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Hochtaunuskreis

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    • Day 457

      Last Day in Germany

      September 3, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F

      I finished my book yesterday before Jürgen and Jean got home from work. We had a nice meal and I called it an early night around 22:00.

      Today, I'm just hanging out with the internet when I can get a signal. I forgot how irritatingly limited connectivity is in small villages. Oh well. I leave tomorrow anyway.

      So long [for now] and thanks for all the fish. ✌️
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    • Day 456

      Lunchtime Near Frankfurt

      September 2, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F

      I have the most amazing friends! After German Nash Hash finished yesterday, I jumped on the train with Jürgen and his wife Jean, who invited me to stay with them until my flight on Wednesday. The train was overloaded, so I had to stand almost the entire three-hour trip, but it was worth it to spend some time with them.

      The three of us once drove from Germany through Austria, Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovakia on a 12-day hash scouting and Vineyard Hash weekend. We've also been to Greece, Iceland, Poland, and Belgium together, and Jürgen and I traveled to Peru and Chile late last year. (All of these were as part of larger groups except for the drive.) I love these guys!!!

      They're at work today and giving me a beautifully peaceful day to relax and rehydrate after three weeks of hashing. Whew!

      I'm making some lunch now from groceries I picked up at the local market and have just started another book.

      So long [for now] and thanks for all the fish. ✌️
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    • Day 3

      Day 1 - Flights and Garniers Keller

      October 5, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      Today was a very long day of plane rides. Our first flight was an hour long flight from Orlando to Atlanta. In Orlando we got hot dogs and in Atlanta a slice of pizza.

      The flight to Germany was about 8 hours. It was a big plane that had three in a middle row and two on each side. We were on the second to last row. Never being on a European flight before I experienced new things. They gave us pillow and blankets, not to mention they gave us warm towels before dinner and breakfast. There was supposed to be a choice for dinner but they ran out before us and we got a pretty gross lasagna with mushrooms. The best part was the salad.

      I watched four movies to pass the time. Mean Girls, Ten Things I Hate About You, Daddy Day Carr, and Election. I didn’t really get any sleep. Before we landed they gave us breakfast which was a peach muffin, some cheese, yogurt, and orange juice. Oh, and some weird chocolate mints. The yogurt was very good. Each meal came with what I’d call government cheese.

      When we landed it didn’t take long to go through immigration. They didn’t even ask us anything. Walking through the airport I saw tons of pastries I’d never seen before and pretzels that I’ve never seen. We waited for the guys then went in for some. I got a pretzel with pudding and apple. The apple wasn’t like any apple I’ve had before. Interesting flavor. I’ll have to try a more traditional pastry at some point.

      We then drove another two hours or so to get to our destination Friedrichsdorf. We go to our little hotel and we each got a room. The clubs booking agent Mike had a Haribo umbrella. He was surprised we’d ever had Haribos.

      We all went to our rooms for a few ours and I took a nap. We then went to the gig early to set up. The place was like a cave; narrow but long. They had some kind of French/German pizza called Flammkuchen. It was okay. I’m ready for sausages and schnitzel and maybe rouladen or sourbaten.

      The show went well. I had some equipment issues at first. The bass nearly collapsed at one point, and I couldn’t get my snare height just right. One f the best parts of the night was the fact those dancers who were at the Blue Rooster and the Kitchen (she hit her head on a table during a dip) were there.

      After the gig we went back and now here I am. It’s been a long day.
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    • Day 39

      Autobahn

      July 29 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Aamulla lähtö mitä raikaammassa säässä Colmariata kohti Harzia. Kyllä kannattaa tulla kurvailemaan myös Alcaseen. Viineistä tuli vähän epäilyttävä tunne? Strasburgin kohilta sitten autobahnille ja ekä pyssäys curryfurstille😋.Read more

    • Day 17

      Frankfurt, an Unscheduled Port.

      December 29, 2017 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C

      Over this part of the trip we experienced many interruptions to the planned itinerary. They were due to several unforeseen complications. First of which was high water levels due to the large volume of snow melt waters. This meant there was a very high danger that the ship could strike one of the bridges immediately in front of us, so our captain elected to doc for the night. During that night another ship past us and subsequently struck the bridge. They said that the water rises very quickly here and Falls again just as quickly. When we began sailing again we didn’t go far and again had to dock because a barge in front of us lost his propeller and so drove the nose of the barge into the bank then the current swept the stern into the opposite bank. ALL traffic stopped until a big service barge came to move the blockage.
      Because we lost a night steaming and the blockage we were behind schedule. We had been due to dock in Würtzburg that morning. However,by morning we were now 8 hours sailing away. There was a side trip @ €60 available to visit Rothenburg so the tour director, Sue, said “ I’m putting you all onto coaches here, (8 hours steaming away) and sending you all on to Würtzberg for the morning. The coaches will get you there in an hour. Then this afternoon you all go to Rothenburg for free. Then she announced that as everyone was out for lunch she was giving every passenger €25 for lunch. Women were permitted to buy their husbands a bag of crisps for lunch and spend the rest on a nice pair of shoes
      The boat then steamed on to Würtzburg. Collected all the passengers and we were on schedule again.
      Our next stop was to be Cologne but Sue said it wasn’t as interesting as the Roman Fort at Frankfurt so she made an executive decision that that was the new plan. Skip Cologne the go on to the Rhine Valley of your the castles. Unfortunately that meant we arrived at nightfall so Sue wouldn’t let the captain continue because we would miss all the beautiful Rhine Valley Castles
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    • Day 1

