Germany/Austria August/September information sharing.

[suavecarve]

First day on our trip to Germany and we have stopped At Oswaldtwistle at the Stanhill pub & kitchen as it’s very near where I’am picking up my new bike. Lovely pub stop with superb food. Don’t know how much it is yet but if you want to GTB feel free. We had the 5 Tapas View attachment 421616View attachment 421617

Havent got a scooby but random 30 euros.

I also dont know how many bottles of wine that wine glass holds !!!!

 

[bigtree]

Havent got a scooby but random 30 euros.

I also dont know how many bottles of wine that wine glass holds !!!!

One bottle of Pinot and a local beer.

 

[suavecarve]

German red wine.

Now i like my wine and know what i like. But cant say i know anything about german red. Armed with limited knowledge at edeker we plumped for this baby in the less than 2 euro category.
We will be buying it by the box when returning.
The second one is very sweet

Are lieblich and trocken grapes ?

 

[Koppersbeat]

Trocken is dry.Lieblich is sweet.

 

[Grianan]

The Alpenstrasse is beautiful. Bad Tolz was a favourite. Further north round Regensburg also ...

German red wine.

Now i like my wine and know what i like. But cant say i know anything about german red. Armed with limited knowledge at edeker we plumped for this baby in the less than 2 euro category.
We will be buying it by the box when returning.
The second one is very sweet

Are lieblich and trocken grapes ? View attachment 421632View attachment 421633

I thought I wouldn’t like German wine until I discovered Trocken Riesling and a red that I’ve forgotten ... the Riesling was one of the best wines I’ve tasted but wasn’t actually that cheap

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[suavecarve]

Kirsten Where are you ?

(updated on another thread 1730 hrs last night)

Just at Tunnel. Planned to start a thread of journey but as ever all conspired against me today ( euros to collect ordeal -last min shopping traffic and queue issue.. got off later than hoped .) But arrived here 3 1/2 hours early for Booked 8.20 crossover gutted to be told we needed to pay £130 to get on 17.30 crossing ( had looked yesterday £30 max difference on the website )So reverted your base line of Can’t pay Won’t pay From poll tax days . Now eating m and S food for tea in moho park Tesco shop aborted due to traffic in town this am. Crossing scheduled With No extra charge for 19.20 but suspicious there ate places on the earlier ones so hoping to squeeze on ASAP. No idea where we are going after Aachen if we get that far tonight. I drove here so I am helping by navigating the Forren Roads. No sense of direction me so this may be a giggle . Or late night disaster . Got fuel from the Tesco just past the tunnel turn off so don’t need to stop before Germany . Thank you guys for the encouragement .... will update but too difficult I think to post pics from phone for me . Computer at home with cats xx

Do you have a satnav ?
Do you have roaming data on your phone ? Then updating is easy. (even for me)

 

[Rudski01]

Is it just me that thinks Stellplatz costs have gone up?
Its only our second time in Germany so can only go off last year but the last place at the end of Rurberg was 15 euro, 2 for water then 1euro/For measured amount of electric, it was in a nice quiet area but the Campsite were on currently is 22 euro all in, it got very busy yesterday though. I know there are cheaper Stellplatz out there, it’s maybe just due to us being in the Eifel national park.

 

[suavecarve]

Is it just me that thinks Stellplatz costs have gone up?
Its only our second time in Germany so can only go off last year but the last place at the end of Rurberg was 15 euro, 2 for water then 1euro/For measured amount of electric, it was in a nice quiet area but the Campsite were on currently is 22 euro all in, it got very busy yesterday though. I know there are cheaper Stellplatz out there, it’s maybe just due to us being in the Eifel national park.

Rurnerg was 8 last year.
Emmendingen gone from free to 7 euros

We have done 6 nights all free so far.

S4s advanced search for free in germany is your friend here

 

[Landy Andy]

Yes they’ve have gone up. What in life doesn’t.

 

[Rudski01]

I agree everything goes up at some point but the Stellplatz app is stating 8 euro and when We got there it was 15 so almost doubling, so it maybe the app isn’t catching up.

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[SarahS]

S here. Kirstens Other Half. Will try and post too as we go along. We spent the night in a very sweet (free) car park in Ste Maria Aalter (near Alter) in Belgium. As you can see it is in the middle of a walking and cycling area which we know very well as the satnav brought us here via the cycle lanes! Thank heavens it was late so we didn’t meet anything coming the other way. The lanes are bordered by very tall trees with no passing places!

 

[Kirsten]

Kirsten Where are you ?
Do you have a satnav ?
Do you have roaming data on your phone ? Then updating is easy. (even for me)

Hi Suavecarve! At Aalter Belgium- leisurely drive to Aachen after leisurely breakfast. Yes we have mifi and roaming data , now mifi working some error last night with the roaming. Updating my Tom Tom on free net here ( didn’t have Germany loaded!! Schoolgirl error- so took ages) Sara ( SarahS ) has posted a picture! We ( well she) has entered the New Age of Moho fun posting xxx
PS too many fab pics of wonderful places on this thread! Keep changing minds re Where to Go!

 

[suavecarve]

Hi Suavecarve! At Aalter Belgium- leisurely drive to Aachen after leisurely breakfast. Yes we have mifi and roaming data , now mifi working some error last night with the roaming. Updating my Tom Tom on free net here ( didn’t have Germany loaded!! Schoolgirl error- so took ages) Sara ( SarahS ) has posted a picture! We ( well she) has entered the New Age of Moho fun posting xxx
PS too many fab pics of wonderful places on this thread! Keep changing minds re Where to Go!

