Mark,

I'm planning on spending 9 mos to a year in France. Can you give me an idea on what it cost to ship your van (I also have an 87 Westy), did you have to post a bond to ensure you took the van back home, what about insurance?

Thanks in advance.

Ric

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> On Jun 1, 2015, at 12:39, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:
> 
> So we shipped our 87 Westy to Europe to travel around in for a while in the relaxed Westy style with which we are accustomed. Now starting our 4th week of camping and all is well with us and the van. I have developed an affinity for steamed mussels.
> 
> We started out in Belgium and worked our way along the northern coast into France. After the Normandy beaches we camped for a while outside of Paris and took the train into the city most days. Then back out to the Brittany Coast, even better. Now down in the Bordeaux region, almost to Spain. All of the dozen or so campgrounds in both countries have been pretty nice. I had no idea that France had so much beautiful coast. It is pretty and often amazing.
> 
> This nice beach campground north of Biarritz is a large public one aimed mostly at a surfing crowd. There are tall dunes between us and the surf. We are surrounded by various VW vans, some set up as campers and others just passenger vans pressed into similar service. Most have German plates, some French. The Brits are here too but favor larger camping vehicles.
> 
> Tomorrows camp should be on a beach Spain.
> 
> Mark and Anne