Well you can say this for Germany - they know how to do rain!. Fantastic storm in Hameln overnight. We watched the lightening storm through our bedroon ceiling window and I had visions of the French campsite a couple of years ago where all the caravans got washed away - though as we weren't on a hill it wasn't very likely but I do like to dramatise. The next day the rain continued so we upped sticks and headed here to Goslar in the Harz mountains which I'd been t...

Arrived in Germany from Denmark 3 days ago and spent the last 2 nights in Bremen, South West of Hamburg. Bremen is a nice old city with lots of medieval buildings and little narrow streets. And some nice Bier Kellers which seemed to be G's main interest! Our first evening we went out to a bar near the campsite and got talking to a mature gentleman - I was going to say old git but then thought Hampshireman might be reading this! - who wanted to buy us som...