Europe In Our Motorhome

Sunday, 22 May 2011

Day 99 Wednesday 18.05.2011

Location: Reil Stellplatz, Mosel Valley, Germany

Long / Lat: N 50º01.525’ E 007º06.876’

We woke this morning to blue sky and sunshine, set off after breakfast with a list of nearby stellplatz to call into (there are so many and we don’t want to miss a good one).

First stop: Sankt Aldegund Stellplatz - N 50º04.700’ E 007º07.819’

Our first stop was a 3.3km drive to Sankt Aldegund on the opposite bank of the Mosel. The stellplatz costs 7€ for 24 hours, we have been told someone collects the parking money at about 5pm every day. If you want electricity there is an additional charge. There is water and a service point, it’s a large stellplatz, the parking is next to the river with a river view. It’s not a quiet spot, there is a road running behind it and the train line is on the opposite bank but it’s quite a pretty spot. We walked around the town in the early morning sunshine and found a small shop that sold bread and fresh milk. There are lots of wine merchants selling local wines.

Second stop: Punderich Stellplatz – N 50º02.586’ E 007º07.381’

We decided to drive on for another 15km to the second place on our list Punderich Stellplatz. The parking cost 6€ for 24 hours, no electricity. The parking is on grass at the edge of the town in a quiet spot by the river with grape vines behind. There is no river view and the service point was a bit run down (looked like they were building a new one).

Third stop Reil Stellplatz

We decided that we didn’t want to spend the night at Punderich so we drove on 3.1km to Reil.

We are stopping here overnight, it’s such a pretty spot, we’re parked right next to the river with a wonderful view of the river and the vines growing on the hills on the opposite bank. There are houses behind the stellplatz and its peaceful and quiet, can’t hear any traffic or trains.

We have been for a wander around the pretty town, found a small shop about a ten minutes walk up the hill selling fresh meat, fruit and veg, bread, milk, wine and beer also tinned goods and frozen food.

It’s really hot and sunny today, we are planning to have a BBQ this evening.

Sankt Aldegund Stellplatz