Today’s our 11th and final day in Dresden. We didn’t originally plan to stay here at all, but we’re so glad that we did as it’s a lovely place. We’ve spent the past few days walking around town, as well as going further afield on the trams. The public transport here is superb: the trams … Read more
We only meant to stay in Dresden for a few days before driving onto a campsite at Wrocław in Poland, which according to the CamperContact app is open all year round. However, when we checked with the campsite we discovered that it doesn’t open until 1st April, so as we really like it here in … Read more
So after nearly three weeks in one place, we’ve just travelled through four different countries in only two days! We need to get to Poland, and had originally planned to drive from Budapest through Slovakia to get there. However that would have entailed crossing the Carpathian/Tatras mountains but, with the recent snow falls that we’ve … Read more
Meissen After a full-on week in Berlin-Leipzig-Colditz we really needed a few days downtime. We chose Meissen, as the stellplatz was part of a quiet rural hotel on the outskirts of town. Travelling around in the van, we’ve been woken up in the morning by many different sounds: dogs barking; cockerels crowing; church bells ringing; … Read more
Leipzig I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with our sat nav. Most of the time it’s great, getting us from A to B with the minimum of fuss. On our trip to Leipzig however, it drove me nuts. First it decided to take us along the country lanes rather than the motorway, and … Read more
Yesterday we took the train to Potsdamer Platz and explored the surrounding area. After a coffee in the Sony Centre we headed for Checkpoint Charlie, stopping off at the Trabant Museum on the way. We skipped the spy museum as the cost would have been £9 each, and we didn’t fancy going that much. After … Read more
Before we came on our travels I read a newspaper article about a place near Wünsdorf-Waldstadt known as the Forbidden City, and I knew that we’d have to pay a visit. By way of background… back in 1871, when the German empire was formed, the town of Wünsdorf was militarised. In 1935, the town, located some … Read more
First stop today was the Berlin Wall ‘Mauerpark’ memorial on Bernauer Straße, where there’s a short section of wall. There are information boards with photos describing how the wall was built, and there is a memorial to those who lost their lives trying to climb over (or tunnel under) the Anti-Fascist Protection Barrier, as it was … Read more
Today we were up early for our visit to Potsdam, which lies to the south west of Berlin. No need for an alarm call though, as we’re under the flight path of Tegel Airport, and the flights started at 6 AM! Getting to Potsdam was a bit of a performance. We took the bus and … Read more
We arrived at the camp site just before lunchtime and after sorting ourselves out, we headed into Berlin. It took just under an hour to get to downtown Berlin. First, a 10 minute walk from the camp site to the bus stop, then a ride on the 133 bus to Holzhauser Straße, from where we … Read more