Alsguth Travel Blog

Hello from Bernkastel-Kues on the Mosel River. We are here for four days with Ulf and Heike (Carsten's parents). Our big plan is to relax in between wine tastings and seeing castles. We travelled by train as far as Frankfurt and then rented a car for the final drive. The Autobahn is crowded and really you cannot drive very fast at all. Anyway, we arrived and found our apartment overlooking the river. I had a small panic attack when I got into the apartment building. I was unable to open the first door I tried but I did "meet" an angry German man who got up to see who was trying to get into his flat. Oops! Sorry! 😬 The second door I tried the door opened and I found myself looking at a room containing one twin bed and a toilet - umm this cannot be it - if it is, we have a major problem! 😳 Like Goldilocks I tried again. A third door, upstairs opened and I found the right place. 😊 Whew!! We went to the Brauhaus for dinner last night that is inside the old train station. T...

Good morning from Amsterdam!! Travel is so fun and romantic (cue sappy music).... Not! Leaving Houston was fine and the flight was smooth to Istanbul. We both managed to sleep a bit on the overnight flight (thank you Ambien). Our connection to Amsterdam was a bit late leaving but no problem, or so we thought.... We get to Amsterdam late and it seems as though everyone is experiencing their first day on the job.  I was watching the person driving the jetway - they had no idea where the door was to the plane might be. That took a hot minute. Finally off the plane and walking 1,000 steps to immigration only to be turned around and led back almost to where we started - very odd. So now our entire plane full of people slam the one, lonely immigration officer.  There was a moment when they had an agent there to open another lane only he couldn't open the door. They didn't have the right keys. Good grief! Finally we exit the airport and find the hotel shuttle stand to wait for the la...