Day 8 – Snails, Ticks and Ice Cream

Journey: Luxembourg City – Echternach – Vianden – Trier (Germany)

Not the best start to the day, we had done the van chores, walked the pups through forest to the supermarket and once home realised Jasper was crawling in ticks and a few had got onto Ernest (Mabel had rolled in liquid poo and been washed in the river so I guess even the ticks thought she was too disgusting to live on)🤢 Thus it was panic stations getting them all off and cleaning the van…we have been on tick watch all day. We have since been warned Germany’s forests are bad too so we will need to up their protection and be vigilant. On the plus we saw a giant snail 😊

Moterhome Madness has been the most helpful FB page and we have found a wealth of great recommendations. We thus opted to drive to Echternach for local ice cream and a lovely lakeside walk. Ernest had his first time on a swing…he is getting heavy…its probably his last time. Then we took the scenic road to Vianden Castle, this a lovely drive following the river with lots of winding roads. The Castle originates from 10th century but has been added to throughout the ages and fully restored at great expense. It’s a great attraction, made extra special as we caught the final days of the international characature competition, so we saw some great artwork.

Then on to Germany…yes we changed the route again and are now parked in a giant carpark in Trier 😂 Current route plan is Trier – Oberwesel – Sant Goarshausen – Koblenz – Cologne – Maastricht – Antwerp. But who knows where we will actually go 😜