The first thing that struck me about Buchenwald was the sheer ordinariness of it. No medieval castle dungeons here. Dripping dank water, atmospherically, down ancient stone walls. Just some squat, grey, featurless walls, a long wire fence, and a big open space dotted...
In yesterday’s update I left you all on a rain drenched German Autobahn, just south of Munich. Jay was somehow managing to guide Iggy the Hymer motorhome through the jostling juggernauts, and tedious traffic jams. Marley was snoring gently on the floor between...
Yggdrasil the Hymer motorhome is speeding down the Bavarian Autobahn in the rain. Current position – somewhere on the Munich ring road. The roads, as seems to be the case everywhere here, are busy, and drivers are reluctant to make space. Road works and hold ups...
It is Tuesday 3rd September, and Yggdrasil the Hymer motorhome is sitting in a free Stellplatz in the little town of Mosbach, Southern Germany. (49.360384, 9.147344 ) Tonight is Iggy’s third night here, as we linger with our friend David, who we met on our Tour...
I had it all sorted. The blog post from yesterday was all ready to go. It just needed a couple of photos added once my laptop charged. Simple. We’d drive through to Mosbach. Meet our friend David. Then I’d leave the boys to have a couple of beers to...
Summer is over. Or so the calendar says, as I wake up to a thankfully cooler dawn in Mayen, on Sunday 1st September. Every window that sports mosquito nets has been wide open throughout the night – rain and all. And I thank the Gods that we were in a Stellplatz...
