ASCHAFFENBURG

Friday 30^th

We spent about half an hour dumping waste and toilet and filling up with fresh water as all the points were in a different place along the stellplatz.  We knew that the next town we were headed for had no facilities at all so like good boy scouts we needed ‘to be prepared’. It was about 65 miles to Aschaffenburg where we planned to spend a couple of nights and meet up with our eldest son Andrew who lives in Darmstadt. Although dry it was very windy and there were loads of road works, so a few hairy moments with large lorries. We arrived by 12.00, relaxed for a while, had some lunch then set off back over the bridge in to the town to find a supermarket….an hour later we came to a large shopping mall with REWE at one end so got some milk and a few other bits, then sat for a while with a drink before heading back down to the stellplatz, which only took about 15 mins when you know the way. Later it started to rain again so tucked ourselves in for the night.

Saturday 1^st July

As it was a grey and gloomy day we got up later, had a tidy-up and sat around until Andrew arrived about 11.30. He brought Darmstadt beers with him so we had a drink and a chat until about 2.00 then went up in to the town to find somewhere to eat. A good choice was the Faust brewery as the restaurant was full with locals eating, usually a good sign. We had a very nice meal with drinks all for 40 euros for the 3 of us and carried on chatting for a couple of hours. Then went for a wander around the Schloss Johannisburg gardens and through the newer part of town as he went back to the train station to go home. We strolled back down a different route directly to the river and back along the Main promenade to the stellplatz, rushing the last part as it had started to rain again. Got back around 6.00pm and chilled out for the rest of the evening.