What are the odds?

Already we are on day 6 and guess what, I have been ill for most of those 6 days. What are the odds? I have been looking forward to this trip for a long time. Shopping, parks, cafees but I hardly have the energy to leave my hotel room and feel like I'm passing out after a short walk. Of course jet lag doesn't help either. Oh well, at least I have time to read my books ;-) Hope tomorrow in France it will be better.

The hotel is nice, except we have a bus station under our window which causes a lot of noise and pollution, airco isn't working and it's 85 F today.

This weekend our gorgeous darling daughter was here and we did do some nice touristy stuff, she and I had some quality mom and daughter time and before we knew it it was time for her to leave again.



On Friday mr.Himself had a day off so we went sightseeing, drinking coffee and shopped a bit.

We went up the Nerotalberg in Germany with a small train that uses water for power. The train takes you up the hill which gives you a nice view over Wiesbaden on a clear day.




There's also a beautiful Russian Church a short walk down the hill.



We had a lovely lunch of baked goat cheese, tomatoes, basil and bread under the giant sun umbrella of the restaurant. What a great day that was! I was exhausted but it was well worth it.

Today I'm all alone, Himself is to his meetings, daughter is back home and I tried to go shopping. However they had to put me down in a store after I almost fainted so I went back to the hotel on shaking legs. Luckily I have my came with me, gives me a bit more security. Nice try Tink, hope this isn't going to become a habit as I passed out in a store before the trip also. So embarassing!

Tomorrow evening we fly to Nice,and will drive to Sophia Antipolis. Can't wait to touch down in France again. I know the hotel in Sophia is going to quiet and nice with terraces so i can sit outside and relax. *aaaaaaaahhhhh* lovely!

tara,
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We have a lift off and a touch down!

mr. Himself at the airport, checking his email of course!

Well, here we are, to say that was an eventful flight is an understatement. First of all we had a delay of almost 3 hours without any explanation. Than the Lufthansa crew cut in line while we were all cueing for security. I mean, wat gives them the right to cut in? Can't they have their own check in point or just wait in line like the rest of us?

The seat on board were hard and uncomfortable, no personal tv screens and towards the end of the trip there was no coffee or tea available because we had run out of water. Just when you really could need a boost from caffeine! I think I will have to rethink my opinion about Lufthansa being a great company.

the most embarassing and obnoxious thing happened when we were leaving the airplane. Because I can't walk very long stretches out stand for very long I need a wheelchair to get from point A to point B without fainting. The flight was late so there was no gate available for us and me and another person had to wait till the wheelchairs were going to arrive.


The head stewardess(purser?) aksed the other woman in a very snotty tone why she needed a wheelchair because she could walk, she saw her walk. The woman was stunned and I felt embarassed as well as if she was speaking to me in that tone. Well what is the matter, said the stewardess, do you not speak English? 'Yes I do I'm American' the woman said. So answer me, the stewardess said, I don't understand why you would need a wheelchair. I thought; because it's not of your f*cking business! She went on and on about it and I just fled, I couldn't stand to listen to it any longer and didn't wait for the wheelchair. It was so embarassing! I'm going to write a complaint, what's up with these kind of people who think they don't need to apply the basic rules of politeness?

So that got us off at the wrong foot ;-)

On a brighter tone, the hotel is very nice, we're both flattened by jet lag.

Our daughter Lydia has arrived today and will stay for another 3 days. it's great to catch up with her!

Tomorrow we'll do some sightseeing and torte eating ;-)

tara,
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Almost done!

Packing continues, it's an ongoing story *sigh*. The hold up is the ironing board. I can't seem to get past that. ;-)

So we're off to PDX tomorrow 9:30 PM. I'm excited. I love to travel and discover new areas and cities.




The dogs are at their doggy camp at Fidos Farm. If you're in the Pacific NorthWest area, Fidos is an excellent boarding place with loads of fun for doggies. http://www.fidosfarm.com



We're flying direct, with Lufthansa, thank God for direct flights. It's very convenient and Lufthansa is a great airline, excellent service.



Will try to blog some more from the airport before check-in PDX has free WiFi everywhere so that should be possible. For now back to the ironing board.

tara,

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Tink

Start your engines!

New blog.

Travel season is here and Blogger is an excellent tool to document our travels.

We're off next Tuesday to Europe, we'll fly from PDX(Portland, OR) to Frankfurt, DE and we'll spend a week in Wiesbaden. 'Himself' needs to go to a conference and I'll get to do the fun touristic part ;-).

After a week we'll jump on the plane to Nice and spend 5 days in the Cannes area.

Espresso on the terrace, excellent food, lavender, mimosa blooming, people watching what more can a girl want?

I'm off packing!

tara,
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Tink