This year – 2008 – our trip will be during May & June, covering London, Venice, southern France, northern Spain, French Atlantic Coast & the Loire Valley, Germany’s Mosel, Berlin, Hamburg & Amsterdam until we return via a stop-over in HongKong.
For detailed dates & information see below here.
May 2008
03. – 00:15 PER – CX170 - HKG 08:10 – 09:45 HKG – CX257 – LHR 16:00 
03. Sat – 07. Wed [4n]: Clarence Hotel, 9 Clarence Rd, Windsor UK
+44 01753 8644 365 – 
enquiries@clarence-hotel.co.uk
07. – 18:40 LGW – BA2586 – VCE 21:50 (Venice Marco Polo) [Italy] 
07. Wed – 10. Sat [3n]: Hotel Plaza, Viale Stazione, 36, Mestre IT
+39 041 929 388 – info@hotelplazavenice.com
Hertz Car Pick-up: Viale Stazione 18/F – Sat 10.May ~08:30
10. Saturday: Drive from Mestre (Venice) to Menton [ 560km] [France] 
10. Sat – 12. Mon [2n]: Hotel Prince de Galles, 4 Av.du General de Gaulle, Menton FR
+33 04 93 28 21 21 – hotel@princedegalles.com
12. Monday: Drive from Menton to Saint Remy de Provence [ 360km] - via Nimes !!
Hertz Car “swap”: Aeroport de Nimes Ales Camargue – Mon 12.May ~16:00
12. Mon – 15. Thu [3n]: Villa Glanum, 46, ave Vincent van Gogh, Saint Remy FR
+33 04 90 92 03 59 – contact@villaglanum.com
15. Thursday: Drive from Saint Remy de Provence to Rocamadour (Lot) [ 440km]
15. Thu – 18. Sun [3n]: Hotel Beau Site, Cite Medievale, Rocamadour FR
+33 05 6533 6308 – hotel@bw-beausite.com / info@bestwestern-beausite.com
18. Sunday: Drive from Rocamadour to Empuriabrava [450km] (Costa Brava) [Spain] 
18. Sun – 23. Fri [5n]: with family in private residence – +34 0972 451 215
23. Friday: Drive from Empuriabrava to Barcelona [ 180km]
23. Fri – 26. Mon [3n x 4p]: Rafaelhoteles Diagonal Port. Lope de Vega, 4, Barcelona ES
+34 932 302 000 – info@diagonalport.com [ NOTE: Michael is joining us from here]
26. Monday: Drive from Barcelona to Olite (Navarra) [ 450km]
26. Mon [1n x 4p]: Hostal Principe de Viana (Parador), Plaza Teobaldos 2, Olite ES
=34 0948 740 000 – olite@parador.es
27. Tuesday: Drive from Olite to Lekeitio (Atlantic Coast) [ 180km - winding roads]
27. Tue – 30. Fri [3n x 4p]: Hotel Emperatriz-Zita, Avda Santa Elena, Lekeitio (Vizcaya) ES
+34 094 684 26 55 – ezita@aisiahoteles.com
30. Friday: Drive from Lekeitio to Hossegor [ 150km] (Landes) [France]
30. Fri + 31. Sat [2n x 4p]: Barbary Lane (BnB), 156 av de la Cote-d’Argent, Hossegor FR
+33 05 5843 4600 – barbary-lane@wanadoo.fr
June 2008
01. Sunday: Drive from Hossegor to La Rochelle [ 340km] via 
BAC over Gironde to Royan
01. Sun – 04.Wed [3n x 4p]: Hotel St.Jean d’Acre, 4 Place de la Chaine, La Rochelle FR
+33 05 4641 7333 – reservation@hotel-la-rochelle.com
04. Wednesday: Drive from La Rochelle to Fontevraud (Loire) [ 200km]
04. Wed + 05. Thu [2n x 4p]: la Criox Blanche, 7, place des Plantagenets, Fontevraud FR
+33 02 4151 7111 – info@fontevraud.net
06. Friday: Drive from Fontevraud to Beaugency (look out for more Chateaux 
) [ 165km]
06. Fri [1n x 4p]: Hotel Restaurant L’ecu de Bretagne, Place du Martroi, Beaugency FR
+33 02 3844 6760 – ecu-de-bretagne@wanadoo.fr
07. Saturday: Drive from Beaugency to Meaux [ 210km] via Paris [ drop off Michael in Paris ]
07. Sat [1n]: Hotel Le Richemont, Place Jean Bureau / 43, Quai Grande Ile, Maux FR
+33 01 60 25 12 10 – lerichemont@wanadoo.fr
08. Sunday: Drive from Maux to Perl [ 320km] [Germany] 
08. Sun [1n]: Hotel Restaurant Hammes, Hubertus-v-Nell Str, Perl DE
+49 06 867 91030 – info@Hotel-Hammes.de
09. Monday: Drive from Perl to Boppard [ km] via Luxembourg & along the Mosel Bank(s)
09. Mon + 10. Tue [2n]: Hotel Rheinlust, Rhein-Alle 27-30, Boppard DE
+49 06 7423 0010 – info@hotel-rheinlust.de
11. Wednesday: Drive from Boppard to Quedlinburg [ 450km] (some minor roads)
11. Wed + 12. Thu [2n]: Hotel zum Baer, Markt 8/9, Quedlinburg DE
+49 03 946 7770 – info@hotelzumbaer.de
13. Friday: Drive from Quedlinburg to Berlin [ 450km] [NOTE: not sure about Umwelt-Plakette ]
13. Fri – 16.Mon [3n]: BW Kanthotel, Kant Strasse, Berlin DE
+49 030 323 0200 – info@kanthotel.bestwestern.de
Note: the following two days were changed due to a family bereavement.
Jim flew home from Berlin and Jacqui & Hans went straight to Hamburg
16. Monday: Drive from Berlin to Heringsdorf [ 240km] on “Insel Usedom”
16. Mon [1n]: Hotel Weißes Schloss, Rudolf-Breitscheid Strasse 3, Heringsdorf DE
+49 38378 31984 –
17. Tuesday: Drive from Heringsdorf to Hamburg [ 350km] via Rostock
16. Tuesday: Drive from Berlin to Hamburg [ 290km] via A24
17. Tue – 20. Fri [4n]: Empire Riverside Hotel, Bernhard-Nocht Strasse 97, Hamburg DE
+49 40 31119 70 600 – reservierung.erh@hotel-hamburg.de
20. Friday: Drive from Hamburg to Leer [ 260+km] (Ost-Friesland)
20. Fri [1n]: Ostfriesen-Hof, Groninger Strasse 109, Leer DE
+49 0 49 160 910 – hotel.ostfriesen.hof@t-online.de
21. Saturday: Drive from Leer to Amsterdam [ 265km] (Holland) 
Hertz Drop Car: Overtoom 333, Amsterdam – Sat 21.06 - LATEST 13:30 !!
21. Sat – 23. Mon [2n]: NH Schiller Hotel, Rembrandtplein 26-36, Amsterdam NL
+31 20 554 0700 – nhschiller@nh-hotels.com
23. Monday 14:oo AMS – CX270 (34D) – HKG 07:35+1 (24. Tuesday)
24. Tue – 28. Sat [4n]: Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, 3 Canton Rd, Harbour City, Kowloon
+852 2113 0033 – resv.hkh@marcopolohotels.com
28. Saturday 15:00 HKG – CX170 – PER 22:40
Drive Home 
to our own beds – San Remo / Mandurah