When we told people last year that we were taking our then 5 year old, 9 year old ad 10 month old on a roadtrip to Slovenia (and some other countries), they didn't just call us crazy. It was beyond crazy for most.
Three weeks in a car, on campsites, just sightseeing and spending time together. It's not like we were on the road for months, but we loved it. We loved it so much (that was our third road trip with our kids, only that with every roadtrip we had one more kid with us) that after some deliberation, we're going on a roadtrip again this year. I'm already scared (yes, cause even for me it sounds scary, with the weather, the tent, how we're going to survive the long drives and all) and excited (cause we have so much to see in mind, we're going to spend the time just with ourselves again, which we love so much) at the same time. Possible. And I can't wait.
Our last roadtrip wams definitely shorter than the previous one, when we look at the distance. And while in 2016 we knew we wanted to get to Gibraltar and we knew we were going to make it there, in 2018 there was nothing certain. Sure, we had a general plan. Of course, we had a list of places we wanted to see. Obviously, we were hoping to get as far as we hoped for. However, we had Marti in mind the whole time. And we were ready to stay somewhere on the way, so to say, if she said "no" to travelling by car.
Luckily, she got so used to travelling by car, that now she loves it. What's even more surprising, she loves falling asleep for her nap in her car seat. Yes, at home.
So with everybody on board and willing to stay on the road for as long as we wanted, we managed to get to (I think) all the places we had in mind. We spent the first night in Czech Republic, the second one in Austria (with a little bit sightseeing this time), the next ten nights in Slovenia, from where we travelled to Croatia, then Italy and, finally, with the last night spent in Germany, we got back home.
The first day, we wanted to get to Brno in the Czech Republic. We figured we could explore the city a little, see something there. Instead, since we couldn't find a campsite anywhere close to Brno enough and since there were roadworks on the ring road, we never got to the city itself. We stayed on a campsite in what felt like the middle of nowhere. It was a tiny one, by a tiny river, a 15 minute walk from a tiny town of Veverská Bítýška. We spent the afternoon exploring the area a little and playing at the local playground (a very well organised one). A lovely place for a calm and peaceful summer evening.
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