Breaking photos down into groups. This is around Weisbaden, Mainz and the Rhein River Valley.



friend i made on the plane ride over (from syracuse)


my aunt and her father


rhein river spotted by a swan


my aunt feeding the swan


my uncle by a giant wine press


pretty


my uncle, aunt and cousins


church entrance in mainz


mainz


lots of schnapps flavours to choose from


super yummy preztels! no comparison to ours


dom in mainz


dom in mainz....prost! (cheers)


dom in mainz


over 30 dance party!


i guess buffalo follows you wherever you go


public toilet w/ automatic sani wipe spray


my first beer in germany


i had no idea germany was covered in roman ruins


this one took me a moment to figure out


castle or 'berg'


view from castle


right, that's the name of it


have you seen the seinfeld episode when kramer gets 'ass man' license plates? i found his house.


from another castle's spire


this little birdy couldn't get enough of himself in the mirror


taking the ferry across the rhein


small town in the wine valley


same town


mountain top view


those guys in the middle are actually life size


close up of the side angel


i ask myself, where to next?


weisbaden's claim to fame


in action


coolest public phone ever! touch screen with internet access.

Back in the US of A. I have plenty of pics, but am drowning in work. That stupid bitch (at work) that has caused me so much grief has done even more damage while I was gone. I didn't think it was possible. People were taking bets as to how long she would last if she walked in the office before I headbutt her. Details later. Ciao!

ok. I thought german keyboards were bad. Look what this sentence looks like twice:

I very ,uch enjoyed ,y ti,e in ger,qny: to,orroz i zill go to pqris qnd ,eet ,y friends; then return to ger,qny to sqy goodbye to ,y relqtives; then ho,e to buffqlo:

I very much enjoyed my time in germany. Tomorrow I will go to Paris and meet my friends, then return to Germany to say goodbye to my relatives, then back to buffalo.

Too much energy to type. So, I'm still alive and sleeping in Brusseles tonight.
Ciao, LC

p.s. this is q geriatric hostel....my roomates are 61 and 53. No shit.

So itäs 9.30am Iäm at the train station in Köln waiting for mz train to Bruxelles. This cafe has internet for 0.50 € for an hour! Nice. Mz friend in Belgium wont answer her phone, so I have no place to staz, no maps of Bruxelles and I don't speak Dutch or French. Gotta love this kind of travel. So adventurous. I reallz could end up sleeping on the streets tongiht. I hope not though, its supposed to be cooler tonight that it has been for the last week. Boo. It was 75 in Düsseldorf the other daz! Sunshine, how I missed thee.

So kids, if zou donät hear from me by next wedensdaz....startlooking up the Bruxelles news for a SWF.

Ciao, LC

hi kids. quick greetings from some small village in the northern countrz of germanz. iäm stazing with a familz that speaks verz little english, so this is a great learning experience. i took a train along the <rhein river vallez, saw where mz favorite wine comes from (reisling), manz castles, visited Köln and had lots of different bier. Todaz we will take a bike tour to Netherlands and visit Düssledorf. The weather is BEAUTIFUL! I slept in a room with a giant madonna statues last night, a little creepz.
Ciao, timika