Classic Car Wife

Our few days in Amboise were unseasonably chilly and windy but we still put the roof down and enjoyed driving the countryside and seeing...

MoneyPenny had a rest day at the hotel today. We have walked to all the sights today! It's just as well because we need to walk off some...

We've driven just over three hours today and have arrived in the beautiful town of Amboise in the Loire Valley. One of the highlights of...

We're back and reunited with our dear MoneyPenny! She's had a number of things done to her while we've been back in Australia, but more...

It's been a few years since this fantastic (usually annual) car show has been held so it was great to be back at the beautiful Melbourne...

On a sunny Spring Sunday, what better way to spend the day than taking our Spitfire 'Suzy' for a run. We decided to drive to Terrey Hills...

Mr F is very attached to Triumph Spitfires as he learned to drive in one, and his first car was one back in the 1970s. We have owned this...

This was the final leg of our 2022 European road trip with MoneyPenny. After a couple of wonderful days in Paris, including dinner and...

This was a LONG drive! In hindsight, we probably should have broken this up a bit more, but it was made worse by the 40C record-breaking...

I thought this deserved its own post because it is such an amazing event. MoneyPenny was cooling her heels in the Palais de Papes carpark...

We really enjoyed our four nights in the apartment by the port in St Tropez. This is our third visit to St Tropez but our first staying...

After the long and eventful drive from Pompeii we spent two nights in Genoa. Although I had plans to drive to Portofino etc, we really...

We had an amazing day at the Pompeii ruins. There is just so much to take in. We walked for hours and hours and still didn't see...

Leaving Sorrento, we drove to Napoli with Mt Vesuvius looming large, to spend some time in the National Archeological Museum of Naples...

We bade a fond farewell to Hotel Onda Verde and drove to Positano. This was arguably some of the most difficult driving for Mr F so far....

We checked out of Ravello yesterday and have since found out that Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were also holidaying there! We drove the...

We started out just before 10.00am from Montepulciano and wended our way back to the A1 through the beautiful Tuscan countryside. Our...

This morning we left Chamonix at around 9.00am with the beautiful Mont Blanc in full sunshine. What an amazing mountain! We had to queue...

We left Reims early and headed towards our destination in Chamonix on the French-Italian border. We followed a white E-type Jaguar this...

This museum has an amazing collection of (mainly French) cars. It's well worth a visit. I thought I'd post separately on this one to...