Hotel Kohler Heidelberg

... poetry, so I was rushed through. The truth be told, even I got bored after an hour of Nibelungen lore.

Before heading home, we all stopped at a local bakery to get a hot drink and a pastry. The décor was pleasant, but the deserts left much to be desired. Tracy pointed out the fruit flies covering a crumb cake of some sort in the display case – one to be served to customers. There is no way the employees did not know; fruit flies on food must not be ...

... now cold, windy and rainy...I am sorry for my friends who are now working.

Here starts the Brazil trip!

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... almost no one ventured all the way up to Philosophenweg. I fully appreciated the "scenic" spots with benches along the way, welcome spots to breathe and take out the water bottle. Students and philosophers used to walk up that way to clear their heads. When I passed through, the cloud cover was dreary except for a break through above the castle and a spectacular showing of cerpuscular rays. A German lady started ...

... ourselves a little parking ticket for forgetting to put money in the meter. Luckily we have no idea how to pay it and well we "lost the ticket" so oops!

We got a nice little hotel in Frankenthal which was a little over budget but luckily had a kitchenette in it so it saved us money on food. That night we dined on stir fry and Chris made a great bacon and eggs breakfast in the morning. Worth it!

Then it was off to see my Mum in Mainz! Yay!

... the city, its adorable beer taverns, and its gorgeous architecture. But I didn't love it, and I can't quite figure out why. Perhaps I was expecting more, due to the fact that every Germany guidebook touts it as a perfect German fairytale city. But it's also a college town and an industrial town, and the legendary "nightlife" I heard so much about wrapped up at about 10pm. But nonetheless, it's a stunning ...

... going his maximum speed at about 100km an hour, but cars in the lanes next to us were going twice as fast! We even saw a few that were going at least 250km an hour…unbelievable. Matt was loving it but I was gripping the seat and was thankful when we found a smaller town called Baden-Baden to drive into. We managed to find a free campervan stop but unfortunately, it was completely full! By this time it was nearing midnight so we just decided to park ...

... restaurant was a group of American soldiers celebrating a birthday. These were actually the first Americans I had heard since leaving the Frankfurt airport. Seeing US soldiers while out of the country made me feel like I should salute or something, but I contained myself! I saw many American soldiers while in Heidelberg, in stores, restaurants, at the train station and walking around the streets. From what I saw the locals made a point of being very friendly to them, and they were ...

... Hilly and I went for dinner at a pub and returned back to the hostel to call it an evening. While we were at dinner Hilly mentioned that she drove to Heidleberg and if I wanted, I could catch a ride back to Zwickau and I could take the train the rest of my journey to Dresden. I thought about for a bit and realized that a 5 hour car ride was better then a 6 hour lonely train. She had one more patient to meet with in the morning and then we would hit the road...................

... then went to a piano concert featuring Dr. Jurgen Merke- it was simply fabulous, there was limited seating for about 50 people and in such a beautiful setting looking out over the ...

... Europe. Its so.. so German! Hello? its in Germany, I know... but in comparison to Berlin or Cologne (some of the bigger German cities we have been to) its very German looking... Or at least how I would picture Germany...Dark, grey skies. Crisp fall air.. red, orange, yellow and brown leaves covering the cobblestone streets... little brown houses with pointy little roofs..very quiet. Its actually hard to believe that Heidelburg takes a second name of ...