Start point. Bad Kissingen, Germany.
Finish point. Golden Miele, Remagen, Germany.
Distance. 180 Miles.
Total. 5090 Miles.
The Abenteuer and Allrad show was the reason for me doing this trip so early in the holiday season as I wanted to finish on a bang, as they say. I first did the show last year with my son Regan and was blown away at the diversity of the exhibits. This show is the biggest of its kind in Europe and covers all aspects off off-roading and expedition adventure travel, most marques are covered but with the emphasis on long term travel with the larger trucks.
Of course Land Rover have a presence here as no 4×4 show would be complete without them, but they do tend to get over shadowed by the excellent quality of their Japanese and European competition, such as Toyota, Mitsubishi, Steyr, Mercedes and Volkswagen, to name but a few. Even the Russians are getting in on the act with their UAZ trucks, and if one of theirs can survive Siberia then its got to be a tough little truck.
The show lasts for 4 days starting on the Thursday and ending Sunday, so the plan was do the show on the first day, have a day off and the travel home on the Saturday, but as always plans change. So it became a bit of a rush to catch the ferry today (Friday) so I could spend some time with my kids before returning to the treadmill of life.
I apologise for the lateness of the last few posts but its been a rather hectic schedule for the last few days and my internet connection in Germany has been diabolical, the worst yet over the last 4 weeks.
After spending the day ogling all the gorgeous trucks and drooling over all the goodies you could buy for them it was time to depart and head towards the ferry. Last year we stopped at a lovely campsite in the town of Remagen, made famous as the first intact bridge to be taken by the allies in 1945 so they could cross the Rhine river and secure a bridgehead on the eastern side of the Rhine before heading onwards towards Berlin.
On arriving at the rather busy campsite I was surprised to learn it was a public holiday and half of Germany wanted to camp here, but as always they found a small spot for me to camp and once settled in it was time to visit the excellent restaurant on site and enjoy one of their splendid meals, and a pilsner or two. A rather pleasant end to an extraordinary 4 weeks.
Some pics of Remagen from last year.
It was a bit late to get any pics this year and the river was at least 2-3 metres higher due to all the rain they have had in the last few weeks but its a great place to stop over if your passing. The Peace Museum in the western towers is well worth a visit as it gives a very detailed history of the bridge, its construction and use during WWI and then its capture and eventual collapse in the latter part of WWII.
On a lighter note, who says the Germans have no sense of humour????
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