Did you know that Friedburg, Germany was the army home of Elvis Presley? No, neither did we. We decided to stay off piste today and wander slowly down to Frankfurt and we are constantly amazed at the little gems that we stumble upon. Whilst waiting for Jeorg...
Articles for July 2017
Day 15 : Hunge, Germany
We left Trier behind with the sun once again beaming down but as we travelled onward towards our next destination, Frankfurt, the clouds started to close in again. We had planned this visit to Frankfurt as soon as the decision had been made to tour Europe. During our 2009-2010...
Day 13-14 : Trier, Germany
The following day we carried on down through the Mosel valley to our next destination in Trier, Germany, drawn here because of the amazingly preserved Roman buildings and ruins. In particular, Porta Nigra, standing tall as the portico into Trier city centre and the Kaisertherma or thermal baths. And...
Day 11-12 : Mosel Valley, Germany
From having not a drop of rain, we have woken up to a deluge again. Dank u well. The poor people at last night’s Andre Rieu concert must have had a torrid old time. Is it awful to be grateful that it wasn’t us? It was time for us...
Day 5-10 : Maastricht, Netherlands
Do you have a cup of tea and a couple of biscuits? This one’s a biggie!!! Day 5 dawned in La Roche-en-Ardenne, the sun rose and we were off again to our next destination, Maastricht in the Netherlands. We were last here in April and loved it. In fact...
Day 3-4 : La Roche-en-Ardenne, France
We woke up the following morning with the sun beaming away but as the free stopover etiquette is to stay only 1 night (to allow everyone a chance), we had a leisurely breakfast and set off for a brief sourjourn into the mountains at a stopover in La Roches-en-Ardenne. ...
Brussels Stew
Also known as Flemish Beef Stew. Each country has it’s signature stew or dish and, unsurprisingly, this Belgian stew is made with beer. Notes: This is a long slow cook and will produce fabulously tender, melt-in-the-mouth meat. This first 4 hour cook can be done in a slow cooker...
Food & Drink in Belgium
Where to start?? Probably with the beer which is synonymous with Belgium. Our blogs in Belgium are full of beer pictures but there’s a good reason for that…..the beer is amazing! I’m not a big beer drinker but the gorgeous Mr T is partial to a pint every now...
Day 2 : Givet, France
It was another late rising, this time due to the beer last night!! Wanting to visit Brugge’s Fish Market, we hurriedly dressed and set off for town. Another 8km round trip walk so hopefully now counter-acting all the beer from last night although I don’t know about the cheese/salami...
Day 1 : Brugge, Belgium
After a really late arrival in Brugge at 3:15am, we finally parked up in the motorhome parking lot and fell into bed. We woke up to sunny skies (well, there were a few high white clouds but whose counting?) and as it was already 10:30, we decided to shower...