Germany!

We're back!

After two weeks in Rhineland Germany, we're back to the States and mostly over our jetlag. Not completely, but mostly. :-)

Germany was wonderful - we had great weather, and though we don't speak much German, we speak enough to be polite and most Germans speak at least a little English. (Not everyone, by far, but most.) It really makes you think about the mono-lingual status of most Americans...

Anyway. After flying into Frankfurt, we took the train to Koln/Cologne. Nice city - a fairly big city, but we stayed in the "old town" which was both entertaining and very manageable.



This is the train station we came into from Frankfurt - very nice, very modern, very easy to get around in.



This was taken along Koln's riverfront in the old town. Koln is a very young city, and it shows - lots of people 18-40 spending time walking, jogging, biking, rollerblading along the riverfront. You can occasionally be taking your life into your own hands to walk there!



A little touch of Koln's river traffic - the nostalgic sailing ship across the river, and the modern barge in the foreground. As you'll see in later photos, the rivers in Germany are still very much an active part of the economy - as well as being a great place to have fun!

Next... more Koln!