News from our first overseas trip....
Well, here we are one week into our first trip abroad in the caravan. As we are moving around a bit, I'll keep adding bits as and when.
After a night at Black Horse Farm, Dover ( to be recommended, easy to find, surprisingly good pub across the road which served better food than external appearances may have suggested), we hopped onto the P&O 8.30am ferry in pleasant sunshine.
We were headed for Camping Gritt, Luxembourg, a fairly easy 4.5 hour drive through France and Belgium. This site wasn't the easiest to find, and we wondered if a new road layout existed around Ettelbruck. By this time, to say it was wet, was an understatement.
More on that later!
The site itself was easy to access, with a friendly English-speaking welcome (our Luxembourgian is not too good) and a reasonable sized pitch. There were quite a number of static/seasonal vans, and we were pitched in amongst them. The site is right next
to a river, on flat land in front of a heavily wooded hillside, with walks we didn't sample due to the rain. Two toilet blocks, both in pristine condition, although for some reason only the one near reception seemed to have loo paper and hand towels replenished.
The more distant block was 'out-of-stock' every time we visited. A small bar and cafe adjacent to reception seems fairly busy, but perhaps partially due to World Cup football on the TV in there. Advertised closing time was 11pm but it certainly didn't remain
open that late during our two night stop. The constant rain made the pitch very soggy, even inside the awning, but surely this weather was unusual?
The nearby small town of Ingledorf has a sizeable supermarket, and petrol station, but seemed short of bars/restaurants, with just two pizza/pasta houses. We tried one, and gave it a thumbs up. The second night we popped down the road a couple of miles
to Diekerk, which had a greater selection of options.
Things to do in the rain in Luxembourg.....
1. Pop into Luxembourg City, some spectacular buildings, expensive shops, interesting landscape. Try the tourist mini-train or open top bus.
2. Ettelbruck has an interesting war museum, largely featuring its liberation by Gen Patton as part of the Battle of the Bulge.
3.fill up with cheap diesel at equivalent of approx £1 a litre.
Overall impression of a Camping Gritt, good for a stop over, and like everywhere, so much better in fine weather.
And so on to Germany.........