Date: Saturday 28th June
Staying: Camping Kockelscheuer – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Distance Travelled: 144.9 Miles
Song of the day: Red Corvette – Prince
Coming from New Zealand you sometimes feel as though you’re from the smallest country in the world, so it’s nice to visit countries that are smaller than your own. Luxembourg definitely fits the bill, having a population of 450,000, and it was our target for today’s drive.
On the way however, we had an important target – the Nurburgring. It was only about 40km from Koblenz, and being motor racing fans we thought we should pay a visit. We didn’t get off to quite the flying start we were anticipating though, since we managed to take the most winding road in Germany to get there instead of going via the motorway. When we did get there, it was so busy that we decided in the end to give it a miss. We did manage to get an eyeful of expensive cars though as we sat in the traffic jam.
Onwards and upwards to Luxembourg then. We had a nice uneventful drive into Luxembourg (only one more traffic jam), but did get a little lost looking for the campsite. Apparently you can only get to the right turn off if you are travelling east. Eventually we realised that we had gone way past the road, managed to turn around, then found it all well signposted going the other way. Alas, the bus services from where we are staying are scant on the weekends, so the Luxembourgers may be enjoying our company for a few days.
PS: They speak Luxembourgish (a mixture of Flemish and French), but French and German are also official languages.
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