Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st October 2025 Another stop on our way north through the Moselle valley. We stayed for a couple of nights, about 100 metres or so from the river, and about 3.5 miles from Cochem, on a motorhome aire belonging to a vineyard. As a result, on both evenings, (after tasting of …
Sunday 19th October 2025 Before continuing our journey north, we had a day exploring the nearby city of Trier which is apparently the oldest city in Germany. It was founded by the Romans and there are many remnants of their settlement within the city, including the Porta Nigra gate, the remains of a Roman bath, …
Friday 17th and Saturday 18th October 2025 Moving back across the border into Germany, we have moved on further north to the Moselle river valley (German spelling "Mosel"). This is a predominantly wine-growing area and we are staying on a motorhome site which is within a vineyard, right next to the river. On the Friday …
Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th October 2025 As we continue our journey northwards, a couple of days visiting more beautiful towns. The pattern has been, look for somewhere interesting in the evening, plan the route, travel the following morning, park-up, then explore after lunch in the afternoon. Wednesday - Gengenbach, Black Forest, Germany: We stayed …
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Sunday 12th and Monday 13th October 2025 Our journey in a generally northwards direction continues, but via the Black Forest in southern Germany. Sunday - Freiburg: The busy city of Freiburg has some interesting historic buildings, including towers at the old city gates and a huge medieval cathedral. Most of the streets have a channeled …
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Tuesday 29th October 2024 Six weeks is the longest trip we have undertaken with the motorhome. I realise this is only brief by some folk's standards, but it was a major undertaking for us and we are glad that there were no major problems. Some statistics: We have driven a total of 3,251 miles and …
Saturday 19th October 2024 (day 36). Another brief post today. It rained consistently for much of the morning, stopping only long enough for us to get some shopping done, eventually stopping around 2pm. Taking advantage of this, we chilled for a while, then later went for a cycle ride along the canal. There is consistent …
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Friday 18th October 2024 (day 35) Today was a travelling day, and at that, quite a frustrating one. We planned to be on the move for about 3 hours or so, but due to road closures, traffic, misunderstandings and sat-nav issues, it has taken us about 6 hours and we are exhausted. For this reason, …
Thursday 17th October 2024 (day 34) The small and idyllic town of Alsfeld, is as picturesque as they come. A house near to the overnight park-up, dated 1701 Many houses have carvings in the corner pillars An old tower, which is at the start of the old town, has a stork's nest on top. It …
Wednesday 16th October 2024 (day 33). Heading further west today, brings us to the small town of Coburg, Germany, and in particular Coburg Castle, which was the birthplace and childhood home of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Veste Coburg According to one of the information boards, Veste Coburg is a textbook example of castle …
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"See-u-Later" 