The next day we took Fred and Lesley to the airport and dropped off our rental car. We stayed in a hotel about ten miles from the airport and had a good rest. The next day we picked up another rental car and they upgraded us to a bigger and roomier SUV. We drove back to our home base in Oberneisen. The next day we went to Heidelburg for the night we stayed in an old hotel on the main street. We went by tram up to the Hiedelburg castle which was in mostly st...

Took a day off then went to Mainze a town where a lot of jews were held until they were transfered to Auchwitz. Helley took us to visit church's and a dome. We walked the old town and went shopping. We stopped for beers along the rhine at a mock beach and met a man named hassan who was from Syria who had some interesting things to say. As we were leaving it poured like crazy and very windy. That evening we went for dinner with Gunter, helley, Fred and Lesley...

On day two on the rhine we went to an tourist town called Rudesheim a major stop for all the river cruises. We took a gondola ride up to a huge monument that looks over the valley. We did some wine tasting in the town and Had dinner in a quaint German restaurant and listen to a traditional german band. Our meal was awsome. The weather was rainny ,but we still enjoyed the ambiance of the little town, where the chimes rang for us during our dinner. The nex...

on to the next day inPennigshel. Sven and his new familly arrived around 2 for a BBQ, we played with the kids and ate outside in the garden. The next day we left for Furstenau to visit my Aunt Agnes. We found out she was in hospital with a broken foot. she was surprised to see us. It was a great visit. Onward,back to Obernisen. We were invited to spend the night at Petra,s, where we had another wonderful BBQ and the walked to an Irish evening of songs and ...

We left 9 a.m. from Bertkow, and arrived in Pennigsehl around 1P.M. we only got lost once, but managed to find our way. Doreen made an old hungarian soup for dinner. Was perfect for us. No more Spargle. We went to a sport hall and watched Jens play tableTennis. We meet his team and watched till around 10 P.M. Bed came early as travelling is always exahsting. They made reservations in the Old town for breakfest and then walked through the market they have...