us to travel whenever we want.

There’s a snake in my lake, what a beautiful life

May 12, 2012
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We're at the same spot as yesterday, an incredibly free sosta…
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Living the high life in Lago d’Orta

May 11, 2012
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We're here: N45.79685 E8.41227 Weather: Roasty McToasty We…
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Roasting and Rice in Vercelli

May 10, 2012
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We're here: N45.31992 E8.41855. It's a parking area around the…
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What do you get if you mix Charlie the dog and some snow?

May 9, 2012
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As Dave brought us back down from the Col d'Allos in France we…
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Cinzano and Asti – are we in our drinks cabinet or Italy?

May 9, 2012
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We're here: N44.89841 E8.20958 Weather: I like it hot... but…
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Chilling Out in Cherasco

May 8, 2012
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We're here: N44.64891 E7.85444. It's a free aire about 100 meters…
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Buongiorno Italy!

May 7, 2012
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We're here: N44.32933 E7.49149 The weather: sunny then clouded…
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Wide eyed on Le Col d’Allos

May 6, 2012
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We're here: N44.38508 E6.65874. It's a tennis court car park,…
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From blue skies to black clouds in St-Andre-les-Alpes

May 5, 2012
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We're here: N43.96545 E6.50654 Weather: As the title suggests,…
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