We rose at 7am and started the day with an eclectic breakfast. Kayla, as usual, picked things like sausage and scrambled egg she didn't like the taste of so settled for croissants with extra nutella. Ed wolfed down lots of bacon and half ate a boiled egg (including much of the shell). We left the hotel at 8.30am and as it was the second day of driving we stopped frequently though not for long each time, that coupled with bad traffic started to eat up our time ...

We actually got the ferry we planned to get this morning, admittedly it pretty much departed as we drove on but still we made it. I'm writing this from Munster Germany not Sevenum Netherlands which tells you that the whole day wasn't as planned but the ferry was spot on. It was really busy on the ferry but we had 300 Danish krona to spend so we went round the shops then sat out on deck watching the last of Scandinavia disappear. North East Germany isn't pleasan...

Today began with getting the key and creeping in through the gates like the dirty stop outs we are. A lot of the park is closed up since camping in march here must seem like a crazy thing to do. It's good for us since 1) no one speaks English and my German is very rusty. So this way we don't have to have those awkward charades style conversations 2) since its deserted we can let ed run riot without worry...for him or for others. We spent most of the day on t...

Slept really soundly and woke at 6.20, 7.20 or 8.20 depending on which clocks we looked at, turns out it was 8.20 which was good because we'd had a massive long sleep..but bad because we were on a 'strict 9am departure' according to the timeline we'd imposed on ourselves. After a brief panic we decided, who cares we're on holiday let's chill. So we had breakfast and played on the park until the kids were completely shattered. At 11am we set off and quickly fo...