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If you are anything near Friedrichshafen/Meersburg or Bodensee and you love cake and coffee: Give them a chance Cafe Hoepker
http://www.cafe-hoepker.de/
We just past them by accident and were super happy! Flammkuchen, Trüffelcake and nice garden!
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That piece of cake looks absolutely delicious! :drool
If you are anything near Friedrichshafen/Meersburg or Bodensee and you love cake and coffee: Give them a chance Cafe Hoepker
http://www.cafe-hoepker.de/
We just past them by accident and were super happy! Flammkuchen, Trüffelcake and nice garden!
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Saw this beauty towed or actually parked behind a T3 (California Westfalia. I may be corrected, pls)
 
Arrived at our last camping for this trip and we both were very impressed. They call themself a 5 star camping and 4 star hotel. Well at least the camping is great! I think we‘ve never been on a 5 star camping on this trip however we like what we see and get for the same as in Gitzenweilerhof (just to name one).
Here are some pictures:
Swimming pool
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Baby bathroom
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Hopfensee, looking South

Great site and lovely place.
We took our bikes a few years ago and enjoyed a leisurely cycle around the lake and into town.
The castle is incredible
 
Totally forgot to write: Pictures above are from Wirthshof (www.wirthshof.de), close to Meersburg and Friedrichshafen.
Today we walked to Marktdorf (10 min away) to shop groceries. There is a small shop at the camping with basics and some food to take away (pizza or curry wurst from a small food trailer)/ coffee.
Some more pictures (shower&washing all in the same, there are 3 facility blocks, all look clean):
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Playground (next to the swimming pool)
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Playground (next to our place)
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Great for the kids!
 
Yesterday we came home after a ferry trip from Meersburg to Konstanz (lovely) and easily passing Zurich (no traffic jam between Gubristtunnel (famous for it's never ending construction site and as a result traffic jams) it was only about 3 hours from Wirthshof to our doorstep.
We discussed and tried to think about things we didn't need at all or were super useful (and we never thought about that) and also made a list of fav campings. Both lists were a fun thing to do and to recap the great time we had these last 4 weeks on the road.
As this post is in the Cali Kids post let me start with the kid/baby stuff:

Never/only one - two time used: Kidsstuff
- took too much socks or clothes in general (you can wash your clothes almost on every campsite)
- Thule Chariot (it fitted nice on the multiflexboard - luckely): He wasn't ready for that or we weren't patient to try more than one time.

We often used/We were happy with...: Kidsstuff
- a simple blanket on the floor between bench and passengerseat to create an area to rest
- nappy undermat (to change... you know what I mean)
- Joolz Geo stroller (it fits easy on the multiflexboard and was perfect for almost everywhere. Except: sand, gravel), wheels are full plastic and it is easy to handle
- Maxi Cose Pebble plus (of course): Easy to remove and we stored it on the drivers seat.
- (we loved the internal blinds: just pull them and he's got additional shade)
- child carrier (we looked like a kangaroo, but he liked it and it helped to get him to sleep)

In General we never used/seldom:
- All kind of shower things (got thing to click to the tap. I think it's a "Gardena" one)
- Potti (335): Brandnew never used because she doesn't like it. I'll take it out - soon.
- USB Breezer (arctic breeze): It was hot however this tiny thing didn't make a difference. Shade and water was all the way to go
- two bicycles (we thought we would go more often with the Thule... see above). We could have managed it with only one (to cycle to the facilities and back)

We were happy to have:
- Thule Sun blocker (but: IMO it is to wide when you use the peggy peg. I guess i try the Thule thing...) and an awning (we were discussing about a drive away one and maybe next time when we intend to stay longer on one site we go for one.
- fridge. Just a fridge: Worked.
- Cadac Safari Chief (1). Although we sometimes find it hard to crawl on our knees to check the flame (we better bought on of these small extra tables). We had a spare 907 gas bottle and that was great
- Foldable kettle (from Outwell I think)
- Brandrup Isolate thing for the front window
- Reimo Airvent
- Nesspresso Essenza mini (for her after a hard night and to start every other day)

Next list is on it's way...
 
Campsites.. oh dear, hard to make any kind of list about campsites. Let's start with the sites we didn't know before (not a ranking). BTW: All campsites were okay to great (sometimes in their own special way) and we would like to visit them again.

Great for nature: Walking, water sport
- Krimmlerfaelle: Nice, clean and not crowded at all next to the Hotel. For one night or two (to visit the waterfalls): http://www.krimmlerfaelle.at/caravan-camping
- Seeshaupt: Def visit again directly next to Starnbergersee: https://www.camping-seeshaupt.com/de/

Animation for kids:
- Gitzenweiler Hof. We had a good place. Other things were new to us and we give them again a chance: http://www.gitzenweiler-hof.de/de/

Small site with pool:
- Dolina: CP is in the garden of the owner. Special and with a nice pool (I wrote about shade before). https://www.dolina.si/

Close to a city and good for sightseeing
- Graz: Huge parking next to a swimming pool. We liked it. http://www.reisemobilstellplatz-graz.at/

Wellness, animation and pool
- Wirthshof: Website looks great, site is great. Visit https://www.wirthshof.de/
 
Seems you had a great time and a learning curve on traveling with the baby :thumb
Up to the next !
 

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