After again another very sumptuous breakfast buffet in our private hotel we packed the car and left into the direction of Germany. The border crossing into Germany went without any delay, they weren't even interested in our passports, we were allowed to continue without stopping. Once in Germany, we thought that we could make good progress on the German autobahn towards Nuremberg. But unfortunately, the motorway (A6) from the border towards Nuremberg is still under construction. So large stretches of the road you drive on 2-lane local roads on which you may think that you are back in one of the former countries when you are driving behind a truck. After a lunch stop at a gas station we arrived in the neighbourhood of Nuremberg around three in the afternoon. It took some time to find the camping, Knaus Campingpark. We didn't know the exact location of the camping, only that it was to the southeast of Nuremberg and we also didn't have the address or phone number of the camping with us. But at some point we saw a sign towards a campground, we only hoped that that would be our camping as it didn't carry a name. And luckily it turned out to be our camping. When we arrived there we wondered whether our reservation would be ok, we knew that our fax didn't arrive and Hilleke had only a confirmation by phone. But the lady in the office had us in her computer, so there was a rental caravan available for us. The lady took us there. It was an ordinary caravan without shower and toilet. There are a lot of people from the Netherlands at this campground and a lot of them come here to visit the Playmobil Funpark, just like us, in the cause of the afternoon we see a lot of people return to the camping with large plastic bags filled with boxes of Playmobil. Also our Dutch neighbours return with some of those bags. They have a seven year old son, Daniël, who bought some Playmobil. For the remaining part of the day, Ciska played with Daniël and his new Playmobil. And because we are now at a camping and have our own kitchen again, Hilleke cooked dinner for the second time this holiday.

The next day after breakfast we went to the Playmobil Funpark in Zirndorf, west of the city, a 20 minutes drive from the camping. When we arrived there, Hilleke discovered that she had forgotten her bag with her wallet, it was still in the caravan. Fortunately, Arjan also had some euros in his wallet so at least we were able to pay the entrance fee for the park and the parking garage. Both the entrance fee and parking fee are very cheap, the entrance fee is € 5,50 pp, also for children and parking is euro; 1,- for the whole day. Also eating in the park is not expensive, three people can eat for less than € 10,- in total. They assume that you will spent all your money in the adjoining Playmobil shop. After we entered the park, Hilleke left again to drive to the centre of Zirndorf to draw some money from an ATM. The Playmobil Funpark is a kind of amusement park with for example pirates, Indians, a Maya temple, a farm, etc. Everywhere there are life-size Playmobil figures and animals. There are also a lot of attractions with water, but we didn't bring a bathing suit and towel for Ciska so in all of these attractions she couldn't go any deeper than her knees. There is also a large building in which all children can play with Playmobil, many of the large boxes like the zoo and Noah's ark are available to play with. Also trains and buildings are there for the children to play with. This is inside, so also when the weather is not that good children are able to enjoy oneself. But today the weather is great, a bright blue sky with a few small clouds. It is very warm in the sun and most of the time we try to be in the shade. There is also an indoor activity centre that enables children to clamber and climb. This building is still under construction, but a part of it is already open. Also a good destination in case the weather isn't that good. The whole park is aimed at children; there is not much to do for their parents apart from playing together with their children. Around 3 o'clock we went to the shop. Ciska already had selected some things she wanted to buy. From her own money she bought two giraffes and a baby giraffe, a stork pool and a dolphin. We also gave her some things like a crocodile pool, a panda paradise, a horse and carriage, an animal truck with a kangaroo and some other small things. We didn't buy her the zoo as it is a very large box to take home and it has not that many animals. Now with all the smaller boxes she has much more animals to play with. The Playmobil, by the way, is much cheaper her than with us in the Netherlands. In Holland the zoo will cost you about € 119,- and her it is only € 85,-. Also the smaller boxes are much cheaper her. After having paid for all the stuff we bought we drove to a supermarket to do some shopping for dinner and breakfast and back to the camping. Back there, Ciska and Daniël played the whole afternoon and evening with their new toys.