Aire de camping cars, Rodemack, France.

Late yesterday afternoon we arrived at the aire adjacent to the railway station at Dudelange Usines, Luxembourg, too late. All the places were taken so we had no choice but to turn around and park nearby to reassess our plans. There was another motorhome close by with a French registration plate, I spoke to the owner who had the same problem as us. We spent some time looking at our favourite iPhone app searching for other aires de camping cars nearby and decided that the aire at Rodemack , about 20km away looked the best choice.

We set off, using Apple maps for guidance, not out usual choice which is Google maps. Over the last few days we have noticed that the voice instructions from Google maps have been coming too late, especially when negotiating European motorways, that really is very frustrating when you find yourself in the wrong traffic lane and need to move over in a large motorhome. 
Apple maps was different, for a start the voice is male and delivers the prompts in a terse clipped manner, clear but a little off putting, the distance units are miles rather than kilometres too. I think it’s probably what you are used to hearing and using,  it we switched back to Google after a while and felt happier.

We reached the aire de camping cars at Rodemack and found a massive aire, the sign says 220, yes two hundred and twenty places. There were 7 of us there overnight, the usual mix of French, German, Dutch plus Spanish and one other UK registration.

I notice that I am not the only person who looks at the registration plate to know what language to use to talk to the occupants. Usually one gets a reply in English anyway but one has to try to use the right language after spending so much time learning them.

We had a quiet evening and night, looking at a field of sunflowers that all stared back at us.

A bottle of crémant later we were feeling better.