We caught glimpses of a magical city of spires and terracotta tiles, almost moated by the River Vltava as she nestled into a horseshoe-shaped bend in the river. We were driving around the ring road looking for parking and worrying, because we had no Czech currency to pay for it! But Český Krumlov granted usContinue reading “South Bohemian Rhapsody – Český Krumlov, Czech Republic”
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Dog on the Rhine – Ohhhhhhh-ning!
02:14 it started raining. I got up and closed the roof lights. 06:49 we were awoken by a loud crash. I got a sense of a large person vaulting over me in bed, emitting a long, ghostly moan “Ooooooh-ning…”
Dog on the Rhine – A Quick Way to Get Schlossed!
A word of advice. If you don’t like castles, wine and half-timbered houses, do not come to the Rhineland! It was another beautiful day; we waited until it was cooler to take the dogs out for a walk through Bacharach, which is a pretty cobbled town with lovely old, timber framed houses. We walked upContinue reading “Dog on the Rhine – A Quick Way to Get Schlossed!”
Dog on the Rhine – Ein Scheißtag, Campsite Sonnenstrand, Bacharach
It started with spilt milk. No point crying over that but I did cry when we nearly died while joining the autobahn. Something we have never seen before – a ‘Give Way’ (unmarked and unsigned!) instead of a slip road on to the motorway. All I remember is the back of a 40 tonne tautlinerContinue reading “Dog on the Rhine – Ein Scheißtag, Campsite Sonnenstrand, Bacharach”