It feels rather strange to be able to travel to Germany in under two hours, however, when flying in from London, the journey is quite painless. We arrived in Berlin and settled in to Cafe Marche, which is located in the airport, to wait for my dear friend Ryan Miller (who is stationed in Germany with the US Army) to come pick us up. A few hours turned into many hours and by the time 2am rolled around, we had been sitting in the same cafe corner for 13 hours. It was rugged. Had we really known that it was going to be THAT long of a wait, we would have taken a train to Ryan's apt, which was a good 5 hours south in the town of Ansbach. However, our lack of German and 90 lbs of baggage strongly encouraged us to sit tight and wait it out. Really we couldn't complain. We had access to food, a bathroom, a book, journal and more than enough people watching.
Havilah was OVERJOYED to get to drive on the way home. On the Autobahn. In a BEAUTIFUL bmw. God bless Ryan for letting her do that. Despite all odds (you would understand if you knew Havilah's driving record... it isn't exactly squeaky clean despite her best intentions), we made it home safely. (Going about 120mph, thank God I was passed out exhausted in the back seat! )
Over the past few days, Havilah and I have been sitting around Ryan's house babysitting his adorable son Braeden. The most amusing part of our day is trying to communicate with the eighteen month ago, who only speaks German! :) Havilah has been taking an active roll in trying to learn the basics of the language with Ryan's help.
Friday afternoon we set off to Rothenburg to explore the medieval wall city.
Is this what driving 120 mph gets yo in Germany?
ReplyDeleteI have an identical picture of your last picture posted from Rothenburg. We took one when I was really little and then again back in '03 when my tante, onkel, and I took another trip back!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you're having fun!