European Road Trip

[Hartside]

Agree with the above comments regarding Paris and would also add it's expensive! How about visiting the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart while you're in that area?

http://www.porsche.com/international/aboutporsche/porschemuseum/theexhibition/

[gizzywizzy]

I would definitely give Paris the elbow if possible, it is a city which is very overrated but which is in fact rather dirty and unkempt.

If I could have I would have gone to Wolfsburg so that definitely would be a must.  I would also like to drive the Monaco circuit!

Gizzy

[am1w]

I love Paris and go there at least twice a year. It will always be my favourite city. It has so much style. I have never had a problem with the Parisians even though my command of French is pretty poor.
I usually stay at the Ritz, Place Vendome when I am feeling flush or at the Westin Hotel which is closeby on the Rue de Castigileone. Both are in the 1st Arrondissement.
There is no point going to Paris if you are penny pinching.
Yes, Paris is very expensive but no more than London, which is a dump. But I don't care, as for me it will always be Heaven!
Sorry to be so contrary. But that's me!

PS: Don't take your car there. It will get wrecked!

[Awry]

We'll due to some unforeseen family invitation I had to take my trip a bit earlier. I also had to change the route. I'll save France for next year. After the trip my trip-teller showed 4038 miles.

I'm going to update with some pics later. My girlfriend took a lot of pics though the windshield while I was driving. We did spend some hours in the car. SOme of the scenery was spectacular.

I planned to drive the Stelvio pass but sadly it was closed but I had a beautiful trip through the alps no matter. Enough passes to choose from and some were really scary due to snow. Summer tires made it quite challenging uphill.

Here is the route slightly simplified with some of the places I stopped:
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[am1w]

Wow, wow, wow! How very impressive.

[Neil gti]

That is one  road trip