AussieEuropeanTour Rob and Krys Henshaw Contents Background Information ...................................................................... 16 Why have we written this document?............................................................................... 16 Who are we? ................................................................................................................... 18 Our Motorhome Research ............................................................................................... 18 What we thought we wanted based on our caravan experience in Australia .................... 19 Paying for a Motorhome in the UK from Australia ............................................................ 20 Registering and Insuring the Hymer in the UK ................................................................. 21 Insuring the Hymer 544 in the UK .................................................................................... 21 Schengen Zone Impications for Australians visiting Europe ............................................. 22 Our Schengen Zone Experience...................................................................................... 23 Fridge/Freezer Management in a Motorhome/Caravan:................................................... 25 The Challenges of Driving a Motorhome in Norway ......................................................... 27 Getting Maximum Life out of 12 Volt Batteries in a Motorhome/Caravan ......................... 33 Countries Visited ................................................................................... 34 South East England ......................................................................................................... 34 Dunkirk - Malo Beach –- France ...................................................................................... 34 Belgium .................................................................................................. 35 Tournai – Belgium ........................................................................................................... 35 Boussu-Lez-Walcourt – Belgium...................................................................................... 35 Saint Hubert - Belgium .................................................................................................... 36 Bastogne - Belgium ......................................................................................................... 36 Germany ................................................................................................. 37 Manderscheid – Germany ............................................................................................... 37 Bingen on the Rhine – Germany...................................................................................... 38 Klingenberg – Germany ................................................................................................... 39 Hammelburg – Germany ................................................................................................. 40 Burgkunstadt – Germany ................................................................................................. 40 Grunhain – Germany ....................................................................................................... 42 Pirna – Germany ............................................................................................................. 42 Senftenberg – Germany .................................................................................................. 42 Lohsa – Germany ............................................................................................................ 43 Leipe, Lebbenau – East Germany ................................................................................... 44 Senftenberg – Germany .................................................................................................. 46 Dresden - Germany ......................................................................................................... 47 Bad Muskau - Germany ................................................................................................... 49 Poland ..................................................................................................... 50 Olesnica -Poland ............................................................................................................. 50 Zagan – Poland ............................................................................................................... 50 Chlebow at Lipce Reymontowskie - Poland ..................................................................... 52 Warsaw - Poland ............................................................................................................. 54 Biala Podlaska - Poland .................................................................................................. 56 Lublin - Poland ................................................................................................................ 57 Checiny - Poland ............................................................................................................. 58 Auschwitz - Poland .......................................................................................................... 61 Wieliczka - Poland ........................................................................................................... 61 Kraków – Poland ............................................................................................................. 62 Zakopane - Poland .......................................................................................................... 64 Slovakia .................................................................................................. 65 Mosovce – Slovakia......................................................................................................... 65 Brezno - Slovakia ............................................................................................................ 67 Tatranska Lomnica near Vysoke Tatry - Slovakia ............................................................ 68 Haligovce - Slovakia ........................................................................................................ 69 Poland ..................................................................................................... 70 Tarnow, Poland ............................................................................................................... 70 Sandomierz - Poland ....................................................................................................... 70 Kazimierz Dolny - Poland ................................................................................................ 72 Serniki, Poland ................................................................................................................ 73 Biala Podlaska, Poland .................................................................................................... 73 Bialowieza Bison Forest, Poland ..................................................................................... 74 Suwalki, Poland ............................................................................................................... 75 Gierloz, Poland (aka “The Wolfs Lair (Wolfschanze) or Hitlers Bunker” ........................... 75 Elblag - Poland ................................................................................................................ 76 Gdansk - Poland .............................................................................................................. 77 Mielno, Poland ................................................................................................................. 79 Szczecin – Poland ........................................................................................................... 79 Germany ................................................................................................. 80 NeuBrandenberg - Germany ........................................................................................... 80 Schwerin – Germany ....................................................................................................... 81 Sehestedt – Germany ...................................................................................................... 81 Denmark ................................................................................................. 82 Fredericia - Denmark ....................................................................................................... 82 Vejle - Denmark ............................................................................................................... 83 Billund - Legoland Resort – Denmark .............................................................................. 83 Gillelege - Denmark ......................................................................................................... 84 Copenhagen - Denmark .................................................................................................. 84 Sweden ................................................................................................... 86 Gothenberg - Sweden ..................................................................................................... 86 Lysekil - Sweden ............................................................................................................. 87 Tanumshede - Sweden ..................................................................................................