Great start today. The reception was open unusually early, for reasons much to our liking: They had a small bakery here and just opened up after that work was done. So we started the day with a load of still warm breadrolls and in good spirits. We even managed to dodge the rain and pack up in near record time.
All there was today was the road. Loads of it, actually. We pushed through the morning all the way to lunch time, missed our charger / lunch spot exit and decided to go 15 minutes further to the next one rather than take 12 minutes to go back. That meant that we actually left Denmark before stopping (by the barest of margins, the rest stop was disected by the border).
Lunch was a hurried affair. The bread was good, but our other stores were running low and the weather was far from inviting a longer rest. Before even finishing the charge, we decided to move on a bit further to Flensburg and stock up in our organic supermarket of choice. Bonus points for having another charger close by.
A mere 15 minutes later, we were there and ready to strech our legs away from the rain a bit. We almost did not make it to the supermarket, as we had to witness a near bicycle accident avoided only by the mearest of margins. (Nina: What is it with Germany and bicycle accidents? And why is freaking NOBODY involved in them wearing a helmet?!?) A bit shaken, we filled our cart and used the break before heading out once again, stocked up for the remaining two day and fully charged.
Which leads straight to our big dilemma for the day: The perfect point to stop for the day would be the inner city of Hamburg. Not well known for its great camping spots. That meant to stop either a bit too early and have an extremely long day tomorrow or push past it (and the growing congestion of the Elbtunnel road works). As we have picked the last camp for tomorrow night specifically so that Number 3 could enjoy the offerings there, we decided to take it on the chin and give us more time tomorrow.
And what a blow it was. We probably added 1.5 hrs of stop and go & traffic jam to our 440km day. At one point, I took Google’s advice and “went around” on a 40 minute goose chase through city streets only to end up exactly one car behind the one we left when we turned off the motorway. Well, it was more interesting than that and at least we did not loose any time 😀
And so we arrived, shattered, past reception opening hours and almost at the kids bed-time. We were lucky and caught them leaving the office, so check-in was super quick anyway. Number 3 even got a golf kart ride to our pitch – which was actually really lovely, apart from the effects the all day rain had on the grass. We ignored the mud, had dinner and dropped as soon as we could.
at least it was not pouring down – still everything was wet 
warm hands, warm belly 
hehe, bought treats as well … for later 
Then we took the bridge onto mainland Europe called Storebæltsforbindelsen 
The offshore wind farm delighted Number 3 
There is a little island in between the two parts of Storebæltsforbindelsen 
It was raining heavily but the rainbow gave us hope that there had to be sunshine somewhere 
Another bridge, I am losing context here. Flo informs me that this is Nye Lillebæltsbro 
Ah yeah, back in Germany 
Hm, bread rolls for lunch 
The Cheese Monster 
Time to stop and have…a coffee. Plus, we still had the surprise treats from the bakery this morning 
Puru Hiko also had a coffee break with some great juice XP Number 3 is doing a happy dance 
Like a pro 
The dreaded Elbtunnel. It was probably a 25km long traffic jam 
Car fun during the traffic jam. None of us wanted to be in a car any longer 
WE ARE GOING THROUGH! HELL YEAH! 
This time, there was a container ship being unloaded. Like in Number 3’s book. 
So much better than the autobahn 
Super late check-in 
Number 3 was allowed to ride in the golf kart when we were shown to our campsite 
Playground activities while Flo made dinner 
Of course, the Agent had to get up there 
Sunset at the campsite with the kids already asleep in the tent, Luckily, the ground was still okay at that point
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