Today we entered our 4th country of the trip on our way to Poland. We took our time getting going this morning, but were still off to a pretty early start. We picked Mainz as it was a nice distance in the right direction, and it looked like it would be a fun place to spend an afternoon in. Also, there is a US Army garrison near by so tomorrow we can do some shopping at the US base before heading out of town.
The drive over was uneventful, and while it looked like the French Customs Bureau was setting up to do a spot check with about 50 customs officers standing by the side of the road near the German border, we were not stopped. After checking in we thought about skipping Mainz, but I managed to encourage Ton to do the walk, and we headed over the Rhine River to downtown Mainz.
We enjoyed a short walk thru the center of Mainz. It was a nice spring day so downtown was hopping with locals enjoying the beginning of their weekend. It was a nice city but our hearts were not really into walking thru another nice city, so after about an hour we cut it short and headed back to the campground.
Sometimes its the small things, often in France, and now it seems the Netherlands, when you use the showers in the campgrounds, they have them on a pressure switch so you have to push a button every 30 seconds or so to restart the water. Tonight’s campground had free flowing water in the shower which we both appreciated.
