Achtung Baby

Greetings. Put on a dry pair of pants, your time of feverish anticipation is over. I give you:

Blog Post - Germany 2009

Frankfurt: We woke early and picked up Kelly who JUST HAPPENED to be in Frankfurt at the same time we were. After a lovely stroll by the river, breakfast, and Kelly ordering a cup of coffee the size of Liechtenstein, we bid her adios on her way to Spain and then hit the road.

Lost in the German Countryside: Here's what I can tell you based on our random meanderings throughout the countryside: (ooooh, double colons!)

- Driving on the Autobahn in a Fiat Punto (http://tinyurl.com/ol9ymn) is a bit emasculating as the Porsches, BMWs, and Audis blow by you like you're standing still

- Germans love their bicycles, and the Dutch love their campgrounds

- Ausfahrt = giggle

Heidelberg: We made it. This picturesque little city, with a holy-crap-there's-a-lot-of-stores shopping scene, and a lovely river walk is nestled in between the "mountains" south of Frankfurt. We napped in a park, we drank their beer, we rode the Funicular up the "mountain", and enjoyed a lovely time in the central square having dinner on the plaza. All the while Allison enjoyed the friendly Facebook banter.

It's breakfast and Starbucks mug shopping in the morning and then back to the airport to head towards sweet home Chicago. If you're reading this, chances are we have talked about dragging you along to a place like this, so keep that suitcase handy, you never know when we'll come a knockin.