Because We Can

  I case you haven’t figured it out already we had a totally beyond awesome day today. Be prepared for a number of short videos as Linda the cinematographer was documenting everything. Good Linda (I Think). Next a brief word about the “lengthy Bob word” in the title. I was really proud of coming up with a word that I thought best described the awesome day we had. I was so proud of it I read it off to Linda, remarking I thought it up myself. She glance over at me, looking over the top of her glasses and said, “Spell checker didn’t like it did it.” So much for any support from her for a new word in the English language. Disheartened Bob. We begin the day with Bob standing out by the road taking photos. It’s the attack of the roller blades! Okay, so it was just the arrival of the inline skaters that made up the annual Rhine on Skates event. They passed through St Goar this morning about 11:45 about three hours into their long day of skating. We were lucky to have front row seats...

  The Rhine Valley town we are staying in, St. Goar, can be overrun with tourists in the afternoon. Early morning is an entirely different story. It was interesting watching the various businesses and restaurants getting ready for the day, setting up tables and putting merchandise outside. One of the best things about being here, sitting on a bench watching the river traffic on the Rhine. Even better is getting on one of the many boats that take passengers up and done the Rhine. Of course there are things that can make the trip even more pleasant. In this case it was the cherry strudel Linda bought in town before we boarded the boat. I noticed Linda was taking photos during the trip, so I didn’t take many as she takes better scenery photos than I do. That is if she takes scenery photos. At least you get a nice close-up of the water of the Rhine. Obligatory Rhine Valley photo with castle. Photo of beautiful young model with flowers. Our destination was Boppard where ...

  Shortly after 7:30 we left our hotel home for the past few days and walked up the street to the Savigyplatz S-Bahn station. The Berlin Hbf (main train station) was built after the reunification of Germany and is a most amazing place. This photo doesn’t do it any justice but at least I thought to take one while we were there. Waiting on our train. We were taking an ICE (Inter City Express) from Berlin to Frankfurt, then changing to local trains for the last segment of our trip to St. Goar. A group of First Class passengers having a relaxing trip. We had bought these tickets shortly after they first went on sale three months ago and paid a fraction of what a ticket bought in the last several days cost. We had 20 minutes between trains at Frankfurt, so we bought sandwiches to eat on the last leg. I did say sandwiches didn’t I, except this doesn’t look like a sandwich. The dessert queen actually had a small caprese sandwich before she opened a second bag containing the abov...

  A couple of minutes ago this was a fresh baked roll sitting on Linda’s plate and beside it was small dish of Nutella. This is a woman who claims she doesn’t eat the rolls in Germany This is a woman who knows what is good. This is a woman who says she will eat what she loves. This is being written by a man who knows when to just smile and simply ask the woman if her Nutella on a roll tasted good. Smart Bob. One of the activities the outstanding leader of the Berlin by Bob tour had planned for the day was a boat trip on the Spree, the river that passes through the middle of Berlin. Getting the group to the boat just minutes before it departed for the one hour cruise, the tour leader donned this hat which he had just recently acquired. When you are good you are good. Or to hopefully say it in German, Wann du sind gut, du sind gut. Gut Bob. Two happy members of the tour listening to the commentary on the audiphones that are provided by the boat company. They provide the comment...