Month: July 2012

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany July 31, 2012 “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things”- Henry Miller Today, we got to start with breakfast. We had a choice of hard boiled egg, cereal, toast, and a selection of bologna(2 types), Swiss cheese, and rolls. Coffee and juice were also […]

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany July 30, 2012 We slept in today which felt good. Sleeping in consists of waking up at 6:30 or so and rolling over to try and catch some more shut eye. There is so much more daylight here than we were expecting. It gets dark after 10 and gets light […]

Wurzburg, Germany July 29, 2012 “Life is made of experiences and I intend to have as many as possible.” Yesterday evening and last night, it rained really hard. We ate inside, a meal of spaetzle, bread with bruschetta, salad, wine, and ice cream for dessert. This morning, we got up early, and we’re happy to […]

Moselkern, Germany July 28, 2012 Last night a thunderstorm spent some time with us. This morning, it is cloudy but not raining. We got up early as we are taking a train to Moselkern, where we will hike about 3 miles or so to Burg Eltz Castle. Hopefully, we stay dry but we pack the […]

Cochem, Germany July 27, 2012   Another good breakfast of cold cuts, bread and jam, and we tried the hard boiled egg they gave us. It was still warm but very good. The yolks here are more of orange color so either they use less preservatives or additives in their chicken food or a whole […]

Trechtingshausen, Germany July 26, 2012 We started today with another cold cut breakfast. Made two sandwiches to go, for lunch, and also brought some cheese wedges they had. Walk to the train station for the short ride to Trechtinghausen. Two stops later (10 minutes), we are there and decided to walk along a bike path […]

Oberwesel, Germany July 25, 2012  “Unfulfilled dreams become regrets, and I intend to have as few as possible” I don’t know where I got this from but I like it- Charlie We got a nice quiet nights sleep last night and were able to sleep in a little today. Our hotel has breakfast included so […]

Braubach, Germany July 24, 2012 “The wise traveler knows not to repeat successes, but to travel to new places all the time” Something I have always felt-Charlie Today  was one of those days that make you want to travel and explore more. Everything goes as planned and you see great sights, meet great people, and […]

Cologne, Germany July 23, 2012 Today we will leave Belgium and start our German adventure. Belgium was extremely good to us. We boarded our two car train for our trip to Aachen, Germany. There was one first class car and one second class car. We learned yesterday that the cars are marked on the outside […]