Day 52 Friday 31st July Goodbye Germany…. Hello Czech Republic After a great sleep in, we were up, packed, had had our breakfast in the carpark, and were away by 11am, heading back towards Dresden on our way to the Czech Republic capital of Prague. After somehow managing to escape the force-field that is Dresden, we finally crossed over into the Czech Republic in the early afternoon. Flo doesn’t register Czech, so we had to revert to the old-fashioned way of getting lost, relying on signage and maps… Our plan was to try to find an information centre and/or follow signs to the nearest caravan park in Prague. While we did momentarily find a caravan park sign, we soon lost it again, having more luck a few kilometres later when stumbling upon an information centre. ... read more

Day 43 Wednesday 22nd July Day trip back into Germany to check out the Disney castle After moving our tents out to another section in the campground (not sure why, we just did as we were told), we hit the road for our day trip back into Germany to check out Schloss Neuschwanstein, the picture-perfect castle made famous, at least to many children around the world, by Disney. The drive there was just spectacular, with the views as we passed through the Austrian Alps simply breathtaking. The lovely blue skies and warm mid-twenty degree temperatures really enhanced the scenery, with the green of the trees and the blue of the skies overhead both as vibrant in colour as each other. The tunnels cut in through the mountains were also incredible, as well as being incredibly ... read more

Day 34 Monday 13th July Arriving in Sailauf We had a great sleep in until the school bell woke us all up at 9am on the dot. Any hope of then getting back to sleep was of course out of the question, with hundreds of screaming children, without volume control, running around above us. After packing up camp, we headed over to the pool to spend the morning there doing some itinerary planning for the rest of the trip as we weren’t due at Sailauf until 3pm. The Schollkrippen pool was gorgeous, with a massive main pool and diving board, plus a waterfall, all in a really nice green setting. That, combined with mainly clear blue skies, made for a great place to spend the morning. After the planning was done, and some lunch and ... read more

Day 26 Sunday 5th July A flying trip into Aachen, Germany then on to Maastericht Had a good sleep-in, the little cretins next door still sleeping-in themselves. We really should have gone and played ball right next to their tent just to even up the score card... Packed up and away by 11am, swinging into Germany to explore the city of Aachen. Once again Flo let us down with her ‘campsite’ which turned out to be an industrial area (seriously, how old is the camping information in these sat-navs?), and so we headed into town in search of an information centre. Lucretia and I eventually found one, incidentally exploring most of the old city in the process as we attempted to find our way around. Back at the car and after a quick lunch, we ... read more

Day 16 Thursday 25th June There were a few queezy bellies in the morning, and so our journey out of town was a little longer as we tried to find a KFC or McDonalds to get an infusion of greece into the hungover bodies in the car... We had no luck however, and this also put us a bit off course, meaning a later start to the day. Our destination for the day was Alnwick* Castle, where parts of the first two Harry Potter films, along with many many other movies were filmed. We parked up and went in to have a look around, although we were too late in the day to get the most out of paying entrance to the main castle area, with Craig and Lucretia deciding to come back the next ... read more