Try turning phone off and on again. Roaming data seems to work after that. It would seem the rivers are where there is more heat in Germany according to weather forecasts.
Glad to see you made it across

 

[suavecarve]

Walk round Donaueschingen last night gave us these photos.

Tandem wheel is off. Been to bike shop. Just a plain no to having spokes for the bike so off hunting bike shops today

And there is brewery here Fursteiner

 

[Garfields]

Envious as hell of you all
Was booked on ferry for the first but had to pass on trip due to ongoing medical stuff
On the plus side have heard from consultants re last pet scan and all looks good
Much better chance of getting next year now

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[ShaKen]

A word of warning for anyone having a stop over in Belgium enroute to Germany (as we did).

Some campsites are refusing a booking if you’ve stayed in Belgium in the last 14 days.

Other sites will not let you in if you’ve been in a “High Risk” area which includes Brussels and Antwerp areas as well as some areas in France.

 

[MichaelT]

Nice to see a few funsters at Reil moved on to Ernst to cycle to Cochem. Very nice place highly recommend but need to be fit to walk up to the castle.

 

[MichaelT]

A word of warning for anyone having a stop over in Belgium enroute to Germany (as we did).

Some campsites are refusing a booking if you’ve stayed in Belgium in the last 14 days.

Other sites will not let you in if you’ve been in a “High Risk” area which includes Brussels and Antwerp areas as well as some areas in France.

How would they know?

 

[Vx2360]

Finally.......booked the tunnel for Monday morning! Plan to reach Trier region via BE & Lux without a stop, and find a Stellplatz on the Moselle for first night. Then head south in D to CH and stay a few nights in Schaffhausen, before final destination Zurich to visit our daughter. Questions/recommendations please: 1) any current issues LUX/D border? 2) Stellpaltz on river south side of Trier? 3) ditto Schaffhausen area? Will be following this thread for next 4 weeks!

 

[MichaelT]

Finally.......booked the tunnel for Monday morning! Plan to reach Trier region via BE & Lux without a stop, and find a Stellplatz on the Moselle for first night. Then head south in D to CH and stay a few nights in Schaffhausen, before final destination Zurich to visit our daughter. Questions/recommendations please: 1) any current issues LUX/D border? 2) Stellpaltz on river south side of Trier? 3) ditto Schaffhausen area? Will be following this thread for next 4 weeks!

We stopped HERE easy cycle to Saarberg.

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[PhilandMena]

Finally.......booked the tunnel for Monday morning! Plan to reach Trier region via BE & Lux without a stop, and find a Stellplatz on the Moselle for first night. Then head south in D to CH and stay a few nights in Schaffhausen, before final destination Zurich to visit our daughter. Questions/recommendations please: 1) any current issues LUX/D border? 2) Stellpaltz on river south side of Trier? 3) ditto Schaffhausen area? Will be following this thread for next 4 weeks!

We stayed at Luxoil Aire overnight in Mertert on the German border. A nice safe Aire and if you spend over 50 Euros, 8ncluding fuel you can have free services at the free Aire. Better still the shop sells discounted booze and is only 20 minutes from Trier. At Trier there is a free motorhome services place behind McDonald's and we stayed in the large car park along with 24 other motorhomes for free. You can pay 11.90 for the Stellplatz on the other side of the bridge if you choose to. Bus stop on the main road next to car park for the centre.

 

[bellabee]

We're going to try Hallenbad Perl https://www.searchforsites.co.uk/marker.php?id=10475. Haven't stayed there before, but it gets good reviews and has everything we need.

 

[Lozsing]

We leave tomorrow where is the best place to start for the Mosel valley we are entering from Aachen thanks

 

[suavecarve]

Uk 25.3 up 0.3
Germany 21.6 up 0.6
Italy 25.8 up by 1.and now overtaken uk
Netherlands 41.3 down by 0.2
Belgium 44.8 down by 4.2

Uk 26.4 up by 1.1
Germany 21.1 DOWN 0.5
Italy 26.9 up by 1.1
Netherlands 43.4 up by 2.1
Belgium 48.5 up ny 3.7

 

[Garfields]

We leave tomorrow where is the best place to start for the Mosel valley we are entering from Aachen thanks

We have usually started at the Koblenz end. (town and fort are worth a look if you have not been before)
Lots of nice places away from the river depending on what you like to do
Trier we liked but we found there is a lot of mono culture on the river at that end

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[Lozsing]

We have usually started at the Koblenz end. (town and fort are worth a look if you have not been before)
Lots of nice places away from the river depending on what you like to do
Trier we liked but we found there is a lot of mono culture on the river at that end

we like to cycle especially by the rivers I have a dog in a trailer

 

[Garfields]

we like to cycle especially by the rivers I have a dog in a trailer

Lots of easy cycling

 

[MotorhomersRus]

suavecarve
Thanks

 

[Roger20]

We leave tomorrow where is the best place to start for the Mosel valley we are entering from Aachen thanks

We came via Luxembourg. A bit longer but took advantage of diesel at 95.6c. Staying on the Moselle at the stellplatz at Remich - next to the swimming pool. Excellent fully serviced pitches for 15 euros. Campsite on the opposite side of the river seemed to be more expensive at 19 euros but didn't seem as nice to me. Cycled to Saarburg and viewed from the opposite bank of the river the stellplatze there looked pretty full and a goodly walk into the town, although easy on bikes.

BTW - there were possibly ten petrol stations on the road out of Remich! All seem to be the same price all over Luxembourg as far as I can see - set by the government?

 

[bellabee]

Van passed it's first MOT today. Intending to book Tunnel for next Saturday Not sure where we're heading but we're watching the weather.

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