Showing posts with label May 30 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label May 30 2008. Show all posts
Saturday, May 31, 2008
30 May 2008: A DRIVE TO THE RHINE RIVER
We did a loop drive from the Metz area over the mountains to Germany, to see the a small portion of the Rhine River. We visited the town of Koblenz, where the Mosel River meets the Rhine River. At this point there is a huge monument dedicated to Kaiser Wilhelm. Later we stopped to see the old town of Bacharach. We learned early, stay in the right lane on the German Autobahn. The left lane is only for overtaking slower traffic. Occasionally there are really fast (100 mph) drivers coming up from behind. Around every bend along the Rhine river is another castle on the hill side. These two rivers are famous wine regions.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
IN PARIS FOR A DAY
As with our visit to London we rode the high speed train to from Lille to Paris. This time it was the French TGV train. Our first challenge of the day was to learn which Paris Metro trains we needed to take to get to the various places of interest in this city. We arrived in time to see the packed as a “sardine can” commute trains. NO THANKS! After waiting for about 20min, the commuter trains became less crowded. One more thing about Paris. There are not many public toilets here so you have to do “the dance“ until you are lucky to find one. The myth that Parisians can be rude, in my experience, is not true. Like most places in the world I’m sure there must be rude people here, but I never found any here today.
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