Three Days Down the Rhine.

We started off at Cologne then drove for maybe an hour to Koblenz where we crossed to the left bank as the road trails alongside the river. Our first stopping point was Braubach. There was a campsite but parking just outside it meant that we were chased away by a rather stern sounding German... so we parked up the road.

On closer inspection of the available parking it appeared that there was a special campervan ground which was 7Euros a night plus electricity, we learned all this from the first English people we had seen; a lovely couple also travelling down the Rhine, back to their home in Croatia. We decided to stay where we were. And had a fantastic nights sleep, disregarding the huge cargo trains landside and the loud ferries river side.

So we have been continuing our journey South (19.5.11) stopping every 10k or so to wander in the quaint German towns. Walking is the best way to get to know the place. A short hike took us to the hills, through a forest and into the castle that crests Braubach - the only original in Germany. Good views and good weather set spirits high.

The other piece of vitally excuiting news is the discovery of how brilliant the solar shower really is!! Although its probably not at its peak in such close proximity to roads...