Hotel Michel Mort Bad Kreuznach

... is closed until june 2010. grrrr. but we got our euros worth in the rest of the park-we discovered A ride called city jets, which is like the dumbo ride on steroids. the park was so empty that the operAtor didnt cAre if we loaded us both into 1 tiny jet, and used our combined body weight to bounce up and down so hard thAt we smashed into the ground A few times.awesome. we also went on europes highest sky merry-go-round, but at ...

... 8 hours until 6pm and see if there are any no-shows or go to Vogelweh. Vogelweh was a more expensive option but a sure thing and I could have it immediately.

We weighed all the factors and decided that in our exausted condition, Vogelweh was the best option so we picked up our rental car and headed out.

... the lift back down, we strolled through the town visiting various shops. I bought some gifts and found a pin. We stopped at a sidewalk café and had something to drink. Jack and Suzanne ordered hot chocolate. It took a long time to come and when the waitress was questioned she said “Because it made fresh.” It was worth the wait. It came on a platter with a pot of chocolate, cup & ...

WE took advantage of the One Penny (£0.01) flights from Ryanair to go somewhere we have never been so went to Germany the airport is Frankfurt Hahn which although is it's correct name it is cinfusing to strangers as it is nowhere near the OTHER Frankfurt (about 120km by road). We stayed at the Advance hotel zum Hahn which is in Büchenbeuren

Advance Hotel
Haumptstrassre 35
55491
Büchenbeuren
Deutschl and
Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany madcaravanner

... of course) and the Castle is on top of a huge hill (of course). Did I mention the cab was a brand new Mercedes?
At any rate, we got to our wonderful Castle and were hoping for no rain the next day so we could take a boat trip... no such luck. The rain has returned on our trip. Instead, we took the train up to Koblenz. The entire river is littered with castles. Most have them have been converted into hotels it seems. And the towns along the ...

... whose age ranged from about seven to thirteen. They all seemed to be from the same school, and they did not seem to know much English neither did they seem so friendly when I spoke to them in German.

As we were sailing through vineyards in a famous winegrowing area, we shared an excellent glass of German white wine (Riesling) from the Bingen region. The Rhine was busy with water traffic ...

... Bingen: 03.07.2010, 02.07.2011 07.07.2012
Koblenz: August 2010
Oberwesel: 11.09.2010, 10.09.2011, 08.09.2012
St. Goar 18.09.2010, 17.09.2011, 15.09.2012

The specialty about this event is not only the fireworks, but also the lighting up of the Rhine river. Dozens of Rhine boats assemble on the location of the fireworks festival at night fall on the evening of the event ...

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 ...

I decided that I needed a few days break from working, so I booked a cheap flight to Frankfurt, to see more of Germany. Somehow I made the 7.20am flight out of Stansted, the journey started at 4am with me standing at the bus stop at the end of my street. I flew with Ryanair and was landing at Frankfurt-Hahn airport- which I discovered after booking my flight is no where near Frankfurt, but in Hahn- only an hour and ...

... and real glasses. (We even had a menu of options to choose from! I had salad, shrimp appetizer, and a cheese lasagna of some sort, with ice cream and coffee for dessert!) I went back and forth between reading, eating, and sleeping. I think I got a solid 3 1/2 hours on that flight. By the time we got to the Frankfurt airport we were feeling pretty icky, though. So we found the Red Carpet Club lounge (for us special travellers), and brushed our teeth, reapplied deoderant, and ...