Blogs from Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe - page 50

This is my last night in Germany before heading to Amsterdam tomorrow afternoon. I left Ingo and Munich this morning and took the train to Stuttgart to have lunch with Alex Hoehn´s Mother. I don´t think I ever need to eat again! Everytime I thought we were finished she came out with another plate of goodies! It was great after eating so many sandwiches and pizza in Italy. She is a great cook! She really wanted me to stay there for the night but I didn´t have enough time to do that and catch the boat tomorrow. I wish I had planned to get there a little earlier and spend more time with her. She lives on a beautiful quiet street in a very nice home. Munich was great and I had a chance to meet ... read more

I wanted to get up early today because of our drive to Belgium. It wasn’t very difficult. Over the course of the night I had almost frozen to death. At one point in the night I went over to feel the radiator and it was stone cold. I had cranked it up all the way but the system must shut off at night. By wearing my sweatpants and sweatshirt and huddling under the thick comforter I survived. When I got out of bed I found Cassie sleeping on the sofa bed in our outer room. She fell asleep watching MTV. She told me she went out there to stay warm but I suspect my snoring drove her out of the room. I assumed the reason it had felt so cold was because of the blizzard we ... read more

I took the night train (sort of) to Frankfurt airport to meet my parents for a one-week jaunt through Germany. Part One of this adventure involves a rental car and the picturesque valles of two rivers, the Rhine and the Mosel. We stayed at Sankt-Goar, on the Rhine, which is home to one of the more impressive castles. Eric and I stayed in Bacharach back in 1999...and we had bikes, no car. We took a ferry one day down the best stretch of river, and spent another day along the Mosel, visiting the still-inhabited castle of the Eltz dukedom, or whatever they are now. New findings: Good wine can be inexpensive! Towns on the Mosel are sleepier than their Rhenish counterparts. The Rhine town of Oberwesel is worth the visit...I would rate it higher than Sankt-Goar, ... read more

Hello everyone, Fussen is a pretty little Bavarian town nestled in the mountains. It was a five hour train ride from Frankfurt. But worth it to visit two amazing castles. The first was Hohenschwangau Castle. It was built in 1833 and used as a summer home and hunting lodge by the Bavarian royal family. It was influenced by The Knight of the Swan(whoever that is) and the literal translation of the name of the castle is 'Land of Swan.' There were swans everywhere--pictures, light fixtures, even the door handles were shaped like swan's heads. Narrow passageways were built into the walls so that the servants could be invisible. They could even feed the stoves from these passageways. The castle had hot and cold running water. It was nice, as castles go, but next I visited Neuschwanstein ... read more

It had only been about a half a year since I (amy) was away from Germany and I was itching to go back! It was soooo beautiful there, the people were kind and I had so many fond memories of the place that I wanted Jeff to witness the grandeur of the country as well. So, in early April I needed to do some more training for my work in Spain and they told me to pick a base in Europe to go to. Duh! Of course I went with Germany. I knew the place. I had friends that were still there. What better place to go back to for a week. My flight was free and we just had to get Jeff a ticket which is always super cheap with the likes of airlines such ... read more