Blogs from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe - page 49

26th June Monday AUSTRALIA Vs ITALY I slept in this morning and headed straight into town to grab some last minute things like postcards and gifts. I couldn’t find anything that I wanted and was pissed off. It was still a while till the match and people were everywhere. We went to the train station for our free transfer to pick up our actual tickets and waited in line. I was getting so excited!!! Once I got my ticket with my name on it I kissed it, and cheered. I then headed back to camp and got ready super quick. Clackers packed up the tent (thanks man) and we get a lift with Danny (the t-shirt guy) to the train station. The car ride was an absolute crack up. The car was tiny and it had ... read more

Tuesday, the 20th of June Our original plan when we walked the 2km down to the train station yesterday was purchasing tickets to Triere, and we’d ride from there to Köln. We looked at the map again before bed, and realized we’d blown our math again and couldn’t make it to Köln. Math is hard! So, when we got to the train station this morning we spent 20 minutes or so getting the tickets exchanged for Cochem, quite a bit further down the river. The Luxembourg train station has an AMAZING amount of traffic going through it! Luxembourg’s population basically doubles during the workday with all of the workers for the European Union government commuting in from surrounding countries, mostly by train. While we were on the train we met a 67 year old retired German ... read more

Luxembourg While booking travel arrangements for the Mosel Valley, we realized that our destination was only 90 minutes away from Luxembourg City. A few extra hours of travel would allow us to add another country to the list, so Jer and I jumped on the opportunity. There was not a ton to see there, but the highlight was the caves, which were located on the border of the ruins of the old castle area. Other than the addition to the list of countries visited, Luxembourg City is probably worth a pass. Bernkastel-Kues One of my favorite wine regions in the world is the Mosel is southwestern Germany. It is primarily known for rieslings, and one of their most well known producers is Dr. Loosen, whose winery is located right next to Bernkastel. Since we did not ... read more

10th June Saturday. I wake up on the plane in Munich to see an absolutely beautiful sunrise. I was a little confused as to how to get to Kaiserslautern (will now be known as K-Town) and as it was so early in the morning and everything was closed I slept on a bench with my pack to cuddle. My ticket ended up costing me 79 Euros (bloody expensive) but the train was very comfortable and the scenery was very beautiful and green. The houses are very different to what I have seen on my travels so far, cute little white things with brown high pitched roofs, very village looking. When I arrived in K-Town I had a 20min walk with my pack and I guess 3 weeks of not using it really made a difference. I ... read more

We are now in St. Goar, a little town on the Rhine River. We are going to check out a castle tonight and then head to Munich tomorrow. Sorry this is so short, we are on a computer that costs $2 per 10 minutes of internet time! We will write more from Munich... read more