Today we took the short drive over to Colditz again to visit the Schloss and take the 13:00 guided tour. Priced at €9 the tour lasts an hour and gives you the basics of the history of the castle and its’ use as prisoner of war camp Oflag IV-C during World War 2.
There is a two hour extended tour available too. If I were to go again I would plump for this.
After an excellent 9 days or so visiting family, including new granddaughter Lucy, we returned to Berlin on Thursday for resumption of our travels..
Many thanks to Matthew for putting us up, & putting up with us, and for the loan of a car for our visit. Also to Jacqui & Mark for hosting us at the weekend, and Paul & Ros for lunch on Tuesday.
Lutz had been patiently waiting to pick us up from our delayed flight and once we had stowed our bags in the car he whisked us off to a quirky bar just over the airport fence. Unfortunately the whisking was a little too efficient as he was flashed by a speed camera on the way. Doh!
Despite the inclement weather we had enjoyed our time at Ballum Camping. We had decided to stay for a third night and do a long drive down to Lutzs’ on Monday.
Friday night has to go down as one of the most blustery nights that we have endured so far in the caravan here in Ballum. Added to that was the torrential rain which sounded like someone spraying the top and sides of the van with a hosepipe! We were suffering the effects of one of the current storms sweeping off the North Sea from the Atlantic.
Luckily by mid afternoon there was a break in the weather and to stop us going stir crazy we ventured out in the car to explore the local area.
This area of Denmark is located within the National Park Vadehavet /The Wadden Sea National Park, a UNESCO Heritage site. Continue reading Ballum, South Jutland, Denmark
Plan A, to store the van and car here and fly home for a few days from Copenhagen, hadn’t worked. The site we were on didn’t like the idea of storing the car & van for us, nor did another I’d emailed.