We stayed a day in Luxembourg to get some stuff sorted... Here are some photos of the City.

And the old town centre.

After the initial GPS problems that plaged us until Luxembourg (Thanks to Ed for making the maps available) we managed to actually get somewhere... that somewhere was Champagne in France. It was great riding via Verdun to see the war memorials and where the trenches had been in World War One. We also played Where's Heather..

One thing that’s been a constant on this trip is the string of absolutely brilliant roads, winding past scenery so gorgeous that boredom doesn’t stand a chance. So far, we’ve clocked just over 900 miles (that’s 1,450 kilometres for the metric-inclined), and every mile has thrown something new at us.

After a fantastic night with Natalie and her family, we geared up to hit the road… but the universe had other ideas. It just wasn’t Heather’s day. Her bike’s battery was as flat as a pancake, and push-starting it in the pouring rain became the morning’s new cardio. After a solid workout and a lot of muttered words, we ended up borrowing Natalie’s jumper leads to try and bring the beast back to life. One little snag—where on earth did BMW hide the battery? Cue us half-dismantling the bike in the driveway, only to eventually discover the genius German engineers had tucked a positive connection in just the right spot. Now, all we needed was a halfway decent negative ground. A few more soggy attempts later, and—bingo! “Sparkie” roared back to life, much to our soggy, triumphant delight.

Just another day on the road, right?

Now that we had two running bikes it was time to set off for Germany.... If only it was that simple.. Thanks to our wonderful friend the weather.. we managed to ride about 150km before the weather was soo poor that we ended up wild camping in the Forest near Flirey on the D958

After a very wet night we managed to ride out on the very muddy tracks.. The weather had not much improved and the days riding was slow and steady to Freiberg in Germany. This lead us to our second ferry crossing. From France in to Germany!.. Totally unexpected but a welcome break for the 30 second journey. One big problem with this section of the trip was that there are no petrol stations which accept UK mastercards or maestro.. A really nice “surprise”.. on the up side at least it shows that the R1200GS can do over 400 miles on 32.5 litres of fuel if you ride like a sissy... riding behind heather makes that pretty easy.. te he he

Having stayed at the http://freiburg-camping.de/ camping site right near the centre of town. Highly recommended except that its so expensive.. 21euro for two people.. for a dam tent!!! dam I feel like scrooge.. We got over it fast enough as soon as we hit one of the beer halls in town for some great beers and quality German food. If your in the area and are interested here it is Martins Brau erste freiburger gasthausbrauerei Http://www.mbfr.de