Thursday 27th

We didn’t quite wake to the sound of the rain on the roof of the motorhome, as we were aware of it, and the traffic, throughout most of the night. We now realised that there are two sides to this aire, one being positioned next to the quieter river or our side next to a busy road, but we still got a few hours sleep. So it was off and away early, destination southern Belgium close to the Luxembourg border.

We stopped a few times on route but finally got to Camping Domaine Moulin de  Malempre around 2pm. The rain hadn’t stopped on route and it persisted throughout the day and well into the Thursday evening.  Even in the rain this was obviously a top class site with pool and well laid out pitches. Sadly it was fairly empty and looked uninspiring in the rain. However we booked a table in the restaurant that evening but imagined being the only ones in a damp cold cellar like restaurant. How wrong we were. We walked into a restaurant with an elevated position overlooking the site, a log burner roared and crackled in the centre and we chose to sit next to this on fine leather lounge chairs that were as comfortable as old slippers.  We were served a fine Belgium lager and persuaded to choose the Belgium stew with tasty beef chunks. A tasty meal an enjoyable evening, the rain was well and truly forgotten.

Friday 28^th

It was a fairly short drive of about 65 miles to our next destination Camping Left Beter – Uit at Waldorf in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is famous for ……?...Cheap fuel at 70p a litre?.......? Well if it isn’t famous for it then it should be famous for its cleanliness and tidiness. After seating the motorhome on a flat pitch we headed off to Vianden along an ‘alpine trail’. We eventually reached the outskirts of Vianden 90 minutes later. We wandered along the main carriageway wondering why we’d chosen this target for our walk, a few nice campsites along the rivers edge but what else. Finally we found the old part of the town centred on a medieval bridge. A really lovely spot where we sat in the sun at a restaurant and had a beer right beside the river. Up above us a large beautiful Chateau and ancient church looked down on us. When we got back to the site we had clocked 9 miles and burned up 780 calories.

Vianden Luxembourg

Vianden Luxembourg

Vianden Luxembourg

Vianden Luxembourg