Tlime flies!
I am at Singapore airport at the moment... 20hrs of flying tme (3hr stopover) and i arrive 2 days later in Oz! So far the flight has been pretty good - managed a doze and saw a couple of movies...
Well back to Germany... I did the Wutach Gorge - of course the buses werent fully operating as it was mid-week and the driver wasnt going to the start of the trail - he said he could drop me of 2km from it... ok - so he drops me in the middle of these fields and points out in a direction where the field has a cleared little path and says to follow it until the trail... trouble is, the path ended when it hit a road and there was forest on the other side which i wasnt too sure about just going in on a hunch... so i followed the road a bit and hit another trail... in the end after passing thru another bit of forest and thru some more fields and past some curious locals, and a chicken farm, i finally found the correct trail... Had it all to myself at the beginning... it was like the path i imagined little red riding hood skipping down on her way to her grandmothers - it was great... then it was like the ruins of rupenzel's castle as the rock was all white and brick shaped in some of the gorge... Eventually i did come across other people, a noisy school group and a lot of mud! -went right past my ankles at one point! but it was a beautiful walk... Had fun getting back - again amazed out how friendly people are - one lady chased after a bus with me to check about which one i should be catching - very sweet. The next day did another walk up across the mountains, along what would be ski trails in the winter - and stopped at the little houses serving cold drinks - was a good day.
Then Thursday I was travelling to Nuernberg to see Petra... Was great to catch up - went out to pubs to meet some of her friends at nighttime - tried the local dish - a special bratwurst sausage and yummy sauerkraut! nuernberg was actually a really nice town - a lovely old castle and lots of nice old buildings (altho many had been restored from the war but couldnt tell)... the place had a lot of Nazi history too - it was a former Nazi party rally ground and Hitler kind of made it HQ and a building remains haf built of what was going to be a congerss hall and speech centre for them.
Went to Petra's sisters wedding ceremony on the Saturday afternoon - they actually go to the registry office and sign it off with close family beforehand and then a fancy ceremony and party for friends is held later... It was very fancy - they had friends who were event organisers so the cars had their names stencilled on (the cars were esp fancy BMWs where the headrest automatically adjusted to your height!), the ladies serving the afternoon tea were dressed up in old-fashioned attire and the reception was held at an old castle (I just stayed for afternoon tea then caught the train back to Frankfurt). Yesterday I wandered around Frankfurt - it was ok for a big city had some nice parklands which i lazed about in... My flight was at midnight last night - or is that 2 days ago already?! - I dont know :)
Better go and do some DF shopping!
Later!