Denmark to the UK…

So… after that last post, this one will be slightly less… emotional… maybe.  So we woke to a beautiful morning in Denmark, in a little channel between Sweden and Denmark on the Baltic.  We had to get our feet wet… nearly stayed to do some sun bathing… but… we being the traveling Sorter crew… had some miles to get on to.

Traveling from Sweden, some nice folks at the Siljan Lake campsite gave us the hot tip to take a ferry from Sweden to Denmark… cross Denmark's main island north to south… and take another short hop ferry ride from Denmark to Germany.  After 10 days in the RV with the family… we could use a little of this (but have none)!

All told this saved us a few hundred miles and cost a bit less than the bridges would have cost so… heck ya.  Here's the ferry from Denmark to Germany… even a train got on it!  Surprised us all when she rolled on behind us!

Here's the train pulling onto the ferry… quel surprise!

We got off on a small peninsula in Germany, Puttgarden and proceeded to drive out to just south west of Bremen, Germany (trying to get a bit closer to Calais where we were to cross the English Channel or La Manche as the French call it).  Heather found us a cool campsite out in the country southwest of Bremen… but getting out there, the GPS took us on a bit of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre route… through cornfields, down dirt roads… and finally out into this nice campsite… which was closed.  Fortunately, a nice man rang the bell for the attendant who reluctantly let us in (spoke 0 English).  Very quiet… clean, spartan accommodations.  We woke up this morning, had a nice breakfast and showers… and off to the races again.  We crossed the rest of Germany (stopping at a nice bakery for some Barliners)… a bit of the Netherlands and Belgium (got some grocery shopping in… had to get the good Belgian beers with no tax!) to Calais, France, where we caught the "Shuttle" or the Chunnel, which is literally a tunnel on the floor of the English Channel that takes you across from France to
Folkestone, England.

Here's a shot of getting on the train… tried to post a video… but get an error every time.

We arrived at a sweet spot that Heather found in Cantebury, England, not far from where the train let us off.  Of course driving on the left side of the road is a bit strange and scary… but we're doing it!

Here is our spot in Cantebury…

Well… that's about it for now.  Getting some sleep tonight… no early morning tomorrow!  Headed north this week…  look out Scotland!