Euro road trip (Pic Heavy!!!)

[Andy_GTI]

Hi all, earlier in the year me, my brother and my parents spent 2 weeks travelling round Europe. Me in the Golf, my brother on his Honda VFR and my parents on my Dads Honda Goldwing. We went from Newcastle to Amsterdam, then from Holland to Germany (visiting the Nordschleife naturally), Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and Belgium before returning to Amsterdam. Needless to say it was a trip of a lifetime and Id recommend it to anyone.

I covered 3500 miles in those 2 weeks and apart from an oil top up in Northern Italy, the Golf didnt skip a beat. We took hundreds of photos and I thought Id share some of the better ones with you guys! Hope you like them 


Getting ready for the off at our home in Teesside


Waiting for the ferry at Newcastle


Me at the ring. I did do a lap but with it being the first time and having never seen videos or driven it on a games console the lap was abysmal (around 13 mins!!! lol)








One of the many services stop offs going from the Ring to Austria


A couple of close ups of Dads GL1800



Cochem, Germany


Finding our way through a German village


Austria in sight!


We visited Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria before crossing the German/Austrian border, this place was impressive and well worth a visit








Austria

















Driving from Austria to Italy (and briefly through Switzerland)






















We spent a day in Venice which was nice, the Pope was in town on the same day so it was a lot busier than usual










From Italy to Switzerland, probably the most impressive country of the trip
























Last day in Amsterdam


Thanks for looking and im sorry if your PC/Laptop/Smartphone just had a heart attack processing all those pics!   

[Hurdy]

Great pics and must have been an awesome road trip

[Tfsi_Mike]

If the journey was as interesting as your pics then that was a very well planned trip.

Great pics !

[Jungle_Faced_Jake]

Looks like it was a great trip. I'd love to do something like this myself one day, can't think of a better way of spending 2 weeks.

[Eddie-NL]

looks great, I would love to do a trip like that

Great photos

wouldn't worry about your lap time, better to take it easy than risk it and ruin your trip

[Hedge]

Excellent. Nice pics and a cracking journey.  

[Nasir]

Always love seeing pictures/stories like these, I bet the GTI was great drive.

[GLIDN]

great trip. Some great photo's too.

Did you feel out of place? or did you Dad and brother feel out of place?  GTI VS Motorcycles

Just one question really. How is your car so clean thru a 3500 miles road trip?

Looks like you guys had a great trip.

[LouCyffer]

Now that was a cracking photo montage. Excellent post and, I think, inspiring as well. I'd be very interested to read any reviews of places you stayed & so on. It would be helpful for anyone planning a similar trip next year (me!).

Well done Andy

[jhtrophy]

You can't beat a good road trip! Done similar route myself few times, great pics!

[AlanEdition30]

Great pictures fella. I did an alpine road trip in July through France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria. 
Switzerland and Germany were stunning. Looks like you had better weather than i did though.
I would post some pics up of my trip however mine are very amateur,  compared to yours 

[Tfsi_Mike]

How did you select your route and stops andy?  I will be comming back to Europe after Ive moved back to Uk as there is still so much I havent seen / done

[rich83]

 

So envious. Austria and Germany are stunning. 

[Tfsi_Mike]

So envious. Austria and Germany are stunning. 

Im really going to miss Germany  when I move home end of this year

[rich83]

So envious. Austria and Germany are stunning.  

Im really going to miss Germany  when I move home end of this year

I bet you are... you must be mad coming back here.   Me and laura have always said that if either of us got the chance of a job in germany we would go without thinking. LOVE IT.