Wednesday 11th September After yesterdays near disaster of running out of beer and having to resort to the chemical cocktail whisky our first stop had to be Lidls, and it had to be a German Lidls as well. This nearly…
Vive La France
Tuesday 10th September Last night was exceptionally quiet, even the birds didn’t wake up until 8.30 this morning. Our plan is to cycle into Strasbourg today and the cycle routes and flat countryside make it so easy. Add in that…
Wir sind in Deutschland
Monday 9th September Yesterday was a bit of a quiet day so you’re getting two days worth here, whether you want it or not. One of the consequences of trying to fill in the gaps, or see the bits we…
A surprise in the woods
Saturday 7th September For some reason, Pierrefonds is in my notebook as somewhere to visit. I can only think that someone has recommended this town as a good place to visit and it was nearly on the way to Germany,…
Travelling again
Friday 6th September At last we are travelling again, albeit for just five weeks. The plan is to try and cover some of the places we’ve missed in the past. Biggest problem I have is trying to remember how to…
I don’t drink any more…
Thursday 11th May … but I don’t drink any less. Actually, sometimes I do drink more and embarrass myself totally – sorry Michelle and Paul. We’ll get to that later. It’s one of the reasons that I haven’t blogged for…
Karfrietag
Friday 14th April We’re still meandering down the Alsace Wine route and food another town and I know that I promised not to put any more photos of Germanic buildings on but this place was very nice. It’s Equisheim and…
Blog with no title
Tuesday 11th April Another day, another castle. This is Haut Koenigsbourg, first built in the 12th century by Frederick von Hohenstaufen on the top of a mountain with views to Germany and the Alps in Switzerland. Over the years it…
FML or other letters to that effect.
Sunday 9th April Yesterdays blog regarding the bells was correct in some respects, all four churches had a big session at 9pm and then another at 7am. What I was hoping to avoid was the all night dingly dangly competition…
Up and down and up and down.
Saturday 8th April Our aire holding officially three motorhomes proved to be rather popular Thursday night – 12 that I counted. Early in the morning (9.30am) the bread van came round so I rushed out and pointed with my best…