Hyatt Regency Cologne

... which was nice because typically we don't exchange more than 2 sentences in a day. Sitting down with all of the "members" of the household is always a fun lingual experience. Carla speaks Italian to me and I speak English back, yet we typically understand each other fine. Isidoro speaks to me in several languages and I only understand him when he speaks in German but I still have a hard time responding in anything but ...

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Westport is a small town, so we spent a lot of time just soaking up the atmosphere--taking long walks through the town, along the coast, or through the fields. We spent a day climbing the local mountain, Croagh Patrick. Like almost everything around the town, Croagh Patrick is a pilgrimage site. Every year, thousands of Catholics climb the mountain bare-footed to reach the church that lays on its peak. The ascent is mostly sharp ...

Another early start for our walking tour of Cologne. We started at the ship and walked through the Old Town to the cathedral. The Old Town isn’t really old. It was completely destroyed during WWII. It was slowly rebuilt to look like the original. The cathedral was badly damaged during the bombing but the structure remained standing. The construction of the cathedral was started in 1248 but not finished until 1880. At ...

Koln

After our Rhine cruise we drove in the coach to Koln (Cologne). Cologne is well-known for a few things, including perfume (4711 in particular), its Roman origins (as a colony – hence the name) and for its twin spired Gothic cathedral. We stopped for a little over an hour in the main square.

The cathedral houses the bones of the three Magi ...

... 8217;s parents for Currywurst, your basic hot dog smothered in ketchup and curry, along with fries and mayo. It was delectable, but also prompted an attack by at least 7 wasps! Tristan’s engineering background came in handy and he was able to trap some in empty glasses. After the Wurst, we walked around Medianhafen, or Media Harbor, a harbour surrounded by huge business buildings for advertising agencies ...

... such a massive population, it is truly a conundrum. We caught a cruise from St Goarshausen, and embarked on a stunning cruise of a beautiful part of the Rhine river. The statue of Lorelay associated with sailors' good luck and many castles and vineyards adorn the banks as we cruised on past. We even saw our tour bus cross the Rhine by ferry to meet us at the end of the cruise! We passed on through the city of Ludwigschtafen (spelling? I used to know it ...

... young once! The best part about this club is no entrane fee, although the line to get in sucked. When we got in we danced the night away until about 2 in the morning. Getting back was so surreal because everyone was asleep and the streets felt like a ghost town. As soon as I got back I fell asleep right away, I could not believe how tired I was and how much more I still had to go and see!

... a few minutes late so Steve dropped me off and parked the car while I went inside to check in. Of course, none of the receptionists there spoke English and so I handed them my referral slip from the lung doctor and just hoped for the best. The receptionist I gave my slip to gave me a really dirty look (I've concluded that knowing how to make people uncomfortable must be a prerequisite for all receptionists in Germany). Anyway, she snatched the slip out of my hand and pointed to the ...

... a use of it and would pick it up later. We kind of felt bad about doing this though. So we tried to hide our faces and turned off the lights of the car. Finally, finally, we arrived at home. We carried some important things upstairs (into the 5th floor). Then Frank and I went out to look for a parking spot for our transporter. After we had found one, we had to walk ten minutes back to our house. We climbed up the stairs. Had some beer. Fell asleep. We ...