Westward Journey (9)—"Essential Information" Guide to Five-Star RV Camping Sites in Germany and France

Beijing’s weekend evening rush hour can best be described with a famous local snack - "Baoduer (Baoduer)". The main road of the Second Ring Road has now become a huge parking lot. Looking from the overpass, the traffic flowing in the opposite direction forms long red and white light strips, which are clearly distinguishable.

Dahong is always excluded from the dance during the city’s evening rush hour, and stays at home alone like Cinderella. Only when the clock strikes eleven o'clock at night, will she put on her glass slippers, transform into a beautiful princess, and step onto the stage under the night sky. Before I knew it, it had been a year since my journey to the west ended. Just like the blurry halo at night, neither Dahong nor I knew what was waiting for us...

While repeating the monotonous night walk every week, the Westward Journey team was invited , participated in the "Zhengzhou Nissan Car Owners Returning to Their Parents" event organized by Zhengzhou Nissan, and became the first batch of lucky ones. The organizer led us to visit the assembly workshop, and also provided a test drive of the upcoming Navarra National VI automatic transmission and Palaso .

The workshop just picked up the "commercial cars" that had just been assembled from the production line, and the car owners personally tested them, which shows their confidence in the excellent quality of their products. As for the performance of the new car, I think it should be left to the market to evaluate. On the battlefield where manufacturers are competing for performance parameters, Zhengzhou Nissan has always adhered to the concept of product reliability and will never become outdated. After all, a car that does not leave the owner in the middle of the road should be the basic threshold for a good car. What's more, it's a pickup truck headed for freedom.

The half-day event was rich in content. While having a simple meal in the company canteen, Zhengzhou Nissan Vice President Zhang Xiaoqiang and the company leaders also took the time to ask car owners about the shortcomings of the products, hoping to find out ways to further improve them in the future. place. After the meal, everyone was reluctant to leave and took photos one after another. Mr. Zhang specially found me, invited me to take a photo with Dahong, and encouraged us to continue to realize our dreams. The engine started again, everyone waved goodbye and met again.

In this event, the members of the Westward Journey team brought a lot of harvest and were each immersed in their own happiness. Sister Dongma made new friends, DaV won the title of honorary car owner, and I once again enjoyed the pleasure of traveling thousands of miles with Dahong.

I said goodbye to the organizer and went to the Songshan Shaolin Temple. During the visit, I read this passage: "The characteristic of Shaolin Kung Fu is that it focuses on martial arts and is based on actual combat. Therefore, its routine structure is short, concise, tight and compact, and its movements are vigorous and swift. , attack and defense are flexible, and the consciousness and movement are unified. '" If it is said that the soil and water nourish a person, then the character of Navarre, which was created by a craftsman, is probably the same. Train both internally and externally, focus on martial arts, and be based on actual combat.

Walking around the thousand-year-old temple, I couldn’t help but compose a poem:

Chasing the wind and the sun, racing against the horses,

Juan’s beauty is better than Pan An’s;

< p>After riding seventy thousand miles away from the dust,

I realized that she was from Zhongmou.

Since the end of the journey to the west, the team has not gathered again for a year. This time it feels like it is back to the past, back to the free life of traveling all over the world...

Back Our long self-driving journey - today we say goodbye to Germany and go straight to Strasbourg, France. The journey is about 333 kilometers and takes about 3 hours and 40 minutes. The city is France's largest border city, bordering Germany on the Rhine River. This place used to be the focus of contention between France and Germany. It was alternately ruled by the two countries, so you can feel the culture of both Germany and France at the same time - you can also see many German-style wooden houses in France. It is said that the French here also has a strong German accent, but I can't recognize it anyway.

Strasbourg is the capital of the Grand Est region. It has two regions that Chinese people are very familiar with - Alsace and Lorraine. They are the names of Daudet's "The Last Lesson" in primary school textbooks. 》place mentioned. I was chatting with Big V and unknowingly came to the German-French border. We set up various cameras in advance, waiting to capture the exciting moment of entry. But who would have thought, there was a sign posted on the roadside, reminding me of the speed limit on French highways, and then, nothing more, just entered France - the Schengen countries really drove out of the country.

