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Published: June 25th 2005
I took the plunge and changed to a day train, which leaves imminently for points Rhineward. Rick offers no information whatsoever on Bingen and only "don't bother" on Mainz, so I am on my own finding rooms and maps and such.
If I hadn't been silly and disorganized last night, I might have gotten a room in Bingen (home of St. Hildegard, patron of Women's Studies majors and feminist musicians); fortunately, this morning I scored an excellent room in Mainz instead (home of the Chagall church, which I might now have time to attend in the morning). So far, so good, but I must admit the Rick Steves' guidebook training wheels are comforting.
On the train, I'll try to figure out my plans re: cruise, Köln, Aachen, Trier, and suchlike, so I can avoid future room annoyances and hopefully not have to overnight in any train stations.
More news later from the road!
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Drea
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very good shape
For some reasons I didn't read the last blogs as they came in, so I read them all at once right now. - Lot's of Europeans hardly even know the Sound of music (and if, they either had been exchange students or they know it as "Die Trapp Familie" (The Trapp family) :) Ulfs sais he only knows the german version, and he thinks it to be an "extremely bad and tastless movie" :) - St. Hildegard is especially known for her medication. In Germany nobody sees her in combination with feminists, but as a patron for doctors and nurses. How I know this? My aunt is a nun in the convent of the Benedictines, founded by St Hildegart, in Bingen ... if you care to visit...:) - I look very much foreward to see you again, but to be frank, I expect you to either be totally exhausted or in better shape than you make us readers believe:)) Salzburg, Bingen, Mainz, Köln, Aachen, Trier all within a couple of days :)) Have fun, looking foreward to see you, Drea