Annabel's Travelblog

 Brixton, London We were booked on the 11:50 crossing,which meant reporting to Le Shuttle no earlier than 09:50 and no later than 10:50.We d...

Calais, Hauts-de-France We were awakened at an unearthly hour of the morning by huge crashes and bangs outside. I thought at first it was th...

Namur, Belgium The Swan Whisperer went for a run this morning along the Rhein, before it got too hot. He went up one bank, crossed on a brid...

Niederdollendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen I decided I really didn't want to go for a walk this morning, but the Swan Whisperer went for a 4 ...

Aschaffenburg, Bavaria No, I don't quite know how come we are back in Bavaria, having left it, as I thought, for good this visit! Howeve...

Rainau, Baden Wurttemburg It was so, so, so hard to say goodbye to Oberstdorf this morning! Our ticket didn't expire until 14:00, so we ...

Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria Which numpty misread the timetable and thought that the competition started at 09:30 this morning, as it has on ...

Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria The weather has taken a definite turn for the better, and it is positively warm. T-shirt and sandals weather, al...

Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria The weather at the moment seems to be a fine day followed by a wet one! And today was the wet one, although more...

Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria Woke up to clear blue skies and brilliant sunshine! And then we both went back to sleep again! But we got up eve...

Oberstdorf, Allgau, Bavaria The weather in the Alps in May is changeable, to say the least! It was bitterly cold on Saturday, when we arrive...

Oberstdorf, Allgäu, Bavaria I woke up really early and needed to visit the sanitary block; on my way back I grabbed my phone as the early mo...

Oberstdorf, Allgaü, Bavaria We have had it relatively easy compared to the stories we are hearing of mislaid luggage (including, disastrousl...

Weilheim an der Teck, Baden-Württemberg We are only just not in Bavaria! But still, I understand, in Baden-Württemberg.  After breakfast and...

Freudenstadt, Baden-Wurtenburg, Germany  We left Strasbourg about 10:30, having used the services and made our farewells - I expect we will ...

Strasbourg, Grand-Est Today is our last full day in Strasbourg; we will have to move on tomorrow. I should have liked to have stayed another...

Strasbourg, Grand-Est, France Today, we went to Germany. Yes, I know we will be going there on Thursday, but, among other things, we wanted ...

Strasbourg, Alsace, France It has been a very wet day, although really just showers - more-or-less continuous showers, with a few breaks in ...

Strasbourg, Alsace It is raining. The forecast was for this to happen, but as none of the apps I use seemed quite sure when it was going to ...

Givry-en-Argonne, Grand Est, France Still no services this morning, and Camping-Car Park haven't replied to my email, so I am not please...