Hotel Michel Mort Bad Kreuznach

Here are the promised photos. I am not including photos of our workshop room and wine cellar; they're not that interesting. Excuse the messiness of parts of the house. You all know how trying moving in can be!<br><br>Tracy has left for France to inspect food production plants, so I'm here ...

... two bathrooms, a sizeable kitchen, dining room, a large living room, a separate laundry room, a utility room (workshop), and a wine cellar. Soon I will also be able to park my car indoors, in an old barn. right now there is a tractor in there, but not for long. The rooms and amenities are very modern, but there is an old-world charm to parts of the house, as well. I will post photos soon, but for now, just enjoy these four.<br><br>

... are popular among ex-patriot Americans and Germans alike. Many of the vendors are German, but some of the patrons are, as well.We walked among the many indoor kiosks for a couple of hours, looking at furniture and art, sampling cheeses, wines, and liqueurs, smelling soaps, etc. At a cheese shop set up by vendors from Holland I tried some hot sauces they had set up for sampling. I spooned a little of each kind on tiny pieces of bread to decide which one I was going to buy. They ...

Meet Henry, my Mercedes-Benz. He's an odd fellow; nice enough, if a little cranky; advanced in years. We don't communicate so well yet, even if we are both obviously making efforts. It's that I can't always read his signs clearly. He lags when I want to move quickly, and when I want to play it safe, he jumps. I never know which button to press to get the reaction I want, and sometime he acts confused. For now, I'm chalking it up to generational and ...

... to deal with Army 'civil servants' over the summer, I've learned that nothing comes easy; there's always some additional little headache you much endure before finally getting what you want. So I had that to look forward to. To get to Housing, I would also have to drive Henry a few rainy kilometers to a different part of Baumholder. It isn't that I don't enjoy Henry; he's fine. It's much more that I ...

... waltz in, and ask to taste. You get a few glasses of wine, chat, and move on....for free. My kinda place. We hit about 5 wineries today. Germany has some rocking Reislings, and my tummy is full of them.<br><br>After our housing debacle yesterday, we used HostelBookers.com to find a room for 2 nights in Wiesbaden, a cute little town near Mainz on the Rhine. The hostel had just 1 review: "It looks like the Shining hotel". Sold!!! So we ...

... path from Roman times and earlier.<br><br>The main feature of the trip was the many castles spread along the route. Most of these were to enforce river tolls, or to claim various sections of the river for a particular baron or, in later years, as elaborate residences for the rich. Dad bought a book about the castles that provided more information to complement the commentary provided on the boat.<br><br><br>

The night/morning...preparing to leave on a week of adventure, excitement, and severe lack of sleep. Of course the ideal thing would be a nice, long, relaxed night to recover, and regain a bit of energy for the journey. So after packin, drinking coffee, packing, coffee, cleaning the car, coffee, eating a few turkeys, coffee and then packing the car...with a little coffee, i headed off to bed at 2. Now my host brother is a delightful ...

Today being a Monday in Europe meant that all museums are closed. So I had a sleep in and walked towards the zoo- the only attraction open on a Monday. Decided to go to the zoo, as I haven't been to one for a long time. Soon changed my mind about ...

Slept in: Woke up and had breakfast (usual stuff). Took tram with family in to the closest village/ town with a huge shopping complex. I bought some new clothes. Went to my step uncle's birthday party and saw step family relatives and friends. There were ticks at the party (outside, as we were surrounded by a forest) and we had to check ourselves. The party was at a youth drop-in centre. We stayed the night here and the party kicked on all night.