Hey all,

Just thought I'd share a timelapse of the French countryside I took earlier this year. I traveled with some friends through France and Switzerland and since we were driving a lot I set up my camera and took timelapse videos of the trips. Check it out if you want to see Bastille, Paris to a friend's vineyard near Avignon in super-fast motion from the back of a rented Ford Focus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNWUPr0zN3s

Cheers!

I love it. Errrr... you travel with a recreational ax?

Hehe yes always, just a small one... No, actually it was just another moment near the vineyard that I filmed and edited in for fun. We found a fallen tree blocking a path so we thought we'd chop it down with the smallest axe we could find.

Glad you liked it. It's such a beautiful country.

Great fun! What kind of camera did you use?

akiraAUS - great fun. Thanks for sharing.

tC

Very cool and creative video! Enjoyed it.
how long did it take you to drive from France to Switz? We are planning a similar route, actually Paris to Switz via the South of France, any idea on a timeline for that--we would like to take country roads and stop a lot, not major highways unless necessary.. thanks for any info!

Frankly, all I saw was the autoroute, which would not be my first choice for such a drive unless I had an imperative deadline.

www.viamichelin.com will give you both sorts of itineraries.

Thanks guys for the comments

@ParisAmsterdam - I used a Canon 550D with a timelapse remote

@TrueNorthGirl - We drove about 7 hours or so on the highway with a few short stops in between. The word from my Swiss friend that we travelled with is that the route we took was Grenoble - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel.

We mainly only saw highways since we were aiming to arrive as fast as possible but there was one section with a beautiful view of the mountainside. I took a timelapse of that trip too so I'll let you know when I upload it and you can have a little preview of the journey

Strangley fascinating. Thanks for posting!

TGV would get you there in half the time. Of course, if you need your car at the destination, not the way to go, but it's a nice ride on the train!

Cool shots and music. Here's hoping the next driver noticed the tree was no longer connected!

The "Autoroute Blanche" is a spectacular road for people heading to Geneva.

Admit, you kept that silver SUV under surveillance. I knew that you are a spy from the first moment when saw your hat. And that Bond-like girl on the passenger-seat.