Classic Car Wife

With our coast-to-coast Odyssey completed, and a week spent relaxing in the sunshine of St Tropez, we needed to get MoneyPenny back to...

We made it to our Mediterranean destination and spent a week based in an AirBnB apartment in the Old Town of St Tropez. MoneyPenny was in...

We ended up staying four nights in Toulouse - two more than we had planned - and forfeited our two-night stay in Marseilles. After...

Ah, the joys of holidaying in a classic car. This morning, MoneyPenny's battery started discharging and the warning light came on as we...

We are just finishing four nights in an apartment called Le Porche de Sarlat in Sarlat-de-Canada. It's been a great base for the region....

Our Atlantic base was Bordeaux and we drove to Arcachon to swim and partake of the coastal delights. We were there a week before the...

Our few days in Amboise were unseasonably chilly and windy but we still put the roof down and enjoyed driving the countryside and seeing...

MoneyPenny had a rest day at the hotel today. We have walked to all the sights today! It's just as well because we need to walk off some...

We've driven just over three hours today and have arrived in the beautiful town of Amboise in the Loire Valley. One of the highlights of...

We're back and reunited with our dear MoneyPenny! She's had a number of things done to her while we've been back in Australia, but more...

On a sunny Spring Sunday, what better way to spend the day than taking our Spitfire 'Suzy' for a run. We decided to drive to Terrey Hills...

This was the final leg of our 2022 European road trip with MoneyPenny. After a couple of wonderful days in Paris, including dinner and...

This was a LONG drive! In hindsight, we probably should have broken this up a bit more, but it was made worse by the 40C record-breaking...

I thought this deserved its own post because it is such an amazing event. MoneyPenny was cooling her heels in the Palais de Papes carpark...

We really enjoyed our four nights in the apartment by the port in St Tropez. This is our third visit to St Tropez but our first staying...

After the long and eventful drive from Pompeii we spent two nights in Genoa. Although I had plans to drive to Portofino etc, we really...

We had an amazing day at the Pompeii ruins. There is just so much to take in. We walked for hours and hours and still didn't see...

Leaving Sorrento, we drove to Napoli with Mt Vesuvius looming large, to spend some time in the National Archeological Museum of Naples...

We bade a fond farewell to Hotel Onda Verde and drove to Positano. This was arguably some of the most difficult driving for Mr F so far....

We checked out of Ravello yesterday and have since found out that Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were also holidaying there! We drove the...