12/09/11 Day 34. Journey Back. Mulheim, Germany So I started the drive at 5.20am! It was pitch black and the roads were dead. Dave put Oasis on the iPod and we had a sing along. Dave took over driving at about 7.30am and we got to Mulheim, to McRent to drop the camper off at about 9.30am. No problems apart from the hole in the table caused by Sam Edwards' hefty speaker doing it in. The taxi come and took us to Duisberg train station at 10.30am... 3 hours ...

14/08/2011 Day 4. Berlin 2 Woke up about 9, had a lie in. Got our stuff together and headed for the U-bahn. Into the centre and boom, another lovely sunny day, good job I packed the sun cream! We headed for the Bundestag again (once the Reichstag) to try and get in to walk up to the dome. As we arrived we heard that you have to book a couple of days in advance though the information booklet says, no booking necessary. I then overheard a yank telling a story of w...

13/08/2011 Day 3. Berlin After last night's antics we had to worry about getting into the motorhome park. Got up around 7.30 and got a look around the area where we actually stopped. We saw behind us, at least 4 other motorhomes, parked at the side of the road that must have arrived overnight. After deliberation I got back in the cockpit and turned her around using brilliant driving skills and went into the gates. Unfortunately there was no room. A beautiful re...

12/08/2011 Day 2. Amsterdam-Mulheim-Berlin. Got up around 7.30 in the hostel to get showered and packed up. Got to Amsterdam Central Station for our train at 9.30. Massive station too. Aboard out first train heading to Frankfurt but got off at Monchengladbach (very easy to say...honest). Then we had a connecting train to Duisberg and a cab to Mulheim, to collect the van. We all managed to fit in one Mercedes taxi, with all the bags! Collected the van and set of...