Schloss Montabaur

... So At 5pm we enter the St. MARtin visitors center, only to be told there is not A single room for rent in town. we heADed to MikalhAmmer, the next town over. Same story. someone literAlly lAughed At us- Apparently you need 1 year AdvAnce notice for the wine hArvest time. thanks, fodors...we ALmost had to sleep in the smArt cAr until a nice tourist office worker found us A room outside neustadt, a mAJor city on the wine ...

... of course) and the Castle is on top of a huge hill (of course). Did I mention the cab was a brand new Mercedes?
At any rate, we got to our wonderful Castle and were hoping for no rain the next day so we could take a boat trip... no such luck. The rain has returned on our trip. Instead, we took the train up to Koblenz. The entire river is littered with castles. Most have them have been converted into hotels it seems. And the towns along the ...

Bingen OR

We had a bit of a sleep-in this morning before our breakfast in the Bingen Hotel. The hotel was really crowded and the breakfast room was packed and generally lacking in food. It was not a pleasant experience, especially bumping up against other tourists who had their chairs and tables crammed up against the buffet tables serving cereals and other food.

Apparently one of our tour ...

... walking tour will highlight the appeal of Koblenz – its romantic narrow streets and historical squares, the picturesque alleyways and fountains in the old quarter and the 12th century churches of St. Florin and Our Lady."

(To be continued)

... The waiter was actually the owner and he spoke English so we chatted a little and I watched soccer on the TV and also some spiked hair punks cause a scene and the police came and that was about it. So it was nice few drink layover in Koblentz. Back on the train to Bremen and on to Finland!!

... middle of town. So amazing and I see why it was highly recommended in the travel book. The pictures and movies I have do it no justice. Yet after I arrived at Koblenz I had to switch trains for Trier and then traveled down the Mosel to Trier and the Mosel River was just as beautiful with many more vineyards and rolling hills. I really love traveling by train.

... short phone call and afterwards is visibly upset. The woman who spoke to me starts consoling the mother but she eventually breaks out sobbing a few times. It was really uncomfortable to be around, especially because I had no idea what was going on.

Most of the family got off the train after a few stops, but the woman who spoke to me stayed on for a while longer. But she got up and moved and then I heard her shouting at someone and banging on a door, with a man ...

... used as the platform for staging the fireworks.

Having seen the fireworks in Bonn in 1996, we decided to this time in 2009 visit the event at St. Goars on 19.09.2009. In my opinion, St. Goars was by far a better location than Bonn. St. Goars is close to the famous Loreley Rock which gives it a locational advantage.

The Loreley Rock is a German legend. At this point ...

... to find as in latin america. So after leaving Friday at 1pm i arrived in frankfurt main germany at 6Am. German customs is upon first impressions one of the nicest and basic I"ve come accross, No questions just looks at you and scans your passport, On a lil side note, my latin america stamps seemed to capture his interest as he took an extra moment to examine the stamps i've aquired. After getting stamped You simplY grab your lugguage and leave the airport, Yup ...