Tuesday 5th May. After an uneventful drive along the secondary roads past small villages and farms we arrived at the Netzers home in the north of Berlin. We were greeted by Ann who was an exchange student with my sister Debbie in country Victoria about 10 years ago. A short time later her in-laws to be Jorg and Regina Netzer arrive home from work. We are then led out to their back yard to open champagne to celebrate their new cars. Two beautiful late model Me...

Europe 2012. JUNE We arrived in Holland on the 29th May after a long flight. We then spent 4 days with cousin Martin in his house at s'Gravendeel, Holland. Ewout was eager to get to work on the camper, he installed another small vent in the roof at the front and did some maintenance on various parts of the vehicle. We also spent some time doing a bit of cleaning and organising, taking out some articles that we didn't need and making sure that we had all...

After spending the night at the Munster camping park we packed up and headed off to Oelde to visit with the 3 bikers we met while camping in Hungary. I was a bit nervous about meeting them again as it had been 4 months since we had seen them and didn't know how it would go. We were due there about 1 o"clock and as we were about to drive into town we saw a "ute"or pick up truck with a guy flashing his lights at us and waving madly. We wondered what ...

We have just spent the most enjoyable evening and day with Carlo and Jeanne at their home in Belgium. Carlo tried to educate Ewout on the different types of Belgium beer and Jeanne spoilt us with some wonderful home cooked meals. We got to sleep in a real bed in their home and it was a wonderful change from the camper. After leaving Carlo & Jeanne's home we headed east and found a place by a canal to spend the night. It was a very quiet peaceful spot so we d...

Wed 22nd April. s'Gravendeel to Dormagen (Germany) We left Martin's place at 8.30am and went to the local supermarket to get some supplies then drove to Puttershoek to say our goodbyes to Jeanette and Anne at the Jan Snel Garage. So at 10.am we finally headed off on our journey. We headed south towards Eindhoven and then set our course in the direction of Nuremburg. We bypassed Dusseldorf and headed for a camper stop at a place called Dormagen. This turned...