We Gave Up Our Jobs to Tour in a Caravan with Four Dogs!
Tag: Travel Humour
We had been saying that we would like to get back beside the sea. Well, now we have, albeit around 100 million years too late!
The Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Swiss) National Park is a Cretaceous sea bed, now turned into a magnificent landscape of sandstone stacks, tors and canyons, punctuated by basalt cones and towers. And, being Germany, just the odd castle. Here and there! Continue reading “Confessions of a Railway Addict – The Saxon Swiss National Park, Germany”
We’ve seen the film, watched the TV series, played the board game and today – we sat in the famous prisoner’s courtyard in Colditz Castle.
To actually visit such an iconic place was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Continue reading “The Colditz Story”
A fierce thunderstorm overnight gave way to a lovely, hot sunny day. We opted for a paddle upstream on the river Unstrut. Continue reading “Pups on SUPs! Experiencing Nature & Discovering History in Saale-Unstrut, Germany”
“We’re going to Hainault National Park!” That’s what I’ve been telling everyone, ‘cos that’s what Mark told me. “It’s the oldest and most unspoilt beech woodland in Germany.” I enthused. “It was used as a military area by the Russians and is the largest woodland that is not in any commercial use. But it’s odd that it’s got the same name as a suburb of North East London…”
To be fair to me, Hainault DOES have its own forest – and it borders Epping forest. So it is very foresty. But you won’t find wild cats, canopy tours or any signs of the Red Army occupying Hainault. At least, I don’t think so…
It was the prettiest drive that we have done so far, through Hansel & Gretel forests and gorgeous, half-timbered towns. Continue reading ““Dogs Off The Lead Vill Be Shot!” – Hainich National Park, Germany”
