We stopped at Bad Neustadt on our way to Schweinfurt (‘Bad’, the German for baths, means that it’s a spa town). It was another pretty town, though there wasn’t much to it beyond the main square. This morning we continued on our way to Schweinfurt, which translates as Pig Ford! Apparently nobody knows how it … Read more
Wetzlar Carol started getting déjà vu as we pulled into the stellplatz at Wetzlar, and after getting out of the van for a quick look-see, she confirmed that we had stayed there previously. On checking the map on this blog, we did indeed stay there just over a year ago when we were fast-tracking from … Read more
Andernach It was only a short hop from Mayschoß to a stellplatz at Andernach on the Rhine, though another road closed for roadworks added an extra 10 km to the journey. We knew that the Andernach stellplatz would be busy, so we arrived at around 11 and took one of the few empty spots. Driving … Read more
Roermond On the way out of Roermond we stopped at the Kapel In ‘T Zand cemetery, a Catholic cemetery with small Protestant and Jewish partitions. In this cemetery are the graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together. J.W.C van Gorcum, colonel of the Dutch Cavalry … Read more
Roermond was recommended to us by a Dutch couple we met at the campsite in Odense, and we’re glad that we visited this lovely old town. The camperplaats was good, just a short walk from the centre, and we’ve had a lazy couple of days chilling out. We had wanted to visit Maastricht next, but … Read more
Where do we go from here? Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been deciding what route to take from here: whether to continue on to northern France, or head southeast and travel through central Germany. As we’ve already bumbled through northern France a fair few times over the years, we’ve decided that we will … Read more
We’re staying on a municipal camperplaats a short walk from the old town of Gouda. It’s a car park with a dedicated motorhome parking area for about 30 vans at €8/night, and there are 12 sockets providing free electricity. The camperplaats was full when we pulled up, but we’d timed our arrival perfectly as one … Read more
Now that all the kids are back at school, the ACSI campsite discounts have kicked in, meaning that we can now stop at a participating campsite for max. €19 a night including electricity and showers. Our ACSI card has already paid for itself many times over! Fellow bloggers ourtour.co.uk had stayed at the Delft campsite this … Read more
We crossed the border into the Netherlands on Saturday, and drove to a camperplaats (the Dutch word for stellplatz) in a village called Nunspeet, which was in the middle of nowhere. Our reason for staying there was that it was only a short drive away from Amsterdam, and we would also be able to have … Read more
It took longer than expected to get to the stellplatz in Hamburg on Wednesday because some numpty (me) miskeyed the co-ordinates into the satnav. Fortunately it didn’t take us too far out of our way and we parked up at about 13:30. There was a bus stop right by the stellplatz, and at the end … Read more