Canadian Full-Timers

garyhaupt wrote:

John & Angela wrote:

garyhaupt wrote:
Okay..no fair....what is the Schengen Zone? I mean...commmooonnnnnnn.....geeez

I should not be having to do this, eh...broken leg and all...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area


Gary Haupt

heh heh. Good morning Gary. The schengen zone is a HUGE PAIN THE ASSETS for those of us who want to schlepp around europe for a year or so. But, with a little creative planning you can work around it. For us it means arriving in Holland in march, but the RV hit the road straight for southern Italy. Then slowly work our way back to France so on day 85 or so (fudge factor) we can take the chunnel crossing to Jolly old england for 3 months or so. Then back to europe for another 90 days, and then down to Morocco for 90 days. Morocco is very cool and can't wait to get back there. We will have radar (our chihuahua) with us and things get tricky with rabies certificates when leaving and returning to the Schengen from North Africa, so yet another challenge. Meh, its all fun. :)

You are buying an RV over there? There has to be a reason for not shipping yours...inquiring minds NEED to know this. I have looked at it..I think it was about 5 grand, each way and I sorta thought, that was better than renting and all. I was thinking of a year..but perhaps doing it in segments.


Gary Haupt

You know Gary we haven't ruled out shipping our little 22 foot rig but lean towards buying a 24 footer in Holland. Parts for V10'a are hard to come by over there and I think we may be better off taking the hit on the 1 or 2 years of depreciation on a used unit over there. 15000 to 18000 euros will buy a decent older rig at a dealership in Holland that caters to this kind of thing. Too early to tell.

By the way, we are looking to try and form a little group to travel with as it can be a lot of fun with the right group. I speak, read and write French, Spanish and German and hope to have a handle on Italien by the time we arrive. :) Wouldn't mind picking up Arabic for Morocco but French is the other official language there. We found Spanish was just as common in the North of Morocco as French. Hows your Arabic. :) :) :)