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By the time we’d got ourselves organised this morning, every man and his dog was queueing up to use the services, so we decided to sort it all out later. Quick stop to pick up some Frankenwein now we’ve developed

Guy’s birthday today, so as a treat, just a couple of hours driving. 😉Thought we’d aim for Würzburg as we know it’s a nice place with plenty to do. The service stations along the way were all chock full of

Such strange weather I think everyone is getting. The rain was torrential all night, but by 6pm this evening it was beautiful sunshine and far too hot to sit in the van. Followed the border with the Czech Republic this

After a bit of consideration this morning, we’ve decided to go through Austria after all. We were heading for Prague in the Czech Republic, but it’s a longer route back to Calais, involves yet another vignette and there’s some West

Well, I knew we had a few miles to cover, but it’s been hard going for the last few hours today. Warm and sunny this morning and the first stop was lovely Lidl! Very cheap week’s shopping, I have to

A bit cool and cloudy this morning. Back to jeans and jackets for a walk into the beautiful medieval town of Sighisoara – birthplace of Vlad the Impaler. Lots to see – it has an impressive skyline of towers, spires

Bit of a noisy night left both of us worse for wear. It was an hours walk into Brasov and I’d read that most people who’d parked here had used Bolt to get into town. I downloaded the app and

After paying the nice parking attendant for our quiet night’s sleep, we set off up the cobbled path in warm sunshine to see the lavish summer palace built for King Carol 1. It was already packed with people, in fact

We had a change of plan this morning, after seeing a bird photography exhibition in the square last night, we thought we’d have a walk around the Rusenski Lom nature reserve although it meant retracing our steps by about ten

Back down the long and winding road this morning so that we could visit Shipka church. What a beautiful place, it really stands out in the countryside with its golden domes. Opened in 1902 and built to a 17th century