KITZINGEN

Tuesday 27^th

It rained hard overnight and was still lashing down in the morning, forecast said light rain and showers, I dread to think what they call heavy rain. We left around 9.30 and drove 106 miles slowly in the murky conditions along with all the lorries, to arrive at Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz by about 12.30. We stopped at a service station for some lunch and fuel and then went to find the stellplatz at the Fritz Berger caravan dealers. Only 5 minutes off the motorway so easy peasy for once, it was vast and with loads of flags flying we could not miss it. After parking up and chilling out for a while we went for a mosey around the camping store and managed to get a replacement for our shower head, so maybe we can now shower without getting the whole of the bathroom wet! We could have spent a fortune on other lovely things but we resisted temptation and settled for coffee and cake instead in their café. Now the sun had come out, so we put umbrella, wet coats, wet mats etc. outside to dry off. Later I cooked ham and eggs with saute potatoes and tomatoes!!!! Lorna would be proud of me. It is free to stay here overnight, even includes electricity, there are 6 other vans here as well.

Wednesday 28^th

It was raining again this morning when we packed up and left around 9.30, so it was drive in the rain time once more. Slow going in places but we made it to Kitzingen on the Main river (81 miles) by 12.00, Emily even took us right to the stellplatz without any re-calculating moments. All the vans are parked along the river bank facing the water, where we can watch the big boats, little boats, canoes and rowers going past. The sun came out after lunch so we went for a wander to see what we could find..a lovely park, old bridge, football ground and a map of what looks to be quite an interesting town. We have paid for 2 nights so tomorrow we will go and check it out.

Thursday 29^th

It rained most of the night and also most of the morning, we did not venture out until about 2.00pm. We walked across the old bridge in to the market square where there were lots of old buildings to admire. We found a confectionary museum which was fascinating, There were moulds for making marzipan figures from the 1800’s as well as sugar icing figures that we just as old, and some really old tools for icing and decorating which hardly look any different from today’s. We went up and down a few streets, bought a couple of bits in a euro shop (equivalent to Poundland) and then found a lovely coffee and cake place so had our evening meal dessert in advance. Back at base it soon started to rain again so we rescued all the bits that we had put out to dry and stayed in for the rest of the evening and planned our next few route stops.