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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Germany

After visiting Norway and Denmark, we took a train to a little town in Germany called Bacharach. See that castle in the picture? That is now a youth hostel, but by the time we arrived it was all filled up.

We walked the streets of Bacharach knocking on doors until we found a pension that would take us in. The sweetest couple by the name of Hans & Dorothea Paske rented us a room on the floor above their drug store. They didn't speak English and we didn't speak German, but we managed to communicate in a charades-type style.

The hardest thing to ask was "Where's the laundromat?" Have you ever tried to pantamime a washing machine? Anyhoo, Dorothea figured out what we were asking and washed our clothes herself, then hung them up to dry. What a sweet woman! It was the first time either of us city gals had line-dried clothing. It was a big moment for me.

From there we hopped on a boat and floated down the Rhine to Munich.

While sitting in the lobby of our hostel, some Egyptian boys sat down with us and tried out their English on us. I don't remember much of our conversation, but I remember them being vastly entertaining. Before DJ and I headed out for the day, they wanted a picture. I have my backpack on and my rain pancho over it. DJ is peeking out from the back row.

This is Town Hall with the Flockenspiel, St. Mary's column and the Frauenkirche Cathedral in the distance:

For my shadow box, I bought a tiny little wooden train:

So, with clean clothes and happy souls, we will head out tomorrow to one of my all time favorite spots: Austria.

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posted by Deeanne at 12:25 PM

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

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