Travel to Germany, Bavaria, Nuremberg.

We hope that you have enjoyed what has sounded like a great summer at home and now you are headed into our favorite time of the year, Fall.

Meanwhile, Guy and I have been busy in Bavaria. The weather when we arrived in Munich was rainy and we delayed our exploration for a day and we were rewarded with a beautiful day to tour the Old City, starting at the Marienplatz as we exited the subway. The Altes Rathaus Carillon was playing and the characters were jousting and dancing with great abandon. We have been using the DK Germany travel book and the walking map thru the Old City gave us the opportunity to wander in and out of churches, shopping areas, gardens, gates and fountains. We enjoyed a Bavarian luncheon at the famous Augustiner Restaurant. and could easily find our way back to the public transportation and our campground.

Guy was able to share information about Salzburg and the required Go-Box or Vignette with a neighboring camper from GB and was rewarded with homemade Marmalade. Sharing information is such fun and crucial for safe and knowledgeable travel.

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Travel to Germany, Bavaria, Peiting.

We managed to sleep OK with the windows closed to keep out the pong from the surrounding barns. 

The Gastehaus owner was surprised that we had not had breakfast in his restaurant and in fact had included the extra cost of breakfast on our bill when we went to pay on checking out. We were hoping that after yesterdays ‘Umleitung’s’we might actually be able to drive the route we had come here to do. The weather in the western sky looked a bit threatening although it was still warm. The countryside is very attractive with low rolling hills, villages atop hills here and there, usually with a church at the highest point in the village and of course now a patchwork of green and yellow fields from the maturing summer crops. Zipplingen is located just off R25, The Romantic Road and it should have been a short drive of 3 or 4 kilometres to get back on track..........had it not been for another ‘Umleitung’!! This was not a good start to wanting to complete this highly recommended drive.

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Travel to Germany, Bavaria, Augsburg.

We travelled along roads again full of road works . It seems that the German economy is excellent at the moment and a great deal of money is being spent on the road network. Cars flew past us as they do the German way and lorries were banned off the road this being Sunday. We passed small villages with tiny onion domed churches a sure sign we were heading Austria way.

We eventually reached our stop off point of the night. And it was stil dull and pretty miserable weather similar to what you expect in Britain. Camping Bella Augusta at Augsburg. The town is some distance away and after driving for three days it seemed a silly idea to perjure ourselves and drive in to see the town. Sometimes you just have to park up,make a cup of tea, put the TV on and
Augsburg
On the road again one of the many bridges along the autobahn just chill out. We have another long drive tomorrow through Austria to Slovenia and Lake Bled. Hopefully there wont be so many roadworks and the weather will have improved.

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