Aktivhotel Lindenhof Weilburg

... settled, we headed out for dinner. I had that magical travel experience where you discover a brand new culinary deight. Get this- neuer wine, or new wine. This stuff is aged for *1* short week, then served in pint glasses. It tastes like Mike's **********ade. Me likey.<br><br>This morning we set off northbound up the wine road, or Weinstrasse. Here is what you do- you drive to a teeny German wine village, park outside a vinter's ...

Two things I heard were "must-sees" in Köln were the Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum and the Kölner Dom.<br><br> The Imhoff-Schokoladenmuseum is a chocolate museum on the Rhine river in Köln. It shows the history of chocolate from as early as 1000 B.C. and has full-sized displays of the various machinery involved in the process. There are even a couple of areas where they were ...

Today was a light day. I mostly followed the girls around as they shopped in the nearby city of Siegen, although I did buy myself a much-needed belt.<br><br>I learned an interesting fact today, in America our biggest meal is usually dinner and we eat a smaller lunch. In Germany, it is just the opposite ...

... for Ken's shoes and a skirt for me) and then Rewe (for more groceries that Aldi didn't have). We discovered that Rita and I are actually sisters, separated at birth, since we constantly looked at the same things! On our way back to her house, we stopped at the graveyard, where Tante Herta is buried. Other Makus graves are there as well. It certainly did not look like any cemetary ...

... Was that ever money well spent. The washrooms were beautiful. The toilets had automatic self-cleaning seats. There were rolls of toilet paper in each cubicle and there was soap and hot water. The floor was so clean, we were convinced that dirt was not allowed in the building!<br><br>Ann basically slept the whole way and by the time we had made the three and a half hour trip ...

&gt; We toured a castle yesterday with a pretty unintelligible French <br>&gt; guide. It was coolish and I got some nice pics and video. Glad to be <br>&gt; away from that boring town, and the kids loved their homestay! Lots <br>&gt; of spunkiness going on.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; So I'm very tired and cranky now. It's so bad that a Skype disaster drove me to ...

... mingle, and we saw people of all ages chatting and drinking until well past midninght. Again, it was hard not compare the scene to an English carnival or local festival such as the one in Sheringham every year, although to be honest the atmosphere was a lot more jovial, there was no fighting, and by the end of the night no-one was in such a state that they couldn't walk home. I've found that your own country's problems and shortcomings are put into sharp ...

Even though the day after Thanksgiving is the designated day to find a Christmas tree for 56 Prince's Gate, a few of us decided to skip the city shopping and find some REAL tanenbaums. SO early Friday morning, 5 of us headed to Heathrow (the nice, accessible airport) by way of the Underground. This flight was probably the best I've had all semester, Lufthansa air is a god among airlines. After flying Ryanair and other 'student flights' We're always ready to appreciate a flight where the ...

Once I get to Frankfurt, I find that my hostel has been closed for Christmas week, so I find a puny hostel nearby. I was impressed with its environment that I decide to stay there for a couple of nights while wandering around this business-friendly city. All day, I found Frankfurt to be totally dead with all ...

Sunday Barbara and Norbert took us to see some sights around Butzbach. We began at Schloss Braunfels, for a tour (also in German, with Barbara and Dieter as our interpreters). This castle has 214 rooms, and was rebuilt 120 years ago after a fire. The town was burned, and only 5 houses remain from the origninal structures. When we were touring the rooms, we had to wear the goofy shoes again, but we ...