Blogs from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe - page 12

We arrived at the train station to find our hotel directly accross the road about 100mt up. We read te reviews whcih advised us that it was in red light district! It was too! Fancy that.................. It wasnt intimidating but there were lots of unsavoury characters trolling the streets amongst the numerous reputable cafe's. We dropped our bags and took a walk looking for a good place to eat and settled with Kakadu the Aussie eatery........... Richard ordered a Crown Lager but they didnt have any or any VB so was convinced to try the German beer. We sat outside and really enjoyed the atmosphere. Next day we started out late to look for breakfast and ended shopping with Imeldo buying yet again another pair of shoes!! We will have to buy another suitcase just for ... read more

Today was outdoor adventure day. Osse, Britta, Karin, Roland, Peggie, Jerry, Amy, and Brian (and Millie!) drove about an hour to Altenglan for a “Draisinentour”. We picked up “draisinen”, 4-man railway cars equipped with two sets of pedals and room for 2 more passengers. We chained them together and took off. The old training tracks led through the countryside and through small towns. The route was 40 kilometers (about 25 miles), and we made several stops along the way to take a break. We took turns pedaling so everybody had a chance to get some exercise and Millie was a perfect passenger. See videos. Poor Jerry’s behind ( his “hintern”) took a beating. Peggie sat up front and gave the signal to stop whenever we came to a road crossing. Brian tried to show his Mom ... read more

Tuesday, June 16th: We got up early to start the day - Brian and Jerry went for a run and Amy went for a nice walk. We found the bakery but resisted as we knew breakfast was waiting. Good bread, liverwurst, ham, salami - breakfast of champions - can’t beat that to kick off some sight-seeing. Around lunch, Osse was nice enough to take us for a drive through the wine country - lots of vineyards and even some white asparagus farms. We went to the ruins in Burg Neuleiningen. The overlook lets you look out across the wine country. Then we were off to Freinsheim where the town is surrounded by a stone wall. Brian and Amy went for the walk around the wall path while Peggie, Jerry and Osse lounged in a lovely café. ... read more

Sunday, June 14th: We’re off on another trip - this time to Germany. All started well as we headed to the airport in the evening. The dogs and cat (Griffin, Skye and Dixie) were all safe and sound with a Pet Sitter room-mate back home. Brian grabbed some running shoes on the way to the airport (really hideous silver, orange and blue - Florida Gator colors! - what do you expect from 15 minutes shopping). He said we’ll have to run and exercise to cancel out all the great German food we’ll be eating. We got to the airport in plenty of time and that was a good thing - United had some real process problems with international check in - Brian had to tell Amy to MYOB because she wanted to jump in and try ... read more

Hi there interested beings. Like many of you I have been waiting in frustration for news from the well known bumbler, Roscoe, christened for the purpose of this blog as Arvey Bee (aka RVB, Bickers, Roscoe, Bones, Chopper - feel free to let me know if there are other aliases). Because he can be so difficult to track, and because his whereabouts may be of importance to some of you, I have decided to create a blog on his behalf. This is modeled on a 1990's old computer game, a favourite of Arvey's when he was but a budding sleuth. The game was called Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego and I believe Arvey may be using game as a travel guide. Here is the story so far: 10th June 2009 * Arvey has nominated ... read more