http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Rhineland Palatinate en-us Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:47:11 BST Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:47:11 BST still here i get my internet in 10 days nowtoday im with Nadine's friend from sweden who is visiting for the week and we're touristing our way around trier going to the porta nigra a really old gate thing and the museumn and some old roman baths but i tell you what it just doesnt stop raining here in trier. we've had about 3 nice days in the 1.5 weeks here and both have them hav http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Trier/blog-332205.html Yay. Its been a busy week and a half since i got back from prague and iw ill tell you about that trip and tell and show you all the photo's and stuff when i get the internet installed at nadine and i's new apartment and i will show you pictures of the new apartment too its awesome yayayayaWe booked the ineternet on monday of this week and it can take approximately 2 weeks for it to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Trier/blog-329666.html Wednesday 17th SeptemberI am typing this sat under the lights near the bogs of a campsite on the corner of Germany Switzerland and Austria at a place called Lindau or actually Bodensee on the edge of Lake Constance. Quite a scenic spot Lake Constance that is not the bogs...The temperature as ever is about as warm as a greeting when you're late for dinner what is it with the weather Have I http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/blog-325052.html Holiday on Ice 65th Anniversary biggest pin wheel I was fortunate enough to be asked to join in the biggest pinwheel ever this weekend. It was put together for Holiday on Icersquos 65th anniversary and we had 65 skaters join onto a pinwheel for Guiness book or world records to create the biggest pinwheel ever So all of the Energia cast was needed and members from the other shows to acco http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Mainz/blog-322699.html We arrived back in Germany and go to try the camera before taking it to a shop and it works fine go figure http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Mainz/blog-318472.html Aug 27 WednesdayUp at 545 a.m. suitcase out at 620 bkfst at 630 on bus at 7 a.m.. Rest stop at border 50 cents. Got to Cologne about 1015 to go to Cathedral. Had a ldquobig hourrdquo Marieke's term to get a snack use restroom and visit Cathedral. Cathedral is very large huge stained glass windows bought two postcards E180. Used RR at MacDonalds .50 and got small cheese http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Bacharach/blog-317678.html An early morning today as it was a long journey up to St. Goar a small town which lies along the River Rhine.Onwards we went travelling along the Rhine until we arrived at St. Goar in the early afternoon. Unbeknown to us there was a festival taking place that day. Paul had told us it was normally halfempty at this place but it was packed solid with coaches and motorhomes. There were beer st http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Sankt-Goar/blog-317158.html On Friday 1 August we board the train to Kaiserslautern to link up with some old friends. The train ride from Interlaken requires four transfers to get us to our final destination. We meet Dan at the train station and proceed to his house.Let me begin this post with a little background. I first met Dan and Marianne in Denver Colorado in late 1987. These two special folks became great friend http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Kaiserslautern/blog-316150.html Ethan and I are on our way to the Middle East and had a 14 hour stop over in Frankfurt. When my friend in Mainz heard about it he kindly offered for us to come to his place for some rest and a visit. He was also kind enough to take Ethans Class Afloat stuff from us and store it until our return in two weeks. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Mainz/blog-312850.html Hi everyone We're still around now lounging in Bad Bertrich a beautiful little spa town where we're studying with John Perry. Unfortunately our internet access is VERY limited here so our updates about our little sejours in Geneva GipfOberfrick and our time so far in Bad Bertrich will have to wait until we have some spare time to update. For now we're too busy practicing and bathing in th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Trier/blog-312833.html My last week in the US was indiscribable. It just really hit me one day driving home from work. I was taking the scenic route and driving through miles of cornfields. The air was hot and the sun was starting its descent on a typical July evening. Fireflies wizzed by as I stuck my hand out of my window feeling the sticky breeze between my fingertips. You really get accustomed to your environmen http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/blog-312059.html Today we got really lost again. So instead of spending the night in Heidelberg we are staying in a camping ground near Koblenz near the castle BurgPflez. We started the day pretty well and managed to find our way across Koln to the Dom with crossing the river only three times. The Dom is a massive cathedral and covers 12470 square metres. The two spires are 157m high and yes we climbed it http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Koblenz/blog-310792.html Hello I've joined together Germany and Switzerland for this blog as we're running out of time to write them We left Amsterdam on a day train so that we could see the view and because it wasn't quite as far to our next destination Koblenz in Germany. We were trying to get to the black forest and there isn't an easy route across so we decided that a stop off in Koblenz by the River Rhine would b http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Koblenz/blog-308945.html Nuestro recorrido por el fascinante Rin Romntico termin en la ciudad de Bingen. Esta ciudad debe su nombre a Hildegard von Bingen considerada la primera biloga alemana la primera mdica y la primera feminista de la Edad Media europea. La ciudad de Bingen no slo le debe su nombre. Esta monja emancipada fue tambin una intelectual que logr conquistar grandes espacios durante su retiro en un c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Bingen-am-Rhein/blog-301870.html El tramo del ro Rin que va desde Koblenz hasta Bingen es conocido como el Rin Romntico. Fue declarado patrimonio de la humanidad en el 2002 por la UNESCO y debe su nombre a que es un tramo zigzagueante del ro rodeado de pequeas aldeas castillos viedos y colinas.Nuestra primer visita fue a unos 5 kilmetros de Koblenz el Castillo Stolzenfels. Es un castillo del siglo 13 que fue reconstru http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Bingen-am-Rhein/blog-301868.html Todava shockeados por el tamao de la