Follow Google Maps to find the campsite on the outskirts of Strasbourg. After the big V completes the check-in procedures, enter the designated location and set up camp. Everyone works together to unfold the mobile home.

Since entering Germany, I have experienced RV campsites three times in a row. Now let me give you an overview of RV campsites in Germany and France: Judging from the site selection of campsites, I feel that the two countries have the same idea. They are generally chosen in relatively secluded places on the outskirts of cities. The surrounding ecological environment is also relatively good, and I have a deep understanding of this. I once saw fireflies in the camp near Nuremberg. Li Encyclopedia (a friend who likes zoology and botany) said that fireflies have very high requirements on the environment. If you can see fireflies, It shows that the environment of this place is very good. Indeed, the administrator told us that the water in the nearby lake must be tested regularly to ensure that it is free of pollution. A good environment does not mean there are no flies or mosquitoes, so you must prepare more mosquito repellent coils and sprays.

The campground is generally divided into several major areas: cabin area, tent area, RV area, washroom (in the same area as the toilet, shower room, dishwashing room, and laundry room), classified garbage collection area, Children's play area (usually with children's play facilities and swimming pools). The cabin is similar to a hotel, but in a pastoral style. RV campsites will have water and electricity piles, and some only have electric piles. Water is supplied centrally, but you need to prepare your own RV conversion plug. If you really don’t have one, you can pay a deposit and borrow it from the administrator. Bathing, washing machines, and toilets are public, but German campsites like to use coins for bathing, while French campsites have free bathing, but this is linked to the parking space fee and capita fee for entering the campground.

Trash needs to be sorted and thrown into designated locations. The campground itself also has a bar, restaurant and bar, and carnivals are held on the weekends. Some campsites in France also provide tourists with the service of renting bicycles for sightseeing. Personally, I feel that they are usually found closer to the city, but the rental fee is not cheap. The locals staying in the camp are relatively friendly, and if you want to communicate with them, this is a good place.

In general, RV campsites have star ratings like hotels. The higher the rating, the better the facilities. Of course, the price will be more expensive, but camping is much cheaper than staying in a hotel (staying in a campground (except cabins).

The big red head holds the tent, and once it is unfolded, it "loses" its mobility. These days are the hottest in Europe, so I stayed at the campground to repair. It was already extremely hot in the tent at nine o'clock in the morning. Being born in the coldest season, I felt like being thrown into hell when it came to summer, let alone sleeping until I woke up naturally.

Get up and prepare breakfast for the couple, and before they get up, catch up on the travel notes that have been left behind for several days. There are no trees around our parking space, so we rely on the big red roof tent as a big tree to create shade - we have been looking around the tent for shade since the morning.

There are currently 8,600 campsites in France. Among them, wooden houses and mobile homes are more expensive than tents and RV camping, but they are not affected by the weather. Although the summer in France is hot, it’s not stuffy and you can sweat a lot. If that’s not possible, go to the water room to take a shower. French elderly people generally like to buy an RV, with the old man driving and the old lady escorting the car (sitting in the passenger seat). Most young people choose to drive hatchback station wagons and go camping with three or four people in tents. In short, everyone chooses the way of travel that suits them best. French, Dutch, Belgians, and Germans passed by our camp all the time, and they were very interested in the red color and thought it was cool.

This whole day, we stayed lazily around Dahong to enjoy the coolness. Until around four o'clock in the afternoon, Big V and I decided to take Sister Dongma to the supermarket to do some shopping and prepare dinner. After coming back, I was responsible for the preparations, and of course with the ammunition I had prepared in Germany - beer. Big V took Sister Dongma to the swimming pool to cool off. Set up a gasoline stove, add delicious vegetables, and stir-fry. Make two more dishes today, so you can still eat them on the road tomorrow. Grilled eggplant, lettuce with oyster sauce, mushrooms and rapeseed, braised pork... I was watched by passers-by again, and I was afraid of being complained. After dinner was served, we waited for my wife and daughter to come back to have dinner together. The day passed like this. What I experienced at the RV campground was this laziness, spontaneity and comfort...

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