The journey to Reutlingen was hair raising to say the least; Dave wasn't driving but the roads were covered with snow and it came down continuously throughout the journey. Once we arrived we had four days with our wonderful German friends. From the moment we arrived they made us feel completly at home and even managed to feed two vegetarians! It was amazing to see everyone and we had an action packed few days. The weather made no difference to our plans and in ...

We arrived in Munich in the snow, quite relieved to find the campsite ony about 1km from the motorway In the treacherous conditions. Had a minor scare on the way thinking our brakes had gone again but turned out to be the anti-lock kicking in! We spent an afternoon shopping in the city centre which felt really Christmassy in the snow with the Xmas Market and all the decorations. In the evening we met up with a friend of mine Andi and had a brilliant time catchi...

Zinnowitz is a very unusual place. Despite cold temperatures, quite literally 'Baltic', on the northern coast line of Germany it was full! (of German retired couples; what is it with us and German retirement holiday destinations!) Never the less a lovely town and the people were all very friendly. We spent two days cycling, strolling on the beach, drinking coffe by the sea front, taking pictures of ducks, eating ice cream, very relaxing...in fact a little too re...

Made the long journey north to Berlin and took another sneaky free night's camping at some services just south of the city; the first of many acts we would commit in Germany that we would find to be strictly 'verboten!' (alongside playing ball games at campsites.....'das ist verboten!'.....using shower blocks after 11pm.....'das ist verboten!'.....using the washing up room after 10pm......'das ist sehr verboten!'.....and countless other ridiculous rules that I ca...

On the way through Germany we stopped at the lake side resort of Bodensee; a lovely little tourist town full of ice cream shops and cafes. Basically took time to get over the long and speedy journey through Swizerland. One major highlight of our time in Uberlingen was having a couple of drinks in a fantastic pub. This was one of those pubs that all other pubs should be moulded on; smokey, sticky floors, dindgy with a weird arrangement of memorabilia on the walls...