5th September 2009

We just want to find somewhere we can stay for a few days and we're not having much luck so far.  Paul has seen an ACSI site near Lake Titisee so we are packing up this morning and heading there.  Thank God the rain stopped so the van is not bogged down in the mud.  We did have spinning wheels for a bit, but sensibly, Paul had parked facing down hill so we got out okay.

We stopped on the way at a supermarket and bought some bits and pieces including some bottled water.  When we got outside I checked the receipt to find we had been charged an extra €1.50 for something so I went back in and the cashier told us that it's a deposit for the bottled water.  I've never heard of being charged a deposit before so I asked for our money back and returned the water.  The lady cashier showed as a large five litre bottle of water, which we bought instead, no deposit!

We drove into Titisee which is very pretty and is obviously a very popular holiday area.  There were a number of campsites around the lake but none of them seemed very nice.  Probably a case of the resort is the draw so the campsites don't need to do much to attract customers. We noticed a nice looking campsite on the other side of the lake, and tried to drive round to it.  It was impossible, we just kept getting lost, so in the end we gave up and drove to another ACSI site Paul had seen in the guide but was was quite a drive away.
Gern-Campinghof Salem
We arrived at Gern-Campinghof Salem, which is very close to Lake Konstanz.  Across the lake is Switzerland.  The site looked good, there was a restaurant and bar at reception but the only problem was that the only pitches they had left were right at the far end of the site, miles from anything and it was next to the dog-walking path, so we had people and their dogs walking past us all the time.  Hopefully, after the weekend people would leave and then we could find a better pitch, so all was not lost.  The weather was good, sunny and hot so we decided we’d try and stay for as long as the weather held.
We met a nice English couple opposite who had a Spanish registered Hymer Motorhome as they live in Spain.  We shared a bottle of wine with them and soaked up what was left of the sun.  Then we both went and had showers, they were great.

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