Lutz, that's an incredibly generous gesture, many thanks. However, the reason for my visit is that my brother lives in Bensheim (at the weekends )so I was going to visit himon my planned September tour of Europe instead of flying over as per usual.As he has an apartment , there is no where to park my van ! The map you have linked to shows there may well be a site fairly close by.Any idea which is the closest ? Many thanks.