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Germany in September :drive: emissions sticker ordered :idea: never been before :rolleyes2: will it be full of foreigners :confused:
 
Guess, there'll be a few English there. Suppose I better get a sticker. Never bothered before. Going in July.
 
I've just crossed Germany from Cologne to Berlin, taking the slow scenic route. I haven't seen a single other UK motorhomer, nor any French. A handful of Dutch, everyone else is German.

Weather has been fantastic, lots of gorgeous scenery, free or cheap (< €10) stellplatze almost everywhere. Of course they don't have much of a seaside (I was further south anyway) but there are various freshwater lakes around that are great for swimming (no waves or - obviously - salt). It seems even the smallest towns will have really well maintained outdoor pools for €3 or €4. Bars are cheap too, half a litre of beer is usually €3.50. I highly recommend it.

edit: Try to keep a good supply of €1 and 50¢ coins with you - a lot of the government-run aires have parking machines that only accept coins (no cards or notes).
 
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We have just booked the Chunnel for September, and heading for Bavaria for a 2 week ramble.
Last time we were there was in 1991, when we hired a motorhome from Paderborn and toured down the Rhine to include Neuschwanzstein in our itinerary.
I have my Plakette, however, it is yellow, so won't be venturing into cities with the "dirty" van. Using public transport in Germany is much more convenient and cheap anyway :)
 
Germany in September/October time is good.Plentyof stellplatz to stop at.
 
Off mid July, Black Forrest then over to Saxony Switzerland national park, and on to Estonia. No idea which way back yet.
 
Been here two weeks Mosel and Rhine been great
Underwhelmed so far with Black Forest considering the romantic road and Bavaria
Didn't bother with emissions sticker as keeping away from cities, spoke with some Germans who say the police aren't bothered seen loads of vans without them
 
Stellplatz are generally half full only come across one that had no places
A few Brit vans no French mainly Germans and clogs
 
Still no sticker :sad: ordered and paid for on 10/06/2018, email conformation / order number back straight away :dance: how long did yours take :confused:
 
Got mine within 10 days was surprised how quick it arrived until I got the French one back in 4 days. I know we could try to avoid these zones but you never know when we may have to enter one for a doctor/hospital or even a vet and its not like they cost a fortune
 
Got my French one in 9 days from ordering / paying to coming through the door, i was happy with that :dance:

IMHO for what they cost it`s not worth not having them, just in case :idea:
 
Emission sticker

Wooie1958 said:
Very quick and easy here Mark Online-application environmental zone sticker - Berlin.de
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Thanks to the link Mark, my sticker arrived in exactly a week. AND its a green one ... For a 04 Ducato 2.3 JTD!! I'm not sure how they worked that out but I'm not complaining. I just supplied a scan of the inside page of my V5 (which tells nothing about emissions) as documentary evidence, along with payment. By the way, my scanned doc looked like it never properly loaded onto my application on their site, but when I went through to pay, there it was.
 
RSD7a said:
Thanks to the link Mark, my sticker arrived in exactly a week. AND its a green one ... For a 04 Ducato 2.3 JTD!! I'm not sure how they worked that out but I'm not complaining. I just supplied a scan of the inside page of my V5 (which tells nothing about emissions) as documentary evidence, along with payment. By the way, my scanned doc looked like it never properly loaded onto my application on their site, but when I went through to pay, there it was.
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They`ll have gone off the " Date First Registered " on the V5.
 
Wooie1958 said:
Germany in September :drive: emissions sticker ordered :idea: never been before :rolleyes2: will it be full of foreigners :confused:
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Envious Mr. WOO. Germany is definitely on our radar. Have a great time and let us know your route.
 
izwozral said:
Envious Mr. WOO. Germany is definitely on our radar. Have a great time and let us know your route.
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I`m afraid it`s postponed until next year now Ral :sad:

The wife`s just had one operation and has another one due soon :hammer: so she needs to fully recover before we can go away in the motorhome again :dance:

Seriously thinking about Southern Spain or Portugal for some warmer weather in January / February if she`s up to it :idea:
 
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