Hotel Stiftswingert Mainz

Again it seems to be an escape from the inevitable. But somehow I actually think it's way more than that.<br><br>Why do I think that? I'm sure you are wondering what special thing happened at the end of my last entry in the first world trip ...

It was sooooo cold in Frankfurt, we didn't want to spend much time here since we had no winter clothing. WE got in late, went to our hotel, then back to the airport to get our flight to Bangkok moved up. We though it would be at 8 that night, but they managed to get us on the next flight out, which was pretty much within the hour. Woohooo! I also kept speaking Italian in Germany... so confused with all the languages.

... a Haut Medoc from France? {what the heck is a Haut Medoc?}I have no idea what I selected or how much it cost in USD. I was told to stick to about $30/bottle but who can translate at 8 am after an 11 hour flight? I think it was about 57 Euro's total, so either way, I am 50% off budget - still not sure if I went too cheap or too expensive. Hopefully my colleague, Wally, the one who requested the purchase will be happy either way. <br><br>In ...

... their walls, not to mention some German candies.<br><br>Unfortunately it was time to call it a trip, so we all piled in the car and Flo kindly drove us home on the ultra-efficient Autobahn where nobody drives slowly in the left lane.<br><br>Auf wiedersehen! It was a great trip!<br><br>Pam and Glenn said: <br><br>Pam&#8217;s first observation of her old high school alma mater town of Frankfurt was that it had not changed much. From the Bahnhoff down ...

... Nestle on 4 June-cant wear thongs need a suit. Rode bikes with Michael into Mainz to buy de clothes. Bought a Joop suit and Bugatti shoes- starting to get some european style. Went to Danys parents house in next village for more cake and coffee, then german beer Yum. Very nice people, very german. Lovely to sit and drink here for hours. Walked 3 kms home to our village and drank wheat beer until 1.30am (j went to bed much earlier of course ...

... repeat the instructions on how to get to the train. Once again, my dumber than dirt expression was working overtime. He repeated the directions, but then said he would take us to the train, personally. He left the group with the other leader and walked with us to the train out of the terminal. It was strange, for we didn't have to go through customs at all. We just walked right out with our luggage. I asked our personal Army MP escort about this ...

... feet above the city, so we decided to just trek it up the cobbled street straight up the side of the mountain! What better way to experience and understand what it is like for the residents to visit than to do as the Germans do. The castle was an incredible contrast against the mountain backdrop with its marvelous red sandstone brick. The castle was created by Friedrich V around the year 1619 and has the Pharmacy ...

... the next day we mwt a very nice guy, colby, from texas and hung out with him and hiked up to the castle, which is also a youth hostel. then we went and had a wine carosel. all that hard work, we needed some wine. it was very nice. we then headed for St. Goar. we went there to see the castle, we hiked all the way up to it, and it was closed! that night was 'the rhine in flames' it is where they put off fireworks and it looks ...

... to have a wine social on the balcony of the girls room next door. Not to long after "chit-chatting" for a while we continued to Joe's room where we chit-chatted some more and had more wine. After finally not coming up with anything else to talk about we headed out to what we hoped was Club Citrus. Getting directions from the hotel staff that consisted of literally "Turn left out of the hotel, Turn right at the next light and go straight for twenty minutes" we were kind of scared ...