Travelled : 121 kilometres from Munster to Meppen, Lower Saxony.
Visited : Meppen
Stayed : Municipal Stellplatz โฌ8 + Electricity โฌ2 + โฌ2 water. N52.69035 E7.28504
It was a very warm evening at Camping Munster, but it had cooled enough to turn off the AC and open the windows after 10 pm and it was a good sleep. It’s already warming as we pack up the Hymer and get ready to depart, a bit annoyed to find we have to pay an extra โฌ1 for water on top of our overnight fee. From now on I will check what’s included in the overnight cost.
We depart Munster heading north-west on the B54. From our experience so far, the roads in Germany are amazing. The B54 is just a single carriageway, yet there are no cross roads, traffic lights or roundabouts. Just ramps on or off ! Every 5 kilometres there is a passing lane about 1.5 kilometres long. 50 kilometres later we turn onto the A31 an autobahn heading north, an even better road. However we are constantly passed by cars travelling at blinding speed. I was under the impression that the general speed limit in Germany is now 130 kph. I notice our GPS shows no speed limit on the autobahn and the black BMW and Mercedes don’t seem to have a limit either.
An hour later we roll into Meppen. We met with a German couple yesterday who had recommended Meppen and the cycle path along the Dortmund canal. The stellplatz has 8 dedicated spots and 4 are already taken, so after working out where the afternoon shade will be, we pick our spot.
It’s too late and far too hot for cycling the canal this afternoon, so we’ll have a ride in the morning.
Michael and Pam
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Well at least you are heading for cooler weather, pretty hot here ii Braunschweig, but there is power, 1e for 8 hrs, water 1e for 100lts and free parking, so all right boxes ticked, so cant conplain.. Going for a walk into town soon. We stayed at Meppen. Wern on to Leer, where the stellplatz is right in the town. We arrived on the day of the festival. Went on to Emden where the stellplatz is right on the harbour. Great town, especially the Life boat. There was a train bridge when we were there that made a lot of noise, but is apparnently not in use now. Johannes also suggested the Reise Mobil Bord Atlas Deutschland 24e, 6000 stellplatz gives alll costs, towns in alphabetical order.
Yes speed limit is often unlimited and black cars go faster. Very few accidents, too fearful of causing a traffic jam so mostly people are courtous, moving over to let people in. Our motorhome loves the autobahns. Where are you heading to next. Regards and safe travel