Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ut-ngp.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!werner From: werner@ut-ngp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Question on Camper travel around the Alps Message-ID: <477@ut-ngp.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 11:36:50 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.477 Posted: Fri Apr 6 11:36:50 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 06:10:33 EST References: <433@mhtsa.UUCP> Organization: Comp. Center, Univ. of Texas at Austin Lines: 31 just recently, I called around to compare car-rental-costs in Europe, and found that a small car could be had at a reasonable price, but a camper was outrageously expensive. that's one reason why I would not rent a camper. Second: in Europe, it's not as easy just to find a space to park as in the US, where I enjoy my van a lot more than in Europe. Third: if you want to meet some locals, why not enjoy the hospitality of breakfast and bed, available most everywhere? I have found shelter in old farm-houses, retired city folks in an old saw-mill, castle-like places, garden-houses, attic-rooms. Fourth: showers!!! I can't stand it when I can't get water on me (everywhere) at least once a day. Mountain-lakes are too COLD, and public bath- houses are not as readily available in the ALPS as in cities all over Germany (don't know about other countries). Actually, what you look for are the public indoor-swimming-pools, which often have also saunas, steam-baths, mud-baths, and 'muscles' to make you feel beat up and reborn. Before I forget it, don't dare to soap and shampoo in a European lake (as is done in the US everywhere), me and my friends would not look on kindly - Europe is too crowded to have people do this. So, my recommendation is to use car and tent, and bed-and-breakfast. Consider buying a car (tax-free) and bring it back. You can also do this with campers, motorcycles, bycycles, etc.