Hotel Kaiserhof Lübeck

... right on the sea, just like mid-summer. I already have the Laboe floaty pen I found – but it’s a beautiful photoramic and there were only 4 left in the cup so I bought them all. Plus, I got a Baggie of sand for my sand collection. Did I mention the scenery was magnificent?? So it was a great day, despite the fact Pete had to drive so much. I think it was one of my favourite days, after Europa Park and Neuschwanstein.

... that feeling of excitement that I would have expected from nationals.... also the breakfast was horrible and there was a general lack of organization. I suppose its a lot different in the US where all the teams really fight for a spot at nationals through sectionals and regionals, and the big one here is the European Championships rather than the individual country ones. Although, the finals game ...

Wacköön wir kommen !!

Ein kleiner Ausflug muss noch sein, bevor es dann schlussendlich los geht einmal rund um unsre kleine blau Kugel

Das wird der Hammer. "Heut" (28.7) Abend gehts los mim Bus gen Norden.

Bilder und Berichte folgen wenn wir zurück sind, vielleicht.

... next two hours. It was a lot of fun and by the time 3:00 rolled around I was super hot and sweaty. I motioned to Dustin that I was leaving and to get some air, headed back upstairs and took a breather outside. It was a really bad idea though because after about 5 minutes of being outside I was hit by a brick wall of sleepiness. I shuffled my feet back inside, found the rest of the guys (Carolyn was nowhere to be found and Katrina was tucked away in a corner ...

I woke up, again and again....and again! Last night I had 2 new roommates. Both older and they snored. Then there was the other age related issue of getting up in the middle of the night to pee. Them, not me. They also got up early to leave. I didn't get much sleep last night. Then I woke up, for the final time, and my back hurt like hell. I'm not sure why because it had been feeling better the past couple of days. Yesterday I went for a walk ...

Actually the title for this blog should be 'it's getting better all the time', but the pun came as we sat in the shadow of the Marienkirche in Lubeck, eating a delicious German sausage and supping a pilsner. We took the Hull-Rotterdam ferry and then a 240-mile mainly flat dash to a little town called Bielefeld, about half way between Dortmund and Hanover, for an overnight stop. The town's main ...

Die Hauptstadt des Marzipans! Das Symbol auf dem 50 DM Schein und auf den 2 € Stücken! Lübeck hat wirklich viel zu bieten neben dem Marzipan und Thomas Mann. Die Altstadt liegt auf einer Insel und ist sehr schön. Besonders sind die vielen Gänge in Häusern, über die man andere Häuser und Gässchen erreicht. Lübeck ist größer als man denkt, zumindest als wir dachten. Die ganze Stadt besteht ...

The Kiel Canal links the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. It starts from the River Elbe and reaches the Baltic near the port of Kiel about 60 miles. The canal was only about 300 feet wide and only 37 feet deep and is spanned by 7 high bridges. The transit time was about 8 hours as we were going slow.

... dinner dessert finally and it was such a tasty cake with nougat and mmmmm Wonderful! I hanged around in town enjoying the time and finally its later on that I met again with Adrienne to walk further long in the city by dark. We also stopped for a 15min internet and it seemed that she was getting slightly more ill. Later on back home, I cooked myself some pasta meal and Adrienne just went to bed directly. So I ate and finished my cake and write some note for HCVOL. Playing with the ...