Enkirch - Germany

Tuesday 24th August
After a wander around the small town of Theux to find a bank, we set off on another of Belgium's bumpy roads - they don't seem to do many repairs but one small business must be doing well - the one that makes "Route Degradee" signs - they are everywhere!
The motorway south (A27) is one of the most scenic we have travelled on - beautiful views of the green pastures, forests, little hamlets, swooping up and down the hills and over huge viaducts. Just before we crossed the border into Germany, our new van (2 months old today!) clocked up its first 1000 miles. The scenery continued until we reached the valley of the Mosel. Huge wow factor as we turned left to follow the river downstream, going north. Stopped at the next village of Urzig where there was designated motorhome parking and over lunch, watched the interesting river traffic - trip boats, an enormous barge carrying heaps and heaps of coal (with a house and 2 cars at the stern) and a beautiful hotel cruiser that seemed to go on for ever. Behind us were steep hillsides covered in vines that were lapping up the hot sunshine, as we were.
Then moved on to Enkirch and decided this was where we'd like to spend the rest of the day and night. Motorhomers are so well looked after here - a huge grassy area by the river with a few trees and some electric hookups. A chap later came and collected our 7.50€ (for up to 24 hrs. stay). We hadn't meant to, but we had parked up fairly close to 2 other Brit vans. Glad we did though, as they serenaded all the nearby campers for an hour or so - on accordion, fiddle and guitar with folk tunes. Evening walk up the steep hillside through the delightful village with its colourful ancient buildings.