Because We Can

One of our pleasures of being in Germany is spending time on the Rhine. This trip we decided to stay in a town we had only passed through by train on previous visits to the Rhine Valley. So what do I start off with? A photo of the Nutella muncher showing she who never eats bread slathering Nutella on a slice of real good tasting German bread. Wonder how I know the bread tastes so good? Breaded Bob. Saturday morning market in the town square. No matter where in the world we are in a store, Linda spends time in the office supplies department. Looking Linda. Some signs are self explanatory. Every time we look up there are vineyards. And sometimes when we look down there is a reminder of the past. Paula Mandel was 59 when she was murdered at Auschwitz. Linda wanted a cobblestone in the worst way. View across the Rhine. Linda’s favorite Riesling in the center. We bought it by the bottle, not by the glass. I’m not big on Riesling, but had to admit it was very good. This restaurant’s specialt...

Playing a little catchup with my posts. This written on the 7th of Nov while we are in Johannesburg, South Africa waiting for our O.A.T. tour to start. The posts will be grouped by city, Nuremburg, Germany, Bingen, Germany and Oslo, Norway. Having too much fun traveling to take time to write. These posts will be mostly photos. The Documentation Zentrum was today’s destination. It is housed in the Congress Center the National Socialists (Nazi’s) built in Nuremburg. It documents the rise of the Nazi party, the cult of Hitler and the price humanity paid for it. We spent over five hours there, the place has that much impact. A leader who made everything about him, all of what he said was always true, A leader who broke treaties as it suited him, a leader that focused on a group to blame all the troubles on them. The emotional impact of being here is overwhelming. It was never completed once the war began. It was going to have a roof. What it was going to look like. Hitler walking up the st...