Laacher See, a 2km wide, 53m deep volcanic crater lake in the Eifel. It’s a spectacular thing. Visting it on Pfingstmontag? Not what you would call ‘escaping from it all’ but we were going a little bit crazy in Remagen and wanted to get out on proper roads. At least, one of us did. One of us was too chicken to drive – it’s close to the Nürburgring, and Germans like to drive as if they’re on it. Plus, left hand drive on the right side of the road? Not yet.
Despite the crowds, it was great to be out in the country for the first time in a long time. Spoke to some fellow Bulli drivers in the car park – our first taste of the community the iconic vehicle has generated around itself. They’d converted an old farm in Polch into a kitchen, hotel and café-restaurant, just before coronavirus hit. All they could do was wait.
And yes, we did get lost – missed the turn for Brohl-Lützing on the way home and ended up on the L116 towards Nickenich. Beautiful road. Wrong direction. Discovered a great little campingplatz at the bottom of the hill there. We doubled back to the L113, at sunset – what a view.
