In 2009 we toured mostly France, but visited also Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and Belgium. Our main targets were Normandy, Paris and French Riviera, or rather Monaco. We wanted to visit Nizza too but we simply couldn't find a place to park our van there, as all parking houses were too low and curbs were already firmly booked. So no Nizza this year either.
We didn't have any shortage of water, as it rained quite a lot.