Kurhaus Tanneck Bad Kissingen

... in it with 4 kitchens but no bathroom! Evidently people only washed about once a year, including their clothes and instead wore a lot of perfume. I think unfortunately some Europeans still cling to this tradition. Thankfully I am not here in the summer!<br><br>It has the largest fresco in the world, painted by Tiepolo, which depicts the four continents. America was shown riding an alligator and had no culture, no ...

... thing I did notice were the German "rest stops". Unlike those we know in the US, these are simply pullovers and nothing else. Nothing else except men peeing along the side of the road, in broad daylight. Come on Germany- Let's invest in some restrooms! At least one of those McClean pay ones would be an improvement.

... one man band who's English sounds like one run on sentence with no chance of being understood. Blessedly, there is some recognizable tunes. Shuls is a dance machine.<br><br>We stopped on the main bridge at a cafe with a fire blazing and had coffee. We then returned to the ship for our optional excursion to Rothenburg. A Unesco site that is a completely walled in Medieval village from the ...

... between Budapest and Amsterdam.<br>We&#8217;re now traveling on the Main River. We&#8217;ve seen many swans and ducks on the river and the hills have many vineyards. After lunch we docked at Wurzburg , another picturesque town with many church spires and a fortress on the hill. The river is crossed by another old stone bridge with large statues of Bishop Princes and saints lining the sides of the bridge.<br><br>

The fourth biggest city in Germany, with over one million inhabitants, Cologne (Köln in German) began life as a Roman colony or colonia (hence its name). Its location on the Rhine, at the heart of Germania, was key to its status as capital of the province. The city became a centre for worship, famous for the legend and cult of Santa Ursula, and built several splendid Romanesque churches, which survive today. <br><br>By the Middle Ages, Cologne was one of ...

... job, well done.<br><br>We then strolled through the town, took a look in the two main churches and then headed out looking for a camp ground.<br><br>We found one just outside of the town, it is along a canal with barges going up and down the waterways and rows and rows of vineyards on the hill sides. Just a beautiful setting. We had diner in town so we just set up for the night with our canopy us. It looks like rain again.

... br><br>Now we're back at the hostel taking advantage of the free internet and computers. The strange thing is that it's a German keyboard so the letters are in different places. If there are misspellings, that's why. I can also blame my confusion of the difference in its and it's on that. For now. One day I'll have to learn that for good.<br><br>Tomorrow we're hanging out, seeing the sights of Würzburg and then going to Berlin. More updates later, I love and miss you guys!<br>

... nearly straight away for a guided tour up to the Bishops palace.  We are all saying, another ABC (another beautiful church or another bloody church) I can&#8217;t believe how much money these people must have spent on their castles and palaces when there were starving people in the street.  Everything is paved with gold.  The gardens were just awesome and we spent quite sometime outside before ...

... and even offered to let me stay at his place in the Black Forest, and even to show me around the next time I was in Germany. Why can't I meet German models named Heidi, or German volleyball players named Laura Ludwig on the train, and have them tell me how much they love Chinese guys, and offer to let me stay with them, and to show me around? I checked into the "Frankfurt Hostel" - when I first booked, I thought that the address sounded familiar, and ...

... m above sea level at Hanau. The river Mainin its natural state is a fast-moving stream unsuitable for shipping.In the 19th century the river was tamed and a system of dams and locksis now part of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal connecting the North Sea with the Black Sea<br><br>Lohr is said to be Snow White's possible birthplace.<br>