We have made it to von Trapp Family land!
So yesterday morning we left our hotel in Brugge bound for the big Czechout Party to be held in Prague but didn´t quite make it...
We were making really good progress when we crossed the border into Germany onto the autobahn, but as the hours ticked by without seeing a single service station (can you believe that on the autobahn?!) our fuel situation started to look a little worrying. When the needle hit the bottom of the guage (way below the E sign!) we thought it would be best to leave the motorway that has no speed limit or hard shoulder just in case! We found a sleepy little town and had to call Bally (German Supremo at ALNS) to tell us how to ask for fuel (thanks mate!). Having the right vocabulary meant we found a gas station immediately!
One detour and one enourmous Italian meal later we were seriously delayed and so made the decision not to go to Czechout after all. We found a really nice hotel a couple of hours up the road and thought we would blast up the autobahn early this morning to Czech and maybe catch up with a few ralliers.
So this morning we set of early after a breakfast of fresh strawberries and crossaints etc. (we haven´t really settled into the camping lifestyle yet!) - we spent the morning on the autobahn but it got so boring, especially as we can only top about 50mph, and we had a constant stream of lorries just a few millimetres off our bumper, so we made the decision to hit the A roads, turn south towards Austria and enjoy our journey. Since lunchtime we have been following the Danube River towards Austria along some fantastic sweeping roads with amazing scenary. We stopped for dinner in a town called Plattling, just 100km from the Austrian border and headed on into Austria to find somewhere to sleep.
So here we are in a hotel called Gugerbauer in Scharding, Austria - we have just come out of the spa (slumming it again!) and off for a walk along the banks of the Danube before bed.
We are having to keep the SJ topped up with oil and a very large rattle on the autobahn resulted in quite a large pipe coming off in Phil´s hands, but other than that it seems to be going well!
Aiming for Hungary tomorrow. Incidently we have now filled up a jerry can just in case!
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3 comments:
Good job you didn't ask me where the petrol station was. I would have sent you to where the "Lady Boys" are. Jonny Johnson
Hi Phil
You have an email from your insurance company that might need attention.....if you want to carry on your adventure!
Let me know if you want me to forward it on to you
News in the office is that Andy is moving out and I have taken over your desk. Thanks for that!
Elly
Hi,so far so good keep the oil topped up,where is the pipe from.
Leave the curtains alone jen l buy you a nrw dress when you get back.Take care and drive carefully.Love Ma and Pa XXX
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