Today we’re driving to London. And despite all the waiting in front of red lights, I love it. In the second photo we are waiting in front of the traffic lights at Piccadilly Circus. We start, as we often do, at the Lego store in Leicester Square. It has been enlarged since our last visit and now offers more than twice as much space on [Weiterlesen]

Today we meet Caroline in the garden centre. And garden centres in England are so much more than just suppliers of gardening tools. There are heaps of decorative items, tableware, clothes, pet supplies, pottery classes and much more. We also like to come here because of the restaurant with its large covered outdoor area. Here Gabi and I share a pie with mash, tender-stem broccoli [Weiterlesen]

On our first day in the UK, we find an amazing bakery and eat breakfast while driving to the southwest of England, where we visit our good friend in Taunton. On the way, we stop at a farm shop that our friend has told us about so often. And it is really great. Besides many products from farms in the area, there is homemade bread [Weiterlesen]

Because of the uncertain petrol situation in France, we decide to take our usual route via Strasbourg, Metz and Reims, driving the first leg through Germany and only crossing the border to France at Strasbourg. Before that, we fill up again before Offenburg. But we could have saved ourselves the drive through south-west Germany. In fact, they ran out of (normal) petrol at two service [Weiterlesen]

This time our trip to England needs a bit more preparation than usual. In France, a strike by refinery workers has caused many places to run out of petrol, and in London, deluded climate activists are letting the air out of the cars’ tyres. To be on the safe side, we buy two petrol cans for a longer range, adjust the route and have ordered [Weiterlesen]