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Spring Europe Road Trip: Netherlands, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium

January 12, 2019

I’ve finally gotten around to blogging about our European Adventure and included links to all the places we stayed which I highly recommend! It was an amazing trip and we saw so much! Will forever remember being with my best friend and our daughters! Here is the basic itinerary for our spring European road trip. Our home base was my best friend Lindsay’s home in Breda, Netherlands.

May 1-12, 2018. 

We got a lot done on this trip in a short amount of time. Using the car was the key to moving quickly. We didn’t have to wait around for public transportation and could stop wherever we wanted if we saw something neat.

I did not drive, but it didn’t seem much different than the US. In Germany there was no speed limit most of the time, so we made great time on that long leg of the trip.

We mainly visited attractions early in the morning then drove in the afternoon to the next destination. This way the girls could take a nap in the car and we could stop in a new country or city for meals. The days were LONG! I mean we were up at 7am and out until 10pm most days, which is a lot for little girls….and me! But there was so much to see that I didn’t care how tired I was.

  • May 1: Kansas City → Chicago → Amsterdam Airport
  • May 2: Amsterdam Airport → Lisse Holland → Breda, Netherlands
  • May 3: Breda → Cochem, Germany
  • May 4: Cochem, Germany→ Burg Eltz Castle → Schwangau, Germany
  • May 5: Neuschwanstein Castle → Liechtenstein → drive through Austria → Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
  • May 6: Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland → Eguisheim, France → Colmar, France
  • May 7: Comar, France → Luxembourg → Breda, Netherlands
  • May 8: Breda → Zaanse Schans → Amsterdam → Breda
  • May 9: Breda → Versailles, France
  • May 10: Versailles, France → Giverny, France
  • May 11: Giverny, France → Antwerp, Belgium → Breda, Netherlands
  • May 12: Breda, Netherlands → Chicago → Kansas City

Road Trip Part One

For part one of the trip we were lucky to have Lindsay’s husband Ivan drive us since this was the long part of the adventure. We also had their dog Winston with us which was fun.

Breda → Cochem → Neuschwanstein → Liechtenstein → Lauterbrunnen → Eguisheim → Colmar → Luxembourg → Breda

Stop 1: Lisse, Netherlands Holland

from Amsterdam Airport right to the Tulip Fields of Lisse, Holland

Stop 2: Cochem, Germany

We left May 3rd and drove to Cochem

Stop 3: Burg Eltz Castle

We stopped at Burg Eltz Castle on the way to Neuschwanstein


Stop 4: Neuschwanstein Castle

May 4th we drove from Cochem to Schwangau to stay the night. Then spent the next day May 5th at Neuschwanstein Castle

Stop 5: Principality of Liechtenstein

May 5th after visiting Neuschwanstein we stopped in Liechtenstein for the afternoon on our way to Switzerland

Stop 6: Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

We arrived in the evening on May 5th in Lauterbrunnen and spent the next day in Switzerland

Stop 7: Eguisheim, France

The evening of May 6th we stopped in Eguisheim to tour the little town and eat dinner

Stop 8: Colmar, France

We spent the night May 6th in Colmar and toured the town the next day

Stop 9: Luxembourg

May 7th we left stopped in Luxembourg on our way back home so we could cross another country off our list

Road Trip Part Two

This part was just us four girls, no boys or dogs, but we still had fun!

Breda → Zaanse Schans → Amsterdam → Breda

Stop 10: Zaanse Schans Netherlands

May 8th, back in The Netherlands we visited Zaanse Schans in the morning

Stop 11: Amsterdam

Afternoon on May 8th we stopped in Amsterdam for the afternoon and evening

Road Trip Part Three

For this part of the road trip it was also just us four girls.

Breda → Versailles → Giverny → Antwerp → Breda

Stop 12: Versailles, France

May 9th we left Breda in the morning and drove straight to Versailles and spent the day there

Stop 13: Giverny, France

May 10th we drove to Giverny and toured the town

Stop 14: Antwerp, Belgium

May 11th we left Giverny and spent the afternoon in Belgium on our way home. May 12th we spent the morning in Breda and flew home that afternoon.
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Hi! I'm Sarah, mom of four, living the dream in the MidCoast. This is my journey of moming, crafting, traveling, shoping, saving, living, loving, learning, etc. I'm really good at run-on sentences. I don't have time to proofread and I assume if you are here you are a busy mom as well, so you don't care. Thanks for stopping by!
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