Lenny's Short Trip to Germany (1 Viewer)

[Lenny HB]

Too hot for a for full meal so we shared a couple of light lunches, I did manage 2 beers.

 

[Lenny HB]

Cycled down to Zell had lunch then cycled back on the other side of the river to Briedel and got the ferry back across the river. A bit lazy only did 13 miles.

Nice and warm 29° but there has not even been the slightest breeze, feels more like 40 in the sun.

 

[Lenny HB]

Moved 15km upstream to Traben, Mr wallet not happy, €13 plus tourist tax total €14.70 OUCH! Has got a very clean loo & shower that we won't be using & includes EHU.

Can't get away from Funsters, parked next to Ditcha I think Funsters must crawl out of the woodwork when I go on tour.

Warming up nicely hotter outside than in.

 

[funflair]

Hi Lenny HB did you overnight at the incline plane lift Ronquieres, and if so was it OK.

Martin

 

[StephDeLux]

14€ is the price for a full blown camp site pitch with ACSI. Off season, though, so you still probably save by going to aires.

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[Lenny HB]

Hi Lenny HB did you overnight at the incline plane lift Ronquieres, and if so was it OK.

Martin

No, I think it would OK but not very appealing, we moved on to Floreffe see post #52.

 

[Lenny HB]

The town seems a bit over rated only took one pic of the bridge.

 

[Clarky]

The town seems a bit over rated only took one pic of the bridge.

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Agreed!
We stopped there and walked into town.
Very unimpressed.

Richard

 

[Lenny HB]

Downstream to Cochem, I noticed Ditcha parked up here as well.

 

[Lenny HB]

Lunch time, Germany may be a great place for Motorhomes, shame about the abysmal food.
Only one pint as driving later.

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[Lenny HB]

After lunch got dragged over a mile up a flipping great big hill to visit the Bundesbank Cold War Bunker.
From 1966 to 1988 they stored 15 billion Deutschmarks here, they were a new design so if the East flooded West Germany with fake currency they could replace the entire counties currency in 14 days.
Even the locals didn't know the true purpose of all the building work in the 60's until it was opened as a museum 2 years ago.

Edit:
Locals were given a tour of the bunker in 2010 but it didn't open as a museum until 2 years ago.

 

[Lenny HB]

Moved onto Aklen for the night free Stellaplatz by the river. Sign coming in said 6m another sign said max 6.5m, couldn't find my tape measure to check.

 

[MichaelT]

After lunch got dragged over a mile up a flipping great big hill to visit the Bundesbank Cold War Bunker.
From 1966 to 1988 they stored 15 billion Deutschmarks here, they were a new design so if the East flooded West Germany with fake currency they could replace the entire counties currency in 14 days.
Even the locals didn't know the true purpose of all the building work in the 60's until it was opened as a museum 2 years ago.

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Was there any Deutschmarks left over as the way we are going at the moment they will be worth more than the pound

 

[DBK]

I had problems on the Mosel and Rhine getting a good signal. There are various providers if you do a scan but few of them seem to speak Vodafone.

 

[Robert Clark]

Lunch time, Germany may be a great place for Motorhomes, shame about the abysmal food.
Only one pint as driving later.

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That’s one thing we don’t like about Germany too - the terrible food

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[Lenny HB]

I had problems on the Mosel and Rhine getting a good signal. There are various providers if you do a scan but few of them seem to speak Vodafone.

Got a full 4G on the phone tonight, last couple of places had very good free WiFi but data can be very iffy if more than a few 100 yards from a village centre. First time the mifi with the Poynting has let me down.

 

[tacr2man]

I also found 4g to be a bit variable along the Mosel and that was with poynting booster right on top of the RV (3.7mtr) .

 

[Grianan]

We were so disappointed with Traben too ... Bernkastel Kues was one of the nicest places we visited, worth a half day.
Food .... my best meal was in Cochem an amazing flammkuchen mit pfifferlingen (excuse any spelling errors) ...

I think there was ham on it on the menu but I asked for it without ...

 

[Lenny HB]

We were so disappointed with Traben too ... Bernkastel Kues was one of the nicest places we visited, worth a half day.

Had an expensive trip to Bernkastel 3 or 4 years ago, the dentist even managed to let his glasses fall of into my mouth.

 

[Lanerboy]

Lenny HB what's wrong with the food does it not taste good I must say it does look a bit sloppy in post #70 but what's it like overall

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[Lenny HB]

Lenny HB what's wrong with the food does it not taste good I must say it does look a bit sloppy in post #70 but what's it like overall

Pretty grim, large portions of bland food mostly pork.

 

[Lenny HB]

Visited the castle (Burg Thurant) this morning very pretty.

 

[Lenny HB]

Now at Andernach on the Rhine, met up with my mate & his wife Jon & Gaye JonP.
And we found some food that was quite edible. Pork steaks, ham, peaches & cheese sounds weird but very nice.

 

[peterc10]

Pretty grim, large portions of bland food mostly pork.

Ignore him, he is too tight to buy good food. We had some really nice meals when we were in the Mosel. TripAdvisor is a good huide as long as you resd between the lines.

 

[Lenny HB]

Ignore him, he is too tight to buy good food. We had some really nice meals when we were in the Mosel. TripAdvisor is a good huide as long as you resd between the lines.

Germans don't know what fresh food is, my Jager Art Snitzal the other day described on the menu with fresh mushrooms. Probably were fresh a year ago before they were canned.

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[Lenny HB]

Bagged a couple riverside places this morning.

 

[JonP]

 

[JonP]

Dedicated Funster

 

[Rockcrawler]

Now at Andernach on the Rhine, met up with my mate & his wife Jon & Gaye JonP.
And we found some food that was quite edible. Pork steaks, ham, peaches & cheese sounds weird but very nice.

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Good to see you're looking so well Jon JonP

 

[Garfields]

Germans don't know what fresh food is, my Jager Art Snitzal the other day described on the menu with fresh mushrooms. Probably were fresh a year ago before they were canned.

No idea why we are heading over shortly
I think we may starve

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