After two days of rest we were itching to get on the road again. Mike woke me up at 5.30am when he got up to go to the toilet. Then he went back to bed and immediately started snoring. But it was too late for me. I was awake. So I got up and started clanging around making coffee and all that morning stuff.

As a result, we got away early. But it was raining, so not a nice day. We didn’t do much today, just kept heading west, trying to get some mileage done in the most indirect route possible (avoiding main roads).

We picked up Steve, a hitch-hiker from Slovakia, and he’s refused to leave us. He’s been buzzing around annoying the shit out of us. We tried to shoo him out the window many times, but he won’t go. But finally, today, we managed to get him out. He flew out the window, having made it to Germany. Let’s hope he can speak German. (It was a fly if you haven’t figured it out.)

At 3pm we drove through the old town of Munderkinden. I remember this place when we cycle toured here in 2009 with sister Lynda. It’s a really cute town complete with storks, real and wooden, and chocolate ripple houses.

I looked on my app, and there is freedom camping here, just for campervans. So we checked it out. There was space for 3 vans under the trees and overlooking the Danube river. There was also electricity and water which you can pay for, but we didn’t need any of that. There is also a dump point! And it was just a short walk into town. It was perfect, and we were the only ones there!

So, we went in search of schnitzel. As it’s a Monday, most of the restaurants are closed, but we found a nice little one and ordered our meals.

Mike ordered crumbed schnitzel and chips, and I ordered au-natural schnitzel with spatzle. The spatzle is like little dumplings and was covered in a mushroom and bacon gravy, and it was absolutely delicious. My plate was piled high and I knew I’d never eat it all, but I made a good effort, and Mike finished it off. It was the perfect place to stop. Now we’ve had our schnitzel and pretzels, we can move on to France!