Dethleffs dealership a couple of blocks from McRent and next to the bus stop. The motorhome here was going to McRent, so he gave us a ride
Neighbors in camground at Aachen, Germany
European camper
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This is the "garage" on our motorhome. There wasn't any basement storage. On the right behind the paneling is the combination water heater/furnace
The Omnistor awning on our motorhome
The Globebus Integral is the Class A model built on the Fiat Ducato chassis, there is also a Class C Globebus with the Fiat van cab.
The Omnistor electric step on our motorhome
The drivers door on our motorhome
The propane compartment, two tanks about the size of US 20#
The chemical toilet cassette on our motorhome
The gravity water fill on our motorhome
The diesel fill on our motorhome
Typical power and water pedistal,the red box is a fire extinguisher
Drive over drain for grey water
Some people collect their grey water and then haul it to the drain
Camper service station for dumping and filling with fresh water
Shower and toilet building with dish washing sinks on end
Class A with tandem axles
Service pedistal with drain
Covers for the trailers seem popular
Power and water pedistal with fire extinguisher
The electrical connection for our motorhome at Aachen
Our camping spot at le Mont St. Michel
TV lounge at Le Mont St Michel campground
Shower and toilet building at Le Mont St Michel
Windows of dishwashing room
The chemical toilet and grey water dump area
The vidoir to dump toilet in
Super Marche' (super market) at Le Mont St Michel campground
Le Mont St Michel campground sign
Campground office at Paris campground
Toilet, shower and laundramat with bungalows in forground at Paris campground
Snackbar, bar, and store at Paris campground
Squat toilet preferred by some Europeans
Sign designating squat toilet
Vidoir sign
Vidoir for dumping chemical toilets
The front pull down bed of our motorhome
The bathroom washbasin and large mirrors in our motorhome
The washbasin with extremely nice faucet
The rear double bed in our motorhome
Dinette halogen light in our motorhome
Kitchen sing halogen light in our motorhome
The thermostat for both furnace and hot water heater
The DIN 12 volt DC jacks for TV
A fresh air vent thru ceiling to reduce condensation, there were three in our motorhome, these were filtered and not adjustable
The opening fresh air vent with sky light and pull across blind
Pull down window shade at dinette of our motorhome
A row of camping spaces in Paris
Tandem axle Class A
A larger Class C
Large 5th wheel trailer, they use a tow dolly under the 5th wheel
I don't think they pull it with this SUV
They even have a porch and bring their potted plants, I saw a larger 5th wheel with two porches and a large aquarium, but when I went back in the morning to take a picture it was already gone. It had a large semi tractor painted to match it.
One of the few slide-outs I saw in Europe
Large Class A with the required red and white square required in Italy
There are hedges separating most sites
Aerodynamic Class A
I believe this was a home made Class C, it was nicely done
Nice Class C
Class B camper
Class B Fiat
Another view
Dishwashing area with vidoir for toilet dumping at end
Vidoir
Note the grate for setting the toilet on vidoir and rinse hose
Vidoir Chemique sign
Drain for grey water
Here I'm dumping our toilet
You have to make sure you don't splash
Finishing the dump
Draining the grey water into the grate
This woman was tent camping alone in Barcelona
Large motorhome
About the longest motorhome I saw in Europe
Sun shaded with screens for parking motorhomes under on beach
Sign denoting the vidoir at Fusima campground
Vidoir on right with a regular toilet on left
The laundry building at Fusima
Washers and dryers at Fusima
Austrian 4 wheel drive camper at Fusima
Larger Austrian 4 wheel drive camper at Fusima
Bus stop at Innsbruck campground
Austrian 4 wheek drive camper at Innbruck campground, it is on a Mercedes Benz Unimog chassis
Working on the motorhome
The door to toilet cassette on our motrhome
The cassette for toilet on our motorhome
The mechanism that the cassette slides into
The cassette with the dump tube turned for dumping
A german sign for chemical toilet dump
Our motrhome at first rest area in Austria
Campground office at Tasch, Switzerland, the end of the road on the way to the Matterhorn. you can take the Glacier Express train or a taxi to Zermatt to view the Matterhorn
Camping spots arn't designated at a lot of campgrounds, this is our spot at Tasch with offfice in background. The office had a complete bar and restaurant.
Another view of the office
The next morning we got up to snow, by the time we left there was 4" on the ground.
Another home made camper on a crew cab van, notice the satellite antenna
Only bus type motorhome I saw, this was a Mercedes Benz
Another home made motorhome
A very large Class C motorhome
Citroen Class B rented from McRent by an American couple from Dana Point, California, the only American couple we met driving a motorhome on the whole trip.
Large Class A or A Class as the Europeans call them
Almost all motorhomes have this type of bicycle rack
The Citroen name plate
Jumper model name plate
Restored Citroen 2CV about 50 years old, the 2CV stands for 2 horse power. They have a top speed of about 45mph and wicker seats. The only instrument on the dash is a speedometer and they have a canvas top.
Long Class A
Another Class A
Lausanne campground office
WiFi antenna on campground office in Lausanne, they had many repeaters around the campground
Rock climbing wall at playground in Lausanne campground
Margie and Bob from Dana Point, California at Lausanne campground, they were headed for Slovakia
Cathy, Kathryn and myself (John) at Lausanne campground
Campground office at Diez, Germany
Diez campground sign
They had a lot of novel things around the campground, like this cow seat
Sign for dump and fresh water
The dump here was more complicated, you had to remove the plastic pipe from the wall, connect to drain outlet on motorhome and then put in drain hole, that is our electrical cord and adapter
The vidoir for dumping the toilet
This is the electrical connection for 220 v AC 50 Hz on our motorhome
Cord and adapter, I liked the connectors. There were three types of receptacles we ran into the standard Euro, the Swiss and an older German style
A Class A motorhome outside the Essen, Germany Hauptbahnhof (Central Railroad Station). I took the picture while waiting for the bus to London.
