Monthly Archives: November 2010

Well I may have had a rant about misleading campsite prices but Freiburg’s town doesn’t disappoint. It’s a bit Olde Worlde with bags of character, lots of winding cobbled streets and some bizarre little canals that run along the pavements.  We … Continue reading →

We left Nuremberg – bit more snow but the sun was shining, and had a fairly straight forward 246 mile journey on the A6 and A5 Autobahn all the way to Freiburg. I was the one driving along thinking how great the … Continue reading →

Well, I didn’t expect this when I opened the door this morning….   Good job I wasn’t that bothered about seeing the sights of Nuremberg. The plan now is to drive straight to Freiburg tomorrow. I need to find the … Continue reading →

Apart from the pounding stress headache I have after 4 hours of driving 180+ miles with a whinging escaping Ninja and a wittering Timmy, today is the 1st day since the day before Interpol (keep up) that I haven’t had an ‘I need … Continue reading →

I opened the door this morning to see snow falling. Cue sharp intake of breath. I’m dangerous enough on the roads of Prague when it’s dry. Luckily it was just the odd flurry and it didn’t settle. Another trip into … Continue reading →

Not intending on wasting another day chasing after my useless insurance company to get my window replaced, I braved temperatures of -12 degrees Celsius and headed off into central Prague. It seemed straight forward enough – catch the 103 bus … Continue reading →

Ah part 2 of the ‘my campsite guide is rubbish’ saga. This is what it says about where we are now – Camping Busek Praha – facilities: Modern sanitary block with clean toilets, hot showers and wash basins. Small restaurant … Continue reading →

You know how some people just shouldn’t be allowed to drive big vehicles without some serious training? Well we’ll come to that later. We left a grey and foggy Vienna (hurray) and headed NW to Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic – … Continue reading →

You know how women of a ‘certain age’ can be prone to make rash decisions and do ludicrous things? Well that’s me that is. Not content with driving a measly 1251 miles to see my band – oh no, I’ve … Continue reading →

Europe may not be my dream, the campsites may be expensive and grotty and the people may not be that friendly but those 1251 miles travelled and the thousands of euros spent so far were worth it for 90 minutes in … Continue reading →