Berlin Days 5 and 6

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

Berlin Day 4

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

Berlin Day 3

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

Berlin Day 2

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

Berlin Day 1

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

The Road To Berlin

Limburg After leaving Ernst, we passed through Cochem, the next town upstream. It’s quite large with a lovely old town. There were motorhome parking spaces on the edge of town, so we parked up and walked into the old town. It was very busy for a Sunday morning, and lots of shops were open which … Read more

Trier

We left Luxembourg yesterday in the pouring rain, stopping before the border to fill our almost empty tank with lovely cheap diesel costing €0.97/£0.89 per litre, a 22% discount to UK prices. The river Moselle forms the border between Luxembourg and Germany, and here the spelling changes to Mosel. It was a much bigger river … Read more

Luxembourg

On our way to Luxembourg we stopped for the night at a nice quiet aire in the French village of Marcoing. The free aire was unusual in that the electric hook up was only available when the street lighting came on, so we had to wait until about 9:30 before we could plug all of … Read more

Back on the road…

After learning that my Dad had passed away, we fast tracked our way through Germany to France, and spent around a week on a lovely aire in Stenay (about a day’s drive from Calais) whilst the funeral arrangements were being made. Taking the tunnel back to the UK, we drove to the Sewardstone camp site … Read more