Blogs from Bacharach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe - page 2

It's Thursday and I haven't posted due to a lack of an internet connection. Actually I would have posted Tuesday's blog before leaving Germany, but I was abruptly reminded in the wee hours Wednesday morning of the Cardinal Rule of writing electronically: SAVE EARLY AND SAVE OFTEN. I'm not sure what I did, but it doesn't really matter now. Suffice it to say that after writing a near epistle, this handy dandy little iPad slipped and one of my fat fingers (it's a good thing I didn't become a proctologist) hit something and "poof" everything was gone! But I was able to summarize it, more or less, on the long train ride to Paris yesterday (Wednesday). Basically, Tuesday was long. We saw lots, I mean LOTS, of castles. We started by cruising down the Rhine, then ... read more

This morning I woke up without having anything planned for the day. I had to add an extra day to the trip before eschwege because of a mix-up of arrival days and I added it here. I threw some clothes on and went to breakfast (which was really impressive for being included in the price of hostel, all you can eat, meat, cheese, rolls, joghurt, cereal, and made-to order coffee). I went to sit down and noticed the only other person in the room. I had a split second decision to make: should I just say good morning and sit at my own table… or should I sit with him? I decided to sit down and talk and it changed my whole day! I found out his name was Hiro and he was a Japanese student ... read more

Geo: 50.0599, 7.76593 GUN 8 GUNLERDEN CUMA Çok üzücü haberlerle uyandık. Japonya 'da 9 şiddetinde bir deprem olmuş. Gördüğümüz manzaralar iç açıcı değil. İnşallah fazla ölü yoktur. Bu dehşet haberi ile ABD nin ağzının suyunun aktığı ve şapırtılarını tüm dunyanın duyduğu Libya konusu ikinci plana düştü. CNN, freedom project ile 6 romen hayat kadınını kurtardığını tüm dünyaya kasılarak pazarlarken,Irak'ta öldürülen binlerce Irak'lıya ne gibi bir Freedom düşündüklerini sormak istiyorum.. Oradakiler için ne gibi bir "freedom" düşünüyor merak ediyorum.. Özür diliyorum gezi anıları içinde bunun yeri yok ama hayatın içinde akarken bu tür şaklabanlıkları kabullenmek zor oluyor. Afganistan da sadece bu yıl öldürülen 2777 kişi ile geçen yıla göre öldürme oranında %147 artış olduğunu da dow jon... read more

We gots on the train to Germany! We stopped in Cologne...gots some coffee and checked out a bad-ass Cathedral! Good thing it was Easter or we may have not gotten in. We get on a train to Koblenz where we took a cruise down the Rhine river, passing different medieval towns with castles n'at, making our way to the small town of Bacharach. In Bacharach (I think their mayor's name is Burt...heehaw), we took a stroll, saw some hobbits and even ate dinner where we were served by a hobbit! It was all pretty cool, but kind of awkward, cause we were the only people there that weren't old.... read more

The UNESCO world heritage site town of Bacharach was technically Germany's capital for a few years when the robber Baron of Bacharach was left in charge of Germany by his brother who was on his way to loot and pillage on another crusade. This is the same Baron who chose to elect an unknown Swiss castle owner to the title of Holy Roman Emperor in the hope of having a weak head of state. Turns out that Swiss Robber Baron was named Hapsburg, and he went on to found one of the strongest and longest running dictatorships Europe has known. Now Bacharach is a small village in the heart of the grape growing Rhein valley with picturesque and quaint castles dotting the countryside. Wine is an important part of the economy, but judging by the United ... read more