shucks

So after a great visit to Berlin including a surprise gift from Claudia of attending the Saturday evening performance, of the theatrical show, Yma, at the Freidrich Platz Theatre. No english required as it was a mix of Russian Circus style acrobats, meets Cirque de Soliel, mixed with Moulin Rouge, a sprinkling of Techno and break dancers with music and singing as well. Unusual but highly entertaining. Sunday AM....... No retail therapy, it's all closed even in Berlin........so we dash about seeing some sights, like the Olympic Stadium of 1932, Schloss Charlotteberg, home of Frederik the Great, amongst others. Waving good bye to Clauds and U at around 5.30pm, it's off to Dresden by train, 2hours away. Our hotel is opposite the HauptBahnHof (main station) and at 8.30pm, after refreshing ourselves, the search for food and ... read more

So off we go from Hassloch towards Brohl-Lutzweg, the home town of my future nephew-in-law, Uwe. Pronounced "oo" as in Foo, Ve ......oo ve (Best I can do) It's about 2 hours away by Autobahn. Yep that means the Merc could do its thing and speeds of up to 220kph were reached. Totally awesome. And still other cars were passing us! Along the way we called into a Ceramic Village, just for me, and managed to see a few shops that were open for business, but unfortunately we weren't able to see a working potter or studio, as they were either on holidays themselves, or by the time we found one....it was lunchtime. And of course being a village, they shut for 2 hours...Double Grrrrrrrrrrr. Of course Phil had had his fill of pottery searching by ... read more

well after a long flight from melb to Frankfurt via Hong Kong, we stepped out from Customs att around 6am to a smiling niece and her finacee. Hugs and kisse all round , then in search of the car. Unlike Melbourne airport, the arrivals lounge has you walking directly into the carpark, and only when exiting the park station did we get our first glimpse of daylight in Germany. Good thing we had a driver.....we would have no idead where to go, what lane, in what direction. It is quite confusing. Eventually Clauds got the Merc up to over 200kph (when allowed) and trust me, you would not know unless you looked at the speedo. We arrived in Hassloch around 7.00am, to find the house locked up and no-one home! karin had gone out to get ... read more

Still having trouble with this set up of blogs.....My friends say it's easy! Ha ha ha, guess the joke is on me. Now i am trying to invite you to see my comments whilsy away...so I must include you in my list. Please respond to let me know have have received this message ooppps meant to say BLOG.... read more