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When our hero, Victor, needs a pseudonym to avoid embarrassing his wife after deciding to pen a book about up-sticking to Greece, he dusts off his original name of V.D. Bucket, the name he was stuck with after being abandoned in a bucket as a baby. As Victor adapts to his adopted homeland, he battles an obsession with the exacting hygiene standards he demanded during his illustrious career as a public health inspector against the rather less exacting standards of rural Greece. His attempts to master the complexities of the language lead to a number of embarrassing misunderstandings.

A delightful glimpse into the lives of two very different people who became friends and were both better for it. A rare friendship that changed their lives and may change yours a bit too.

Peter Mayle started it all with A Year in Provence, inspiring Rick Steves, the Lonely Planet crew, and all the France Travel Guidebook creators that were to follow. One guy who was not influenced by these fine folks was the author of this book. Simply because at that time, he didn't know they existed! But not to worry. San Francisco filmmaker Christopher Strong had his own Tour de France dream: to spontaneously cycle the French country backroads. With no fixed itinerary. Tasting the land and the people as well as the food and wine.

Borghi medievali, siti UNESCO, città d'arte, chicche nascoste e molto altro aspettano l'ascoltatore in questo scoppiettante vademecum destinato ai camperisti che non vogliono rinunciare al piacere di una vacanza in piena libertà con i loro bambini. Insieme ai suggerimenti sulle visite più interessanti, non mancano i consigli pratici per l'organizzazione della vita su quattro ruote: i parcheggi, le aree di sosta, le aree giochi, le tratte più indicate, i camping.