salchicha que se comi nuestro querido to Gaby en la Marcha del Orgullo Gay nos levantamos por la maana a desayunar. El comedor donde estaba servido el desayuno era muy clido y con muchos bocadillos alemanes. Por supuesto que no faltaban los varios tipos de jamones salames panes huevos revueltos cereales yogurts y dems cosas.Subimos todo en la camio http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Koblenz/blog-301863.html Welcome back to the TravelBlog Yes I am still aliveIt has been six months since my last trip six months since I arrived in London aboard the Eurostar from Paris.So it seems only fair that I should let you know what I have been up to since the last time you heard from me very brieflyWithin two weeks of arriving in London I had managed to find myself an awesome job with Orange it was a thr http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Sankt-Goar/blog-298843.html It all happened faster than the eye could comprehend. One second Christie was behind me the next she was on the ground. The thing was I caused it and that wasn't so good. Before today we'd only had one puncture now we'd had a puncture and crash ... things were looking upChristie had decided this morning that I go to slow hard ot argue with given an everage spped of around 17kms an hour an http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Koblenz/blog-292377.html When people talk about 'Cycling the Rhein' this is the section they talk about from Mainz down to Cologne. Just beyond Mainz the river narrows as it passes through a range of hills and because of this the current speeds up. I think the story goes that some bright spark thought 'Hey the boats all go slowly here because of the currents and I need some money so I'll stop them and tax them f http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Bacharach/blog-292367.html Monday 9th June A fair journey on the bus arrived Koblenz in a beautiful 3032 degrees which was much appreciated. Tents quickly up on a pitch with a beautiful view onto the river the castle and the famous statue. Realised hadnrsquot quite put the tents up right so a quick change of poles to the OUTSIDE of the tents Took some time to get hold of the lsquorulesrsquo for the site. Headed i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Koblenz/blog-291619.html It was with some irony that after my last long blog I stepped out of the internet cafe in Mannheim only to be hit by yet another shower of rain. Still we had a lovely hostel to keep us dry and all was good with the world really. Actually I got to thinking after I sent of the last blog that I may be giving the impression that we're not enjoying ourselves which is definitely not true. We've http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Mainz/blog-289643.html Back on the party bus and we head north from Switzerland to the Wine Valley of St Goar in Germany.21508 Lauterbrunnen to St GoarToday was a big day on the coach. I had a 6am wake up for my last morning of cookiesdishies and it was an 8am departure from the picturesque Lauterbrunnen back into Deutschland. We had a 3hr drive to an Autogrill back into Germany where the Burger King burgers ar http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Sankt-Goar/blog-286417.html We flew into Frankfurt then took the train others went by van to Bacharach. Those of us who went by train had a delicious and inexpensive meal in town before going up to the castle. The next day we enjoyed a river cruise before leaving for Italy.Patrick http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Bacharach/blog-280550.html Guten Tag from GermanyWOW so much has happened since last timeI have been taking a travel journal cheers mitch and megs for that one and I will rewrite everzthing when i get back home.German kezboards have a y where the z is so this might be interesting.Todaz we left swityerland an amaying countrz where we went right to the top of Europe on the Jungfrau train. This morning we went to Heide http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Sankt-Goar/blog-278707.html It had only been about a half a year since I amy was away from Germany and I was itching to go back It was soooo beautiful there the people were kind and I had so many fond memories of the place that I wanted Jeff to witness the grandeur of the country as well. So in April of 2006 I needed to do some more training for my work in Spain and they told me to pick a base in Europe to go to. Duh http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Kaiserslautern/blog-278491.html We left Amsterdam today and drove to Germany... happy to be leaving the country where it costs money to go to the bathroom. Though we did encounter some very interesting toilets in the Netherlands including one that cleans the seat by itself. I wasn't entirely sure I trusted it but if I have to pay 50 cents at least it's doing something. We were on our way to Oberwesel on the Rhine River ho http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Oberwesel/blog-276788.html Bright and early on Motherrsquos Day we head north towards the Rhine River. The bus drops us off in Rdesheim where we meet up with the Loreley cruise ship. We settle in on the upper level shaded from the intense sun by a canopy but enjoying the cool breeze off the river as we chat with friends and view castle after castle as we pass by miles of vineyards and quaint towns on one of the worl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/blog-275892.html Irsquom a big fan of semiprecious stones and seeing a church that had been built into the side of a rock seemed pretty cool to me so I was happy we were invited along on a tour group headed to the town of IdarOberstein. The bus takes us through the town itself to reach the mines located just outside of town and up quite a steep road. These mines the Gemstone Mines Steinkaulenberg are th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/blog-270821.html Today we drove out to the Japanese Gardens in Kaiserslautern with Matt and Maria. The Gardens looked quite impressive on their website especially with the waterfall Zen Gardens lovely trees and pretty Tea House. It was though smaller than I had expected. It was certainly quite peaceful in some of the quaint corners or when shrouded by trees and bushes but we were plagued by almost consta http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Kaiserslautern/blog-270820.html I can't believe that it's only been 4 days since we arrived We have seen and done so much So let me start from the beginning... Kln I will not bother to bore you with the finer details of our 22 hour flight except to say Juno is a very good movie.After our very long flight and an hourrsquos wait for our Eurail tickets to be validated we headed to the platform where to my delight it was a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Rhineland-Palatinate/Oberwesel/blog-264914.html