North Rhine-Westphalia

... and are used for peaceful purposes. More importantly, though, I will be living in, and exploring, Germany. I will be based in Bonn, next to Cologne, in the western German province of North Rhine-Westphalia. And maybe I can learn to speak some German.

Hi all, thanks for vicariously joining me on this tour around the world. I will see so much more with you looking through my eyes too. Mish Hugo and Declan....I love you...Thank you

Visiting friends in North America and Europe, heading to Oslo for a wedding and taking advantage of what's on around the world at the same time!

Here I am visiting the North Rhine, Westphalia with Mrs. Rettig, Elena and Julia. Today I tried a typical dish, served mainly in North Rhine (a sweet and sour roast made from horse meat), followed by ice cream later on. Tasty!  (Not to mention ...

... be quite a story. Düsseldorf is one of the premier cities in Germany and one of many cities situated in the North Rhine-Westphalia region. It is a truly breathtaking train ride along the Rhine that gets one here as you follow the river through all ...

... 's fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich, and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than 10 million ...