And the Gold Medal Goes to Germany

We started our most recent EarthRoamer trip on May 9th. Our plan is to go to the North Cape which is in Norway. Well it was probably a mistake to spend the first three nights in German RV parks as it has been all down hill after that. In Germany the parks are so clean you could almost eat off the laundry and restroom floors. There are plenty of rules which have to be followed but the result is super clean, well-functioning facilities. You can actually put your order in the night before for the specific type of fresh breakfast rolls you would like to have the next morning. Works like a charm. Not to mention the laundry rooms feature brand new "state of the art" washers & dryers. Here's a "shout out" to all the US and Canadian RV parks which normally have facilities which could be featured in a museum and are so poorly maintained and filthy it is shocking - why not charge a little more (it is more expensive to stay here) and upgrade your facilities and maintenance schedules? Denmark also had nice clean facilities but not quite to the German standard. However it was possible to order fresh breakfast roles - it's really a nice little extra. The big difference here was that the shower / restroom facilities were coed. Not one big room, mind you, but individual restroom stalls &  individual shower stalls where two people could shower (family facilities).  After being off the road for a a few months, it does take a while to get used to everyone walking around in various stages of undress. However within 24 hours I was back to walking the dog in my pajamas and flip flops. When in Rome ...... The biggest shock so far, though, has been Oslo. The RV park here is a pig sty, plain and simple. The laundry room and grounds (overflowing trash containers, dog waste everywhere ) were enough to make me cry. We had to do laundry and the dirty machines didn't even function correctly. When I brought this to the attention of the reception clerk all I received was a glazed over look. I have now found the European twin of the super gross RV park in Steamboat Springs.