I don't know if any of you are interested but I have put on my website a diary of our trip to Germany, which also included France,Belgium and Holland. If I can get the link right it is here! Germany Calling 2008
David
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Diary of our recent Trip to Germany
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Very interesting, especially reading a travel report about Germany as seen through British eyes. You write about your difficulty in obtaining mobile broadband connection during your travels. Whilst this may be true for campsites, there are ample WiFi hotspots in Germany where one can connect to the internet (McDonalds restaurants for a start). There are also plenty of WiFi directories in the internet where one can search and find public hotspot locations in Germany (the biggest service provider, T-Com, has 8000 alone). As for satellite TV reception in Germany, good reception of UK channels with a normal sized dish is possible roughly as far as the border between the old West and East Germany. Living here near Wiesbaden I have no problems with a 60cm dish.
Excellent thank you David, your blog is appreciated. Your photography is quite good to !!!!!!!!!!!
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the photo's are fantastic David , i shall be going myself next year , thanks for the links you gave me on ukcampsite
Steve
Its an Olympus C5060 which is a top end view finder camera, pretty solid but not as big as an SLR which is handy when out and about.
David
Firstly, thanks to everyone for their kind comments.
Lutz
I think I was generally pretty impressed that most campsites we went to had some sort of WiFi service. I did try a McDonalds in te Black Forest but I find it a bit of a pain going off site to find a connection. Re the satellite, you do have to appreciate that I am quite a newcomer to that game! It was the first time in 20 years of going abroad that we took a television with us! Had it nor been for a bit of a passion for Grand Prix's I don't think we would have bothered.
David
Lutz
I think I was generally pretty impressed that most campsites we went to had some sort of WiFi service. I did try a McDonalds in te Black Forest but I find it a bit of a pain going off site to find a connection. Re the satellite, you do have to appreciate that I am quite a newcomer to that game! It was the first time in 20 years of going abroad that we took a television with us! Had it nor been for a bit of a passion for Grand Prix's I don't think we would have bothered.
David
Joby
Thanks for kind comments. I did post an add on the Steve's post but here goes in the main thread. Its an Olympus C5060 which is a top end view finder camera, pretty solid but not as big as an SLR which is handy when out and about.
David
Thanks for kind comments. I did post an add on the Steve's post but here goes in the main thread. Its an Olympus C5060 which is a top end view finder camera, pretty solid but not as big as an SLR which is handy when out and about.
David
Nice - enjoyed reading it and looking at the photos. Have you thought of offering it as an article to the magazine ? Not every reader is in this forum.
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David,
Great photos and a great story. I'd love to see it in the magazine.
If you're interested in having it published, drop features editor Mark (mark.bigault@haymarket.com) a line and he'll discuss the details with you.
Incidentally, the writers on the mag also use C5060s, mainly because the wide angle facility is so handy and as you say, they are compact for a capable digital camera. I don't think you can get them anymore though.
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Nigel Donnelly
Editor
Practical Caravan
Great photos and a great story. I'd love to see it in the magazine.
If you're interested in having it published, drop features editor Mark (mark.bigault@haymarket.com) a line and he'll discuss the details with you.
Incidentally, the writers on the mag also use C5060s, mainly because the wide angle facility is so handy and as you say, they are compact for a capable digital camera. I don't think you can get them anymore though.
Regards
Nigel Donnelly
Editor
Practical Caravan
Nigel
Thanks for the kind comments. A bit shocked at your suggestion but I will contact Mark to discuss it.
Interesting that you use the same camera.
David
Thanks for the kind comments. A bit shocked at your suggestion but I will contact Mark to discuss it.
Interesting that you use the same camera.
David
This is an excellent "blog" and both my wife and I have enjoyed reading it. Last year we also did a six week "grand tour" of Germany, starting at Lake Constance(Der Bodensee) then up to Thuringia, on to Dresden, back to the Hartz mountains, and down to the Rhine at Rudesheim. If I was competant enough with my laptop I would produce a similar type of travellogue. I would agree with you that it is a shame that more British caravanners do not explore Germany. It is a lovely country with very generous people.
Perhaps it is because most people of our generation (those born during or soon after World War II) learnt French at school and so have an affinity with France.
Having said that, this year we returned in June from a six week tour of France. However my wife has hinted that a tour of the Baltic coast of Germany may be something to consider for next year! This remains to be seen.
Regarding your comments about the bombing of German cities during the war, I would suggest that this was a political decision, made for what at the time were valid reasons, and the 55,000 RAF bomber crew members who died were obeying their political masters orders. The sad thing is that they were ordered to continue with the campaign when Germant was a beaten country in the spring of 1945. With the benefit of hindsight, I hope we would now think differently.
As a final point I would comment that the rebuilding of German towns and cities after the war was done on a human scale. Unlike our rebuilding projects of the same time which were dominated by the Stallinist school of architecture, that is massive concrete blocks which are now being demolished.
Regards Michael - Derbyshire
Perhaps it is because most people of our generation (those born during or soon after World War II) learnt French at school and so have an affinity with France.
Having said that, this year we returned in June from a six week tour of France. However my wife has hinted that a tour of the Baltic coast of Germany may be something to consider for next year! This remains to be seen.
Regarding your comments about the bombing of German cities during the war, I would suggest that this was a political decision, made for what at the time were valid reasons, and the 55,000 RAF bomber crew members who died were obeying their political masters orders. The sad thing is that they were ordered to continue with the campaign when Germant was a beaten country in the spring of 1945. With the benefit of hindsight, I hope we would now think differently.
As a final point I would comment that the rebuilding of German towns and cities after the war was done on a human scale. Unlike our rebuilding projects of the same time which were dominated by the Stallinist school of architecture, that is massive concrete blocks which are now being demolished.
Regards Michael - Derbyshire
Michael
Thanks for your comments and I agree that we should encourage more people from the Uk to visit Germany.
We have been to Germany on several occasions before but only week or two at a time. This time we wanted to explore further east and there are still places I would like to visit which we did not have time to do. Always a good excuse for going back!
David
Thanks for your comments and I agree that we should encourage more people from the Uk to visit Germany.
We have been to Germany on several occasions before but only week or two at a time. This time we wanted to explore further east and there are still places I would like to visit which we did not have time to do. Always a good excuse for going back!
David
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I have to be a bit careful what I say here as one can justifiably accuse me of being biased, but I would like to add that you can expect a warm welcome in Germany, there is plenty to see and those without knowledge of a foreign language will certainly get by better in Germany than in France. Many destinations will not involve any more driving than if you were going far into France.
I havent been to Germany with the caravan , but i worked there from 1977-1980 then a brief period in 1990 , i allways found the people very freindly .the local peoople who came into the bar at the local pub we stayed in would often invite us around for a meal and drink of beer , any body going there and is prepared to mix will get on extremely well , there is also some beautiful old towns and villages to see with some spectacular scenery , once you get into the German language you will see that a lot of the English language comes from Germany ,wich the Anglo Saxons brought over ,when they invaded and settled here when the Romans left
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