      Packe, ufrume, abfahre

      July 24, 2022 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

      Hüt isch dr Tag cho vor Abreis. Bevors het chönne losgah, hani aber no aues Startbereit müesse mache. Ufrume, aues ihpacke, Wasserkanister füue u Ihchoufe. Ca. am 3 bini losgfahre. Zersch mau zur Sabrina. Si isch mini Reisebegleterin für di nächste 2.5 Wuche. Mir hei ei Zwüschestopp uf dr Outobahn gmacht u hei üs ungrwegs e Standort zum Übernachte usegsuecht. Iz simr chli oberhaub vo Frankfurt ufemne Parkplatz am Strasserand. Zum zNacht hets Pasta mit Tomatesauce gä u gässe hei mr direkt us dr Pfanne. 🤪😂
      Gli geits iz Näst.
      See you tomorrow🥰
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    • Day 2

      Jetzt geht es los!

      December 11, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      Unsere Reise hat begonnen. Mit Melis super Fahrservice sind wir zum Stuttgarter Hauptbahnhof kutschiert worden. Von dort sind wir weiter nach Frankfurt gereist. Wir wollten es ganz entspannt angehen und haben eine Nacht in einem Hotel übernachtet. Die beste neapolitanische Pizza der Stadt haben wir uns abends bei "Super Bros" gegönnt. Jetzt sitzen wir beim Boarding und warten bis wir in das Flugzeug einsteigen können. 😊Read more

    • Day 84

      March 16th

      March 16, 2019 in Germany ⋅ 🌬 11 °C

      I woke up early and talked with Mami for some minutes, I had my last breakfast in Malta and then Miguel helped me with my luggage...I took a flight to Munich and then to Frankfurt...I stayed one night in Frankfurt... it was too cold to walk around. 🥶Read more

    • Day 24

      Ankunft in RheinMain bei drei Grad

      November 9, 2019 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 1 °C

      Bei Ankunft in Frankfurt funktionieren ShuttleTransfer Terminal 1 und zum NH-Hotel, wo der Wagen steht reibungslos. Übernachtung in Oberursel im Rosengarten. Sonntagfrüh 08h30 werde ich von strahlendem Sonnenschein geweckt - allerdings bei sehr niedrigen einstelligen Temperaturen unweit Null Grad. Jetzt dürfen die Wollpullis wieder raus! ☺️😊

      Herzlichen Dank Ihr Lieben für Eure Rückmeldungen online zu Fotos, Videos und den Erlebnissen! Das hat meine Reise bereichert! Liebe Grüße und bis sehr bald! 😊
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    • Day 3

      Bad Homburg vor der Höhe e Palmengarten

      August 10, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Prendiamo un bus da Francoforte per recarci a Bad Homburg, una piccola cittadina turistica molto carina, nota per le sue terme ed il casinò.
      Prima tappa, la Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Susanne Roth, una chiesa evangelica davvero spettacolare. Procediamo poi per il castello purtroppo però i cani non sono ammessi all'interno, motivo per cui decidiamo di non entrare.
      Dopo una passeggiata per il centro storico ci dirigiamo verso il bellissimo parco termale, il Kurpark Bad Homburg.
      All'interno si trovano luoghi e monumenti molto belli:
      - Thailändische Pagode - Thai-Sala realizzata a Bangkok, smontata in parti separate e inviata via mare a Bad Homburg.
      - Russische Kirche, una piccola chiesa ortodossa
      - Musikpavillon im Kurpark, un piccolo padiglione con concerti dal vivo
      - Auguste - Victoria Brunnen
      - Kur-Royal Day Spa in Kaiser-Wilhelms-Bad, i bagni termali
      - Thai-Sala am Chulalongkornbrunnen, seconda sala Thailandese
      - il Casinò
      Il caldo del primo pomeriggio però è soffocante, quindi dopo un po' andiamo a riprendere l'autobus per tornare a Francoforte.

      Andiamo in hotel per rinfrescarci e lasciare la cagnolina per poi uscire di nuovo per andare a visitare il Palmengarten, un meraviglioso orto botanico che vale assolutamente la pena visitare.

      Ancora una passeggiata al centro storico, cena ed in fine in hotel.
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