Hotel Zum Lamm Ansbach

... best views of the Tauber definitely came from the castle garden, go figure. That's where the waterfalls were visible from one end and the cityscape from the other.<br><br>We'd been hearing about a giant, juicy pork knuckle that's popular around here and of course had to try it. The place is packed with traditional restaurants. The one we ended up in had a ceiling that almost passed for flat in places due to a tent like paint job edging the arches. The ...

... 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 :)

... meet up, we headed for the high-speed ICE train of the Deutsche Bahn that would get us to Frankfurt in no time at all.<br><br>Pam and Glenn Said:<br><br>We both enjoyed this medieval town dating back to 1071. We walked the old town within the walls and saw vistas of the town from the old castle. We enjoyed great espresso, one of Chad&#8217;s favorites at a little café. We now get to ride the DB train to Frankfurt.

... remove it from the mold and lay a portion on a flat surface (to produce the flat side to sit in on a table), let it harden (which doesn&#8217;t take much time, then add the handle. In this case, the handle was red glass, which is the hardest to work with because it takes the highest temperature to keep it soft. Once one side of the handle is attached to the base, they have to reheat the red glass to re-soften it for molding. Once it is soft enough to mold, they use a metal bar to shape ...

... and took buses to Nuremberg. We visited the Zeppelin Field where the big Nazi Rallies were held and the Hall of Justice where the Nuremberg Trials took place. Bought a souvenir pin at Market Square and had cokes at a bistro while waiting for the bus to take us back to the ship. <br><br>

... There was even an ex hab on the team (Andre Nasredine) who scored a goal for us! To make the night even better we won 6-2 with some awesome goals and awesome saves!<br><br>Very happy with our decision to return to Nuremburg for the hockey game we left the following morning for Vienna. It was a long trip so we cut it in half and spent a night in Linz, Austria. Another gorgeous place to pass right on through!

... has to offer. We bought a spatula (scrambled eggs) and some fruits!<br><br>So we have had brautwurst and currywurst and everywurst possible in the past few days! We decided to splurge and went to a snazzy Chinese restaurant for supper! This is only worth mentioning because I ate the biggest most delicious eggroll I have ever had ever!<br><br>We will be coming back to Nuremberg but for now on to Stuttgart!!!!

... to think about it. The Germans impressed me as a very hard-working industrious people generally speaking. I guess I hadn't given this much thought until I went downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast one morning and a very nice German man looked at me, smiled, and engaged me in humorous conversation. It was then that I realized that the interaction was very unusual and very seldom had I interacted with a German who ...

... for the U.S. BEER DRINKING TEAM. Move over American Idol! I'll keep you posted as to our progress. When I'm not working or sampling German beer, I'm looking into the origin of the doner. This Turkish sandwich is offered here on base although I hear there are better examples around town. I have also consumed some very good Leberwurst which carried my thoughts back to liver sausage of my childhood ...

... my surroundings? No bidet here in Germany. As most of you already know I am staying in base housing. I have a shared kitchen and my suite-mate is Lieutenant Young. We have yet to meet personally although I hear him rattling around in the kitchen. The walls are so thin that I can also tell you that he too drinks a lot of German Beer and has quite a bladder:) The view from my window looks like the forests of Traverse City. Addendum: Tonight I finally made it to ...