Hotel Riesengebirge Ansbach

... to cruise along in the center lane but not fast enough to avoid passers who'd rocket by like jet engines on the left. Being a Merwin, I found the one free parking lot in town, and it was next to a free bathroom. Boo Ya!<br><br>The altstadt is walkable and surrounded by the city wall, so you can't really get lost. You can walk up well worn stairs and stroll around on the city wall. We played peeping toms and peered into all the gardens and out across the Tauber ...

... It's beautiful and charming but ask me in a few hours when the Elderhostel tour buses and their occupants have sent me over the edge. Anyway. My goal today is to discover the deliciousness of something called "schneeballs." They look chocolate and fried and should go great with beer.<br><br>Well that's all for now- I am in a tourist office that gives me 15 minutes free internet access and I have to steal it where I can get it. Auf Weidershen :)

... After failing to get their PC&#8217;s Skype to work, and using my limited German and hand gestures, we started over with Erin&#8217;s net book, and got the wifi to work.<br><br>For dinner we went to the Burgerkeller (no, not a hamburger joint), a quiet restaurant in the cellar of a hotel by the castle garden. We ate early, since we had to pack tonight for our travels tomorrow. It was another good meal. I had pork steak with mushroom sauce and potato cakes, and ...

... of this, and I'm relishing every experience that I am having.<br>This is a once in a lifetime experience, and I have lots of pictures, videos, and journal entries about everything and everyone. Things are awesome. The people and places are awesome, and I'm loving every minute of it.<br><br>So, if you're reading this, it is very likely that I miss and love you.<br><br>More soon!! BYE!!

... it, ends today. Oh, well, can&#8217;t be everywhere at the right time. <br><br>The town is filled with people in costumes, there is a children&#8217;s band, the Swedish army and pipe and drum band, beggars, children&#8217;s dance troops and young adults dance troop. It was so much fun just walking down the street, the atmosphere was happy and jolly. We stopped in at one place, looked like a pheasant gathering and they were cooking chickens ...

... be almost an entire day, because the bus broke down twice. <br><br>Then, there was a rockslide...so we got to the hotel at night, crashed and left again for our service project yesterday.<br>We had to pull huge plants out of the ground because they were killing hte indiginous ones.<br><br>Then more traffic and more bus.<br><br>Now Im in a podunk hotel with no internet..except a weird cafe slash casino.<br><br>losing service. more later!

So, today is the big day, only 2 hours left and my family is going to drive me to Frankfurt and then my flight to Bangkok via Dubai is leaving at 10p.m. (Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!)<br>But as I'm still not packed and really excited I'm not goint to write that much, only that I'm really looking forward to the trip and hope to tell you guys many nice and interesting stories :)<br>So, here you soon from Bangkok!!<br>Adios :)<br><br>Marta<br>

... dogs everywhere - to the restaurants, bars, malls, etc. I admired their relationships with their dogs. The dogs were socialized well as I do not recall ever seeing a dog fight or snip at anyone. I figure they were either highly socialized or they had all been debarked. I'm sure it was the former. No trash. I seldom saw trash on the road or anywhere around. I soon realized that the German concept of time was much different ...

... no idea who organized this store or what their thinking was. As my mood darkened I almost didn't have the strength to push on to the check out section but as I rolled the out-of-control cart down the beer lane, I threw in one of each bottle I passed by. I figure I have to learn something while I'm here. Tomorrow I see the good Docktor Otto at Banhoufer 10. He hopes he will be able to fix my tooth and is hoping I am in not too much pain. PS One thing I have ...

From Munich, it takes a bit more than 3 hours by train to get to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a charming medieval town in the Bavaria region, another city on the Romantic Road route. A series of walls and towers defended the city over the ages, and the most recent still stands and surrounds most of the older part of the city. Rothenburg's old houses, towers, and gateways that have withstood the ravages of the centuries are there for you to explore. Tourists throng the streets, but ...