Well today is the last day on our Germany escorted tour. Tomorrow we leave for Stuttgart to meet Dad's cousin Fritz, his wife Kirsten and perhaps their children. Fritz owns and runs a pub/restaurant outside of Stuttgart, so we will get to eat some more sausage. Well maybe not, as Stuttgart is not in Bavaria where you find the most sausage. Yesterday I just wanted a pizza - something that I was used to eating. When I get home I will be looking forward to eating a hamburger, steak, a salad that isn't sour - all of the things that I apparently take for granted.
So we left the hotel this morning and began driving into the Black Forest. We stopped at a nice little shop that greeted us outside with cherry liqueur - no doubt to get us ready to spend money. They had a
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| This is what my cuckoo clock will look like |
HUGE cuckoo clock with music outside. The figurines were life-sized. It was very cool. Inside, the shop owner was carving wood using his carving tools. I missed getting a picture as I didn't want to offend him. They had so many cuckoo clocks, it was unbelievable. I was glad that I waited until we got there to purchase mine. It will take 3-4 weeks to get to me because they have to make it yet, but I am so excited. I took a picture of what it will look like so I could show everyone.
Then we went to Heidelberg. There is a castle there with a wine vat that holds 50,000 gallons of wine. Yep, you read correctly and I did not mistype it - 50,000 gallons. I would hate to taste it. Can you imagine?
Well tonight we are staying in Frankfurt and we had our last dinner together as a group. We met a ton of nice new people from all over the states and Canada. I haven't seen my dad laugh so much in such a short period of time. I hope that they all have safe travels home.
I will continue to write while we are in Stuttgart and Amsterdam for the next week, so keep checking back.
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