Flair Hotel Hopfengarten Miltenberg

Again it seems to be an escape from the inevitable. But somehow I actually think it's way more than that.

Why do I think that? I'm sure you are wondering what special thing happened at the end of my last entry in the first world trip ...

It was sooooo cold in Frankfurt, we didn't want to spend much time here since we had no winter clothing. WE got in late, went to our hotel, then back to the airport to get our flight to Bangkok moved up. We though it would be at 8 that night, but they managed to get us on the next flight out, which was pretty much within the hour. Woohooo! I also kept speaking Italian in Germany... so confused with all the languages.

... a Haut Medoc from France? {what the heck is a Haut Medoc?}I have no idea what I selected or how much it cost in USD. I was told to stick to about $30/bottle but who can translate at 8 am after an 11 hour flight? I think it was about 57 Euro's total, so either way, I am 50% off budget - still not sure if I went too cheap or too expensive. Hopefully my colleague, Wally, the one who requested the purchase will be happy either way.

In ...

... their walls, not to mention some German candies.

Unfortunately it was time to call it a trip, so we all piled in the car and Flo kindly drove us home on the ultra-efficient Autobahn where nobody drives slowly in the left lane.

Auf wiedersehen! It was a great trip!

Pam and Glenn said:

Pam’s first observation of her old high school alma mater town of Frankfurt was that it had not changed much. From the Bahnhoff down ...

We arrived at Miltenberg and I took another walking tour. This town has a lot of the half-timbered buildings and was not damaged in WWII. It has one of the oldest operating hotels in Germany and Elvis Presley stayed there once when he was stationed in Heidelberg. This area of Germany is ...

... on the main square, St.Jacobus. This church dated only from 1830, so it was quite new by local standards. The interior was quite plain. It had been recently renovated, so it had an almost brand-new feeling, even though it displayed a large sandstone crucifix from the 1300's and statues of the Three Wise Men from before that.

After that we were hungry, so we had a long liesurely lunch of traditional German dishes. The kids ...

... cobblestone, and it does look as if it is very well preserved. The Marktplatz has an old fountain in the centre of it. In our brief walk we passed many of the sights described by Paul Briscoe from his childhood, including an old Jewish cemetary, and a fountain where he acted as an extra in a movie shot in 1939.
It is all very pretty. Tomorrow we will have a better look at it.

... need have no fear of any takeover. We enjoyed a very entertaining dinner with us entertaining ourselves as usual. Sandy, Don's wife was telling us that Don has what he believes are Viagra pills however she has dyed sleeping tablets blue and he is out like a light within minutes of taking them!!! We sailed later that afternoon for Wurzburg. On our arrival we were transferred via coach to the Prince Bishops' Palace in the city. My God - how ...

... and had to wait for ages in a customs line because I was bringing wood back into the country ( a cuckoo clock for our house). Mum, dad, steph and scott met me at the airport and then we went out to tea with my family and scott's family at taco bill in Beacy. The service was ridiculously slow, but the company good. I barely had any sleep on the plane, but was so awake. Probably because I was so excited to be back home with everyone.
SO this is the ...

... you’d never do in the US, where freeways scream right over and around the centers of towns, frequently chopping up neighborhoods in the process. In Europe they stop at the edges, strictly a point-to-point sprint. You still have to wind your way through the cities, usually.