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Slowly getting used to the campervan bed now with the help of a bed topper and a very thick sleeping bag! Just over 8 hours sleep which is good for us and never get this at home and we must be starting to unwind.

Another 2 coffees, banana, croissants and Belvita breakfast biscuits we were ready to get going.  Planning the route the night before meant we kind of knew where we were heading instead of winging it.  It’s less stress when it’s a long enough day.

We did the obligatory supermarket stop to pick up some lunch, dinner and nibbles for the trip. Roads were much more interesting and even though there was still a lot of agriculture land, the roads started to have sweeping corners and more contrast of landscape.

We found a lovey town called ‘Pont-a-Mousson’ about mid day and stopped for a coffee and a much needed break. Cobble streets and old buildings with outstanding architecture and several cafes on the square.

The cobbled town square had a carousel and it brought back memories of riding them when I was a kid.  This one even had a bike on it but I had my eye on a submarine which they had and very different from the usual horses.

One thing that struck us both was the sunflower fields and the sheer volume of them as we travelled along the roads. It would be fascinating to know how they make sunflower oil out of them and one to google at another time.

We were getting famished by early afternoon and Griff found a Camperconnect site in Rue do Port, ‘Canal de la Sarre’ and we pulled in.  What a beautiful place right beside the canal. Lunch was served with chicken Caesar salad, coffee and chocolate chip cookie for dessert. They had toilet and shower facilities and we grabbed a shower each whilst we could as some of the sites so far we had been in didn’t have the facilities.

As we left the Camperconnect site, we noticed a change in the houses and they became more German looking with the typical chalet style.  We knew the German border was coming up.

Once we passed the border we weren’t far from the campsite for the night.  Annoyingly the sat nav took us down a road which was closed so we had to do a detour which added another 15 minutes to the journey.  We got to ‘Europa Camping Sands’ just after 6.00pm and the German host was a jolly man who once he knew Griff was into his music, was telling us he liked to play guitar and his first album he bought was Peter Griffin (not Family Guy).

Decided to dine in the on sight restaurant and have a beer or 2 and this was definitely going to make us sleep well!! After dinner we planned our next days travel plans and then headed back to the van.

I managed to catchup with the travel posts as not had any wifi for the last couple of days so when you read them you will see a couple of them are posted on the same day. Enjoy the read and until tomorrow …