Hotel L"Auberge Walldorf

The hours and minutes ticked away as we slept, rebuffing the encroaching cold, cozy beneath the blankets of our makeshift bed. Somewhere in the distance, the cry of a rooster heralded the arrival of Helios' fire-darting steeds, and at first light, Tracy and I arose to commence a the first of a four-day series of excursions in our part of Europe. Yes, at first light of the lamp, Tracy exclaimed, "Uh-oh. It’s 9:00, Byron, we’ve got to get up!" Oh, and there ...

Well...this time honestly I didn´t have time to make travel list or structure my backpack. After finishing my PhD graduation there was time onyl to celebrations and party (since the last months I rarely had much time).
Heidelberg is ...

Without an official job offer, I took advantage of my free time and joined Jon at his conference in Heidelberg. As it turns out, the official job offer was coming, but that comes later . . . In the mean time, I got to explore while Jon had to sit and listen. Lucky me!

We've become big fans of the day passes for trains and busses. For one, you can travel around and cut out a bit of walking. But really, it's ...

Well we didn't really spend much time in Frankenthal. It was really just a stopover since we arrived a day early for my mum to arrive in Frankfurt.

We got to Frankfurt and found a call shop to help us find a hostel/hotel for a good price. Unfortunately there weren’t any in Frankfurt so we made our way to Frankenthal about 30 minutes outside of Frankfurt. One piece of advice…when parking in paid parking areas make sure you pay! Haha…we ...

... is Robb? I worked with him ages ago at Disneyland, but in the ensuing (eek!) 18 years, he's become one of the foremost world experts on...rollercoasters. (check out his site, http://www.ThemeParkReview.com). He had mentioned to me months ago that our travel itinerary goes right by one of Europe's largest theme parks- Holiday Park, I believe it is called. I initially ignored this tidbit, because hey, we're going ...

sorry it has been so long since we have been on and updated. Payton is doing GREAT. had an unhealthy 2 weeks but all better. She had thrush which is so hard to get rid of, then another cold and ear aches. but she is all better. she weighs about 16 to 17 lbs now and is about 23 1/2 to 24 inches long. she is really starting to coo now and its so cute. she is trying to sit up on her own. we almost have a sleep pattern down :) which im super excited abou

... our trip to South Africa being #1) providing wildly inaccurate forecasts. Because when you say "weather in Germany between 60-75F" I will indeed pack for that, and discover the actuality of 30-50F a welcome surprise. Or a chily one.

3) My cat sitter, who waited until Monday to note that she'd misplaced my house key and had to call a locksmith to get in to feed my cats. Anyone know a good cat sitter? We are apparently in the market for one. :)

And now. The castles ...

Nun sind es also knapp zwei Monate her, als ich das letzte Mal an einer Schule die Geschichte
von Selma und mir erzählte. Einen Abend zuvor telefonierte ich mit meinem Bruder und so ganz nebenbei scherzte er, dass ich aus der Übung sein müsste, da ich schon mehr als 8 Wochen keine Schule mehr betreten und Mainecoon gepielt habe. Ach, von wegen aus der Übung. Bücher zu präsentieren ist wie Auto fahren. So etwas verlernt man nicht, und ...

... though, because it tastes great cold but terrible warm.
when we were drinking i introduced the group to the coin game, the one where you sneakily drop a coin in someone's drink and they have to finish. i knew simba would do it, even though it's a gross 1euro coin, and it caught on. everyzone was into it, and getting reallz paranoid lol. fun times
while we were out last night the girls were talking about pre-d´rinking. as I'd chatted about with ulrike and kada ...

... it is because it is the only building that survived a fire back in 1595. So it is the oldest building in the town and therefore something that everyone should look at and take pictures of. There is a nice bridge across the river that you also do not want to miss (Old Bridge). And then that is about it for Heidelberg. For the military folks, Patrick Henry Village is the one TGI Fridays in the area. There are signs for the base as you leave the city.