July 22nd: The Adventure Continues!
Well, we landed in Frankfurt around 11:00am. It was a little strange getting off the plan, because we did not hear ANY English being spoken! First bit of culture. (Well, I think that we had some "airplane culture" yesterday).
Unshowered and having brushed our teeth in a WC (you'll see "WC" signs all over Europe. They are the universal toilet signs aka "Water Closets"), we validated our Rail passes and got on a train to Bacharach, Germany. Our first encounter with a German was at the train validation stand. He asked us where we were planning to go, and we said "all over" and he looked at us like we were insane to go anywhere in Europe without making train reservations. According to him, we should have made reservations MONTHS in advance! Now, up until this point, I had Jim convinced that it would be okay to "fly by the seat of our pants." Well, the German was not helping my case! But, we decided not to spend an obscene amount of money for reservations. This ended up working out without any problems...I think he just wanted to see us freak out. It was easy to get to Bacharach. Left Frankfurt and had one change to make before ending up at our destination.
We were finally at our train stop...sick of moving and being stinky. Time to get off. Jim tried to open the door to get out...it won't open! Aleycia tried to open the door...won't open! Finally a nice man came over to help us figure out this minor problem, and managed to open the door (sounded like he broke it). As the train began to move, Jim and I looked at each other and decided we were NOT traveling to the next town to have to turn around and come back...so we made a quick getaway and jumped! Meanwhile, one of the train workers opens the window and starts yelling at us from the moving train! We had NO IDEA what she was saying, but I don't think she was happy with us. So, we just smiled and waved. Nothing like getting yelled at twice in one day :)
Here's the infamous train station.
We made a small hike to Pension Lettie...our B&B for the next two nights. Dropped our bags off, and headed for the KD Ferry where we cruised the Best of the Rhine. Saw some grand castles. We met "Yurmar" and Japanese man living in Germany who loves German beer and wienerschnitzel.
Made it to another Rhine town and got off the ferry. Headed to Reinfels Castle where we hiked around the castle ruins. We thought these castles were awesome...but had no idea how beautiful the castles were in southern Germany (more to come later).
And we ended the evening with a nice stop at the Biergarten. Took Yurmar's advice to eat the Wienerschnitzel and drink a beer. Our first German meal complete with Apple Streussel & Ice cream for dessert!
Oh, and we showered today!
posted by Aleycia & Jim @ 11:09 PM
2 Comments:
Wann man in Deutschland ist, ist es immer wichtig zu errinnen dass es bestimmte Regel fuer jede Situation gibt... besonders mit Bahnreisen. Man muss diese ohne Frage befolgen.
Es ist absolut verboten der Zug auszusteigen wenn er unterwegs ist. Es is kein Wunder dass Sie grosse Aerger bekamen als Sie das gemacht haben.
Naechstes Mal, bitte, ein bisschen mehr Vorsichtig sein!
There's always one show-off in the bunch, isn't there? :o)
Am enjoying reading about your adventures!
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