Due to our slight navigation misshap we stopped at trusty McDonalds for some WiFi access and to load in the missing map onto the GPS. But as we have found not all McDonalds over here have free WiFI. And this one had a Hot-Spot but only if you were a Deasculand T-Mobile Customer! We are not with them for our mobile phone access so it was just a good chance to warm up out of the rain with a coffee and a cake.
Without further problems we got to the camping park (Kampplatz) all ok. Deb sorted where and what was on offer. A ‘plot’ for the tent was 34euro per day, or we could have a barrel for 38euro! What the hell was a Barrel! So off we went to check it out with a nice young (English speaking) lady. Who showed us a camp plot, Sandy base… and the Barrel (they had two). Which was a small pine shelter shaped to look like a barrel. Kinda like a wooden tent I thought. We agreed we could stretch the extra $5au per day for a wooden Barrel.
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| Our Home for the next few days. |
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| The Barrel Story... |
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| Inside our 'Wooden Tent'! |
After unloading the bike and storing our gear inside the Barrel, we headed back into town to an Aldi store we had seen to pick up some food supplies and also to have a short ride about to check out the general area.
Dinner this night was to be pasta sauce, pasta, cheese and something to drink (apart from Tea for Deb). I found a Cab -Sav red wine from Chili for 1.49 euro (about $1.88au). And going with Ray Dom’s suggestion that Chilean wine is a lot like Aussie wine I bought it. It was great, quite like a South Aussie Red indeed, and the price made it even better I reckon!!
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| Sundowner and snacks on the balcony |
We sat on our balcony overlooking a lake as the sun set, sipping red wine, whilst bashing out a Blog story (MRT Rally). While the camping stove sorted out dinner, Fantastic! Hope we find more spots like this one.
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| Our view across Lake Havel from our Balcony. |
