Today we decided to move on. We hadn’t decided where to go until just before we left. The options we had given ourselves were either Warsaw or Vienna. The latter won on forecast temperature for the next week or so.
The facilities at Sokol Praha have been very good but it is, without doubt, the noisiest site we have stayed at so far. The nearby roads and proximity to an airport, coupled with tree cutting on the site, make finding peace & quiet impossible.
The final straw was a man with the loudest, and smelliest, leaf blower ever starting work just outside the van at 7:50 in the morning.
Our campsite was conveniently located close to bus and rail connections linking directly to the city centre. They also offered a free minibus to the station, from 08.30 to 11.00, although it was only a short 12 minute walk.
We were able to purchase our train tickets from reception and went for the 24 hour fully inclusive ticket, giving us unlimited travel on all forms of public transport. At a cost of 110 CZK each, about £3.75, we thought this was a bargain. We were also provided with a comprehensive leaflet detailing different public transport links from Camping Sokol Praha to the centre of Prague and back. Continue reading Prague, the city of a Hundred Spires→
Today we drove, light engine, an hour or so over to Meissen, Lower Saxony.
Route To Meissen
The town sits on the River Elbe a few kilometres north west of Dresden. The purpose of our trip was to visit the House Of Meissen, the home of the famous porcelain maker. Porcelain has been produced in the town since 1710.
