When we went to breakfast this morning we thought we were in the USA. Heidelberg has a very big US influence as it is a big military area – we drove past the “General Patton Base” at one stage. So almost all the conversation at breakfast was american accents ! […]
Today we made our way to Heidelberg via Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Schwabische Hall, part of the Romantic and Castle Roads. It was very cold – only about 5 degrees but colder with the wind chill – but luckily no rain. It took us about an hour to get […]
We woke to a grey and much colder day today – forecast was only 11 or 12 degrees. Our first stop took us south of Dresden to the “Bastei”, a rare high spot in the landscape so far, on the river Elbe and not far from the border of the Czech […]
Back to collect the car which was now ready when I arrived. After the usual procedures the women handed me the keys to our BMW 118 and a ticket to get it out of the car park. But instead of it being in the same building as the booking sheet […]
Slight delay in our advance this morning – went to collect our hire car at the booked time of 08:30 and they said it was still on its way and then needed to be cleaned – “can you come back in 1 hour ?” So I have been for a […]