It’s six AM, I rollover and hear Bea busily getting ready for work. So, at this time I would like to give a special THANK YOU BEA!!!! If it wasn’t for you Bea we wouldn’t have had such a great Christmas Market vacation. Kirsten and I see Bea and Omi along with the rest of the Delta crew off. All of a sudden Kirsten and I are alone. WOO HOO, we grab our bags and off we go. We are to catch a flight out of Dusseldorf tomorrow morning at 11:35 AM. It’s now Friday around 8:30 am. What to do!!!!!! Kirsten looks at me and says find me a quaint Christmas market. Ok, I do my famous sticking my finger on the map and after multiple rejects Kirsten approves Rudesheim. We’ve been here a few ... read more

Day 3 – Off to find St Nicolaus – Tuesday November 28th,2017 After a good night sleep, we are all packed and down stairs having breakfast at our Gasthaus. Ahhh, soft boiled eggs. I love having soft boiled eggs in Europe. I don’t know why it’s just isn’t Europe until I eat my first soft boiled egg. Yes, we have arrived. As we’re finishing breakfast Omi leans in close to Kirsten and me and asks, should we make ourselves a sandwich for today. Kirsten and I both look and smile and say Yea! I’m first and inline making myself a Dagwood sandwich, pick up a couple eggs and a handful of those cheese balls that are wrapped. I return back to the table and Omi is thinking… Kirsten trained you very well. Yes, she did. The ... read more

The flight attendant wakes me up…. Wow, I slept pretty good for being on an eight-hour flight over the pond. “Vould Ues likes some breakfast Mr Wagan?”. Yes, please as I’m put my hearing aids on. I’m served a great breakfast and no sooner than they take it away, we’re on the ground taxiing to our gate. Kirsten and Omi breeze through passport control, then it’s my turn. It seems I always get the 3rd degree when entering Europe. I finally point to Kirsten and the inspector laughs Yah, Yah. Normally we go straight to get our rental car. However, this time is different, Kirsten and Omi’s bags had to be checked in Orlando due to no overhead room on the flight from Orlando. Finally, the bags come out we make our way to the car ... read more

Kirsten, Omi and I are on a journey to find St Nicolas. We will be rating Gluhwein as we visit each Christmas market. Send us your Christmas wishes and we'll pass them along to Santa. Kirsten and Omi have been so nice this year, however I have to find and meet with St Nicolas to see about removing my name from the naughty list. I almost forgot to mention were watching FSU whup UF.... read more

I open one eye and peek over at Kirsten, she is peaking at me with one eye. We both grin at each other and ask did you sleep as good as I did. We answer yea, then roll over for another 30 minutes. After getting up from a great night sleep. And a wonderful HOT shower we are out the door for breakfast and planning our day. Breakfast was wonderful, we both feasted knowing we’d be walking our legs off today. As we’re eating Kirsten breaks out her travel notes and starts with where we’ll be picking up the FREE shuttle all the way through to when we return on the FREE shuttle. And yes, everything we plan on seeing in between. Yes, Kirsten and I both have been to San Francisco; however, I’ve never really ... read more