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Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Hunsrück June 29th 2006

We’re traveling again. For those of you who aren’t familiar with our travel-styles: I like to have everything planned way in advance, David makes it up as he goes along. Our trip to France was extremely under-scheduled because I had been ill, and up until Wednesday we were still debating whether or not to go. For a couple of days I was unable to stand or walk. On my worst day I couldn’t even hold a drink up to my mouth, but the doctors gave me some super strong antibiotics to fight my infection and now I’m doing better. Even though I wasn’t able to plan every detail of our vacation, I did manage to do enough research to feel “prepared.” I checked the weather, reserved a rental car, and printed out directions from the ... read more
Frankfurt Hahn in a Thunderstorm

Europe » Germany » Rhineland-Palatinate » Hunsrück September 6th 2005

Today the plan was to travel up the Hünsrucker bahn (Hünsruck railway) out of Boppard and into the hills for a walk down the wooded Ehrbachtal. I had been looking forward to this because as railways go, this one is nuts. The gradient is around 1:13. So it is the railway equivalent of going the hard way up a ski jump. Without a rack rail. The engines that are used are standard heavy diesel locomotives, (class 218, all you DB fans) which can be seen speeding expresses along lines such as, say, Ulm - Lake Constance in the south. The line works by sheer adhesion! However German Railways had other ideas. We found out that due to "repairs" we had a bus replacement. That was as bad timing as the closing of the pool at Boppard: ... read more
The way to Ehrbachtal
Ehrbachtal
Ehrbachtal




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