Motoring Con Brio

After our last European adventure (ten countries in ten days with my navigator), we decided to take my 1988 BMW 635CSi to Africa. Sounds quite impressive, but actually it’s not that hard. One of the easiest routes to the African continent is via Spain, across the Mediterranean and into the Spanish-controlled city of Ceuta. From Ceuta you can make your way into Morocco, although we decided against that this year. As this was a holiday (although not a very relaxing one) we decided to break the journey up into several stages, taking in some great scenery (both urban and rural) along the way. I also thought it would be a good idea to visit Portugal on the way back, as well as explore parts of Spain that we’d not previously seen. After working out a realistic route – whereby we could get to our destination and have a few hours to relax and explore – and booking all the hotels, ferry crossings, and toll road payments, we were ready.

We left early on a July morning bound for Folkestone on the south coast of England where we could get the Channel Tunnel which links us to France by a 35 minute train journey. The cars are driven onboard the train and you sit back and relax whilst you travel under the English Channel at around 90mph. Before you know it you’re out onto the fantastic (if very expensive) French Autoroute system.

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Tags: 635csi, africa, bmw, ceuta, e24, españa, portugal, spain