Rosbach/Wolves
Since, after all, this is also our ‘summer holiday’, we have been trying to pick motorhome sites where it is possible to eat out nearby. Pott's Brauhaus (brewery) in Oelde sounds promising. On arrival, the camper site turns out to be a large and not very cosy car park. Moreover, as the crow flies, it is a few hundred metres from the motorway where traffic just goes on all night.
Payment for the camper place is made at the restaurant, so we also take a freshly tapped beer there. There are a number of speciality beers but we are not super excited. We reserve a table for dinner anyway. 
When we check outside after paying if we have something to put behind the windscreen as proof that we paid € 8 for the night, it turns out we have been given a receipt for beer and porc curry sausage. OK, can happen and a senior staff member eventually manages to print out the correct receipt for us.
When we go for dinner in the evening, we are seated at the same uncomfortable little table next to the entrance where we were seated this afternoon. Next to us is a very noisy group of gentlemen who apparently already had a beer tasting at the brewery.
Very unpleasant for Ernst with his hearing problems; after asking, we get another table. Again, it is difficult to find anything on the menu. Sylvia takes Flammkuchen again, not as tasty as in Bodenheim. Ernst orders a vegetarian burger because he is looking forward to a dessert and we don't mix meat and dairy products in one meal. After the meal, Sylvia takes a coffee, which is served quickly. Ernst orders frozen yoghurt. After 20 minutes, it is reported that the sauce with the frozen yoghurt has run out .... so no dessert but that can be cancelled (what else would you expect?) So we pay. Then two cups are put on the table on the house, vanilla and chocolate .... Not clear to us what it is (pudding?) and whether it contains gelatine. So we leave that for what it is. Anyway, it is crazy to serve one more dessert after coffee and dessert. All in all, we shall just skip this camper place and restaurant in the future.
Our next destination is Lemgo. On the way there, we end up in a huge traffic jam, due to a serious car accident that took place at 8:40 AM. At noon, the road is released again; about two hours' delay for us.
In Lemgo, we park in the Regenstorp car park. From there it is a short walk to the old town.
On the way, we pass a monument on the site where the synagogue once stood. Only three Jews from Lemgo survived the war.
The Mittelstraße now is a pedestrian area with many beautiful half-timbered houses and also many terraces. Today is a lot cooler than the previous days, but dry.
One of the reasons we visit Lemgo is this shop: die Komplizen der Region (the Accomplices of the region). A shop where all kinds of regional artists and small businesses sell their wares. Sylvia knows that knitting wool from one of her favourite dyers is also for sale there and treats herself to two skeins of wool.
Ernst is in the mood for a Turkish snack. That will take some searching but eventually we find a restaurant in a medieval house on the other side of the centre. Of course, we can get dürum with veal and different sauce instead of the tsatsiki. But the red sauce is spicy (peppers) so we can't complain afterwards they laughingly say.
Afterwards, we visit the Hexenbürgermeisterhaus where we spend a couple of interesting hours. Both the house itself and the (changing) exhibition are fascinating.
Due to the traffic jam this morning, we are a little behind our schedule. The planned camper site in Nienburg turns out to be another two-hour drive. We decide instead to go to Minden, where we have already been with our school bus in 2012.
According to our Bordatlas, we have to € 5, but no matter what we do at the payment machine, we come up with a different amount. Well, good enough for us! We don't need electricity or water, maybe that's why?
On Wednesday, we set off early because we now have to drive a bit further to Dörverden where we want to visit the Wolfcenter. There is a guided tour at 11.30 am but before then we can look around on our own.
To start: no wolves yet. There are also other animals, including prairie dogs - not dogs but rodents.
The wolves are a bit difficult to photograph because of the fence, You can rent a key for extra money where you can open a flap and photograph without the fence but we didn't do that. We do enjoy the wolves this way too.
In our opinion, white wolf Kimo bears a lot of resemblance to our Motek. Only the leg length differs quite a bit ;-) Anyone who has known Motek will have to agree.
For lunch, Ernst takes a burger that turns out to be cremated rather than fried and Sylvia a cup of pumpkin soup with cream. Which is served in a sauce bowl, indeed with cream!
Although you can stay overnight at the Wolfcenter, we decide to drive on to Verden. Paying with a payment app proves difficult, probably also because of the link between Dutch phone and/or bank account and German App. Fortunately, we still have 10 euros in coins, which is quite expensive, but it is a well-maintained site with the possibility of disposing of rubbish.
On the next and last day of our holiday trip, we want to be in Bremen early to find a parking spot for the camper at the Rundfunkmuseum or possibly at the neighbouring supermarket. On arrival, parking at the museum turns out to be no problem at all. We have to wait half an hour for the museum to open and it starts to rain.
The museum is run by volunteers and we are warmly welcomed. A map shows where appliances from different time periods are on display. Truly a huge collection and we enjoy it!
As we step outside, the sun shines again and we can see how big the building is.
Three days after returning home to Hesel, Ernst has another ‘field day’ of the Leer chapter of the VFDB, the Association of Radio Amateurs in Post and Telecomms.
There is a well-equipped clubroom cum workshop in the shadow of the 160m communication tower.
What kind of connections you could make from that height remains dreaming.
But this temporarily strung Kelemen multiband antenna, also puts the whole of Europe within reach!