Hello again, -- We picked a Saturday to go over to Germany. Should have waited till after the weekend. There must have been a thousand motorcycles on the roads. I should know better. It's always been that way. The difference between motorcycle riders in the States and over here is most of these guys have a "death wish"!!! They are VERY dangerous. All in all we had a fun day. Stopped in a small village (Sasbachwalden). for lunch. It was a very filling meal especially for midtag essen (Lunch). Ended up in Gengenbach (beautiful historic village) for an ice cream. And more pictures.Total miles today 208 Total images 150 Hope you like the pictures. Be sure you click on the images. They will enlarge and if you scroll down you will be able to view a ... read more

Hello everyone, IF I SENT THIS BEFORE--IGNORE IT! I see that I saved it but may have forgotten to publish it? Yesterday we re-visited some of the villages we saw in 2007. Eguisheim, Turckheim and Riquewihr. The second time is never as good as the first. But it was a nice day and we didn't want to stray too far. Today we drove across into Germany's Black Forest. It was a nice day but by afternoon it became very hot (33C) I think that may be (90+F)? At about 1:PM we stopped at a nice Gasthof in the Simonswald for lunch.A nice schnitzel with a gravy and Rosti (which is like a really great hash browns) Gloria also had a mixed salad from the buffet. When we got back we went to the market to buy ... read more

In a little over a week we will be leaving on a 70 day adventure to France, Belgium and Switzerland. This will be the first time we have gone to Europe and not rented or leased a car. Since we are doing home exchanges we will also be doing car exchanges. Of course that means we will also have to get to our exchanges as well. So we opted for a Eurail Pass that will allow us 7 days of travel in a 2 month period. But only for 3 countries. Switzerland, France and the Benelux countries of Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Besides that we will have a 22 day Swiss Pass allowing us unlimited travel on all the Swiss transportation system. Trains,boats, postal buses, city buses and trams. Also a 50% discount on most ... read more