Dorsten - 51.66611°N 6.96833°E

(Acutally posting on 8/20 - but back dating to keep the timeline).

Found a really inexpensive spot to camp in Dorsten, Germany which offered easy access to the town center for only 3 Euro per night. Still no consistent Internet (the posts are a little backwards - I made a long post on the 18th and explained the situation).

The campground was nearly full when we first arrived and continued to fill up by about 4pm each day. We were either the eyesore or the wonder of the day for folks we're camping with. Unlike the last camping spot, folks largely ignored us. This seems to be more of a transitional stop with very high turnover each day. Met several folks from The Netherlands - some of whom had done the reverse of our trip, and one of whome is headed to the States at the end of September for their 3rd trip. We were happy to see a 30' Winnebago arrive at this spot. The couple was kind enough to refer us to the shop where we could obtain the power conversion.

To the left, you see one of the many churches in Dorsten. Very beautiful. Lots of competing bells at each quarter hour, not to mention the call for worship. Regretfully, I didn't write down the name of each church - and we only briefly stepped inside this particular one.

To the right, a fountain documenting a visit by Johann Wolfgang van Goethe - who visited Dorsten on Dec. 6, 1792, returning from France.

Saturday and Sunday brought the "Canal fest" along with a fantastic outdoor market on Saturay. Later that night were the competing parties - we had music coming from the ice-hockey rink near the campground along with music coming from across the canal until around 1am. All English music from the 80's - Stix, Eagles... you get the picture.

Picture of Megan and Sophia watching the Koi in one of the town's ponds - along with a nice street-scape.

Probably the most important outings of this stay were:

1) Satuday at the Olymp Kids Park - an huge indoor playground for kids and

2) Sunday at Atlantis - 3 hours of swimming and waterslides. When's the last time you went down a water slide? You should try it - it'll bring a smile to your face.