Kemp Decin turned out to be the noisiest campsite we have ever experienced. In addition to the flyover, once darkness fell the proximity of a railway line became apparent as goods train after goods train rattled past. Luckily we are…

Basil’s head is in a spin. First he was told to go to Prague, then he was told to go somewhere in Germany, then he was told to go to Prague again and finally to go somewhere in the Czech…

Team Basil resisted the temptation of an Indian meal and sat ourselves down at the Rough Guide recommended Am Hundewinkel. The owner, who waited on us, spoke excellent English and explained that their food was not German, but Austrian! Close…

Today’s journey was entirely cross country, for the most part following the path of the River Elbe from Wittenberg to Meissen. We have seen quite a few of the once ubiquitous East German Trabant car. Several of them, I have…