Blogs from Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe - page 2

Toni and I have been thinking about what we enjoyed most and least and wished we had experienced and glad we didn't experience during our vacation: a + means we enjoyed or glad we did it; a - means we wished we had done it - take a Turkish bath + went back to the Acropolis and Parthenan again! + going to Lausanne rather than driving in the French countryside + not going to Pergaman + spending lots of time on the Ile d' St Louis + spending time with Rob and Terry + seeing a movie in Dijon - taking the cheapest Bosphorus ferry tour + not worrying about how much things cost + taking private tours in Athens and Istanbul + doing the blog + we didn't feel the need to rush around and ... read more

O'Dawn and we have a wake up at 5:30am so we check out and have a driver waiting to take us to Ataturk Airport; at 6am there is no traffic, the water is almost calm on the Bosphorus and the sun is bright and there isn't a second when Istanbul isn't buildings and ancient walls and all sizes of cargo ships and fishing boats anchored in the straight as we drive to the airport. No problems checking in and the flight is ok except for 2 children who never stop crying . . . ! Through Frankfurt airport and onto the train to Fulda without any difficulty. One hour later, Martin and Claudia meet us at the station and we drive to their beautiful home "in the country" as we'd call it. It isn't too long ... read more

Nieder-Moos!!! I was so excited to head to Germany because my dear friend Jessica is spending 6 weeks in Weimar, and after a quick chat, we realized that it would be easy enough for her to take the train to Nieder-Moos and come stay with us for the 2 days we were there. We arrived in Frankfurt to no luggage. Not bad, considering we've been on the road since the beginning of May and it's the first time this happened. There were 2 vehicles waiting to take us to Nieder-Moos, which was about an hour away. The airline told us that the luggage would be arriving on the next plane...so Chuck and Joe decided to stay and wait to pick up the luggage at the airport (who knew when it would arrive in Nieder-Moos otherwise) and ... read more