Rudesheim by train April 26

With only a short time in Germany we tryed to pack in as much as we could.  Teresa set us up with all the information and maps to complete the jorney by train to hike, get on a boat to see the castles and enjoy the the beaufiul Rein river.  Our day would start very early as we had 2 trains to catch to get to the Rein.  When I woke up feeling as if   I encoutered limes disease I knew it was going to be a tough day.   To say the least the train ride was not so good for me.      We arrived at Rudesheim about 10:00 after wandering through the streets we purchased tickets to take the gondola up to the famous Niedwerwald monument that was built in the 1800's.  The monument commemorates the Franco-German War of 1870-1871 and the reestablisment of the German empire.  We strolled through meandering paths and stoped for lunch at Jagdshcloss (hunting castle).  We ended the walk taking a chair lift down that I am sure was not up to any  OSHA standards but it sure was fun.  Once down from the hike we got on a boat to take us down the Rein past historic castles and vineyards lining the sleep slopes. 

After many questions we figured out what train to take us back to Frankfurt and then on to Teresas's and Gregs.  We all were really proud we had pulled off another uncertain day.  We ended the evening eating at the Ratskellar, located in Oberusel and is very quant with great food.

48 hours in Germany April 25-27

We started planning the trip to Germany and then onto France sometime in the fall of 2011.  The Menne's and Paines put the trip together with a travel agent from White Bear.  The first stop on our 2 1/2 week trip starts with a  48 hour stop over at Dupres in the beautiful German town named Oberursel.  Our flight left MSP on Tuesday April 24 with a 3 hour layover in Detroit then onto Frankfurt.  Teresa had her favorite driver pic us up at the airport and deliver us to her apt.  After afew brief instructions from Teresa we headed out to see the sights and taste the food in this quant little town.  There are  several great restraunts and we chose to eat at the Bierstube for a light lunch. Exhausted from traveling all night we finally had to give in a head back to the house.  With our key in hand we attemped to open up the door and it was jammmed.  I called Teresa on her phone and she was deliverd to the house with 4 pathetic people standing outside trying to get in.  After trying all attempts a man who lives in the building got the door open and we were able to catch a 1 hour nap and prepare to go to dinner at Marktwertschaft.  The food was wonderful and cocktails even better.  After along day we walked back to the house and turned in.