We Go Truck Camping in Northern Europe - TCM
Jane and I traveled last Fall to the Netherlands and rented a Tonke, known in Europe as a "demountable". The coach can be removed from the Mercedes Sprinter exactly as our American truck campers. W...
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Great trip report D.
Getting 6 weeks total paid holiday (once you have been at the same company many years) is one thing - being allowed to use all that in one 6-week trip is something else - not something I would like to request. I can get away with just over 2 weeks at a time. In exceptional cases I might be able to take 3 weeks. Maybe things are different in Germany.
Steve.
silversand wrote:
...We talked to the director of Hammerhofen, Rolf Soujon, about camping in Germany. He explained that the largest crowds were in July when most families have 5-6 weeks of “holiday”...
....wow. I always love the "proper" holiday the Europeans get. Try and do this with your job in the US or Canada, and you'll find yourself on the street holding a box with your personal office items in it (unless you are on a university sabbatical, or similar). Even taking 4 straight weeks rankles A LOT of feathers. Ya have to break up your holiday (if you're lucky enough to have 4, 5, 6 weeks) into 2 week stints in today's economy :B
Getting 6 weeks total paid holiday (once you have been at the same company many years) is one thing - being allowed to use all that in one 6-week trip is something else - not something I would like to request. I can get away with just over 2 weeks at a time. In exceptional cases I might be able to take 3 weeks. Maybe things are different in Germany.
Steve.
