Karl and Angela Rees

Saturday, March 22 (The Flight)  read more »

We headed first to the Mosel river, and drove along it looking at castles. For “lunch” we made our way to Koblenz. We couldn’t find anything open though, and after accidentally finding ourselves on the other side of the Rhine, we decided to settle for ice cream cones at a 18th century fortress overlooking Koblenz. We then proceeded down the Rhine and saw many castles on the hillsides and cliffs overlooking the river.

We made our way to Koln (Cologne for you non-Germans). We went to see the Cathedral, which is absolutely amazing and humungous—the largest in Germany. It took 600 years to complete. There were a ton of people, the most crowded place of our trip.  read more »

Then we drove to see Karl and Becky’s relatives in Suderwalsede (siblings and extended family of his Grandpa Nissen). We made it there by 4.  read more »

We stopped to see the remains of the Berlin Wall. It’s amazing how arbitrary the placement of the wall was. Imagine that the next 40 years of your life changes just based on which side of a street you live on. We met Becky and Wayne for lunch later at a gyro street vendor near one of the museums.  read more »

On the long drive to Berlin we made two real stops (we had to make a lot of non-real stops for babies, but we love the babies too much to let them cry and starve). First, we stopped in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. We really wish we could have spent the day here, a very fun walled city. It was neat to drive into the walled section of the city. At first we wondered if we were allowed to drive through the wall. We walked around the city.

We went to Titisee (a modern resort town by a lake) for lunch. We then went to Triberg. Once there, it began to snow again. We decided we still wanted to see the waterfall (highest in Europe). The walk wasn’t very far and it was snowing very lightly. The waterfall and the forest was beautiful with all the snow. While we did this Wayne and Rebecca went cuckoo clock hunting. Soon, it was snowing very heavily. While waiting for Becky and Wayne, we tried to escape the snow by looking at nearby shops. This is when Karl sampled the best schinkel he’s ever tasted.

We went to Germany from March 23rd through March 31st. Here are some pictures and a map.