Melinda and Dave

Dave's Updates : Been an awesome and eventful few days. Left Trier a few days ago, stopped at Baden-Baden for a few hours and then went on to Lake Constance. Spent a day there and then drove through about half of Austria to get to Gosau. We're winding down our stay here and this time tomorrow will be at Coburg - about 500 km north. Baden-Baden. Had a blast there. Driving very narrow streets and finding parking was a little nerve wracking. Walked around the town center and had coffee and lunch. Then went on to one of my favorite things on the planet - sauna, steam room, and the like. Baden-Baden is known for it's Roman baths. I chucked my modesty and pride and spent an hour in the co-ed nudie section. Tried not to ... read more

Dave's Updates : Left Boppard early and drove around for a few hours following the Rhine and Mossel rivers. Had a great lunch in a small tourist town overlooking the Mossel and the vineyards on the other side. My first two hour meal here was annoying, the second charming, and now it's back to annoying and probably going to stay there. The food's a lot better than I thought - it's actually really good and reasonably priced. The Rieslings are really, really good. Took the Autobahn for part of the way to Trier and that was a hoot. Got the tiny little VW up to 205 kph / 127 mph. Still got passed by someone in an Audi that had to be doing at least 160 mph. The VW just didn't have anything left to give. ... read more

Well, I'm here at the Philly airport waiting for our flight to board and so far only one SNAFU. We've packed for a couple of days, and I've checked and rechecked everything. So what's the one thing that I forgot? The folder with the printouts of all our hotel reservations. Oh well, I had them all saved in email, so just an inconvenience. Can't wait to get there--only 8 hours on a plane to get through first!... read more