Day 3

I’m sitting here in my apartment with the window open (it’s about 55 degrees and I’m *freezing*!) listening to the Rhein (yeah, I spelled it right) River and the boats going up the Rhein. It’s so peaceful. I think I could live here. All I really need right now is my cat and my cup of tea and I’d be a happy girl. A very happy girl.
Today we took a sight-seeing tour to Cochem and it was rather nice. Oh, it was so nice. There were 7 people in the tour and we walked all around town, walked up to the castle, but didn’t tour it, and had lunch. I got to try fedderweissen or however the hell you spell it. Oh my god. It’s only available this time of year when the wine is still fermenting and it’s damn good. Too bad I can’t bring it back home with me. It’s not sealed because it’s still fermenting and because it’s not sealed, you can’t bring it home. It’s also a buy now drink now kind of wine. But damn, it’s good. Back to Cochem. Cochem is a nice quaint little town on die Mosel River. It’s very touristy but still laid back. The castle there is gorgeous but Cliff and I didn’t take a tour. The reason we didn’t take a tour is because it’s a guided tour and we like to go at our own pace and wander all over. The food here is out of this world. They don’t play around with the food. I got a veggie plate and it was broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, and carrots over a plate of rice. It was freaking HUGE! Cliff got potatoes, side salad and schnitzel. We still can’t figure out what the hell schnitzel is. But we’ll find out.
I have made a new friend over here. Yay! I just have to remember to look her up on FB when I finally get internet access. It’s the contact lady for Untours and she’s been super nice and helpful. But I’m outa here. All this walking around has made me super tired. I think we’ve walked as much if not more than Rome.

Me.

Day 2

Today, we had orientation and our contact lady is so nice. Tracy is much nicer than the lady from Rome. Orientation was supposed to last an hr and a half; it ended up lasting over 2 hours. One of the couples cancelled their trip to Germany due to family problems so there are only 4 people over here right now. After orientation, we all ended up eating lunch together. I had tomato soup with bread and it was almost as good as mom’s. Cliff had bratwurst, sauerkraut, and potatoes. Can I say that the water here SUCKS? They have tap water which isn’t bad and mineral water which sucks. At least Cliff has the sodas to fall back on. But orientation was great. I learned a lot about the area and we’re going on a sight- seeing tour to see a castle. It should be fun. After orientation today, we visited castle ruins. Holy moly. This was the largest castle on the Rhein River and it’s in ruins. Only about one-third is left. If only one-third is left, I can’t imagine what the entire castle looked like. It was a functioning castle and it was ginormous. We walked all over it and it took about an hour and a half. I refused to walk on top but Cliff got some excellent pictures. We also went by the Cuckoo Clock store. I found my dad’s Christmas present. God help me.
Germany is so damn clean that it’s not even funny. Walking through the streets, I haven’t seen any stray papers, cans, etc. It’s amazing. Going through the castle, they had a worker walking picking up scraps of paper. Not something you’d really see back home. It’s just so clean. You don’t have to hunt for trash bins or anything. I love it.
We’re sitting here watching tv tonight and we don’t know German. We’re making up our own dialogue for each show. It’s most interesting watching TV when you don’t even understand the language. Hopefully we can contact the apartment owner tomorrow and get the password for the internet so I can actually update my blog, e-mail home and let everybody know we’re okay. On that note, I’m outta here.
Cheers!

Day 1

Today we traveled from Atlanta to London to Germany. OMG. I’m exhausted. Flying into Heathrow London is an experience I don’t wish to repeat, but I know I’m going to do it again. We had to exit the plane and get on a bus to get to the airport and wait about 5 hours for our commuter flight. Lovely huh? Coming into Germany? Customs was so easy. The police just looked at my passport, stamped it and said Danke. Then we got our train vouchers validated and waited an hour and a half for our train. Got to the house and it’s nice. The living room has a view right over the Rhein River. It’s so gorgeous. Looking out the window, I’ve also got a view of Burg Katz and down the river is Burg Maus. I’m exhausted. Going to bed. Cheers.

30 days!

Woo Hoo! 30 days until we leave for Germany. I've got my books, I know what phrases *not* to say and I'm ready to go. I think. Still got to get my international driving permit, hotel and train passage from the castle to Berlin but I think it'll work out. :) Yay! soo excited!

Germany

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Germany

Germany is 81 days away. That's less than 3 months. OMG 81 days until I'm in Germany. Woo Hoo! I can't wait. I'm going to do my best to post here whilst we're there. I just hope I have access. But I'll be keeping a blog every day and dating it along with pictures. Can't wait!!!!!!!
So little to do, so much time. Wait. Reverse that. *10 pts if you can tell me where that came from* Seriously, so much to do and get ready for. I'm so excited. Never been to Germany before.

Krishna

Germany

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