Eurotrip day 12 6th Oct 2010 – Germany

We awoke to a bright sunny day with clear blue skies and go ready to go to breakfast. We went upstairs to the restaurant and found a large breakfast spread which we tucked into. They had a Nurburgring toaster that toasted the ring on to the bread! I also enjoyed a ring doughnut and fresh coffee.

After breakfast we used the hotel wifi to check out the last minute availability of the ring. Before we left home it did not say on the website whether the ring was open or not, but we found that the ring was shut for private testing and would open again for an evening session 9^th October. We took a walk up to the ring and immediately had a good view watching cars come around a bend towards us, before braking for another bend and going uphill into the forest. The sound of the cars coming and then going past was immense. We walked further around the ring and it got muddier and muddier, Alexa stepped in a big squidgy patch and it made a squeak and oozed mud out into her shoe! She was less than impressed and stood on one foot refusing to move until I cleaned both her sock and the inside and outside of her shoe!

We found a spot with make shift benches on right next to the ring and we stayed a while watching the cars race past, Alexa took a photo of me as a Lamborghini went past! We walked on and stopped to have some apfel juice and crisps and watch the cars. The scenery beyond the ring was pretty, towns with a church spire poking up and areas of forest. After a while we strolled back down to the hotel and got a late lunch, a mixed salad and some tuna sandwiches. After lunch Alexa fell asleep as she was knackered and I read my news things and we chilled out.

As the sun got lower in the sky we walked back to the track and saw the sunset behind the ring disappearing through the trees. I took some photos and Alexa took some video on my iPhone 4. As the cars got fewer finishing for the evening we wandered back down to the town and got our last dinner. Alexa had a currywurst and I had a cheese burger followed by sharing an apfel strudel and ice cream and a waffle with black cherries which were delicious.

We returned to the room and packed up our thing ready for the ride home Thursday and got to bed early.