Janessa waiting to get into Toverland amusement park in Sevenum, Netherlands
Jason and his Trojan horse
Janessa with Jason's Trojan horse
Lufthansa airplane food
Street in Cologne
Everyone's got 'em
Interesting building in Cologne
Der Kolner Dom
Old ass Roman wall in Cologne
Train station in Cologne
Dom at night
Dom at night (Cologne)
Jason's doctors office & pharmacy (Dusseldorf)
Our hotel in Cologne (Hotel Domstern)
Hotel Domstern
View from our room in Cologne
Street cleaners in Cologne
Janessa waiting for her first Kolsch beer at Früh am Dom
Kolsch beer at Früh am Dom
Jason is happy about his Kolsch (the enclosure behind him is where they monitor the brewing)
When you need to get the fudge out
Pork steak with herb butter at Früh am Dom
Janessa's big wiener at Früh am Dom
Früh am Dom (established 1904)
Janessa is waiting until no one is looking to stick her head in the chocolate fountain
Chocolate Museum (Cologne)
Janessa and bunnies at the Chocolate Musuem
Even though Jason feels at home at the Chocolate Museum, he is a little worried about the gnomes...
Outside Chocolate Museum- Cologne
Inside Der Kolner Dom
Big hunk of Dutch cheese- Brauerei Paffgen- Cologne
Jason's pork knuckle- yummy goodness
Beer-marinated pork roast with crackling, sauté potatoes and coleslaw at Paffgen
This is how the waiter keeps track on your beers, tick mark on the back of a coaster, we were thirsty
Inside Paffgen
Cologne's cuteness
The boat we took for an evening cruise
Narrow alley in Cologne
Jason waiting for his dessert at 4D in Cologne
Tasty cakes at 4D
View of Cologne from observation tower
View of Cologne from above
Janessa and the cathedral
View from cable car- Cologne
Janessa staring in amazement
Gargoyle on Dom
And another
On outside of the cathedral
Yep, you guessed it, Cologne Dom
One of these things is not like the others
Fairly creepy gargoyle on Dom
Inside Cologne Dom
Inside Cologne Dom, you can see why it took over 600 years to build
Inside Dom- Saint Christopher and Jesus
The relics of the three Magi
Closeup of the reliquary that houses the three Magi
Outside of the Dom- the towers are 515 feet high
More gargoyles, they were everywhere
This one seems to missing his face
The Dom
Jason and the Dom
View of another church from Dom tower
There were locks all over this bridge, we don't know why
Cologne
Just some dudes hanging out in Cologne
What's that?
Jason and his bike for the day
Janessa and her bike
Jason is always lucky enough to have butterflies above his head
Playground in Cologne
Spa in Cologne- viewed from cable car
Cologne spa
A house in Cologne
Italian food in Cologne
Jason is keeping an eye out for invaders
Jason awaits his food
Janessa is happy she gets to eat soon
Restaurant sign in Cologne
Restaurant row- in Cologne
UPS truck
Bell tower in Der Kolner Dom
Bell tower- Der Kolner Dom
View of the other tower from bell tower
Inside tower of Der Kolner Dom
Inside Der Kolner Dom tower
Church from the Dom tower
View of Cologne after climbing up 530 stairs Cologne was settled by the Romans in 38 BC
View from top of tower- Kolner Dom
Der Kolner Dom- taken from tower
Inside the observation area in tower
More stairs to climb
Monk's make the best beer
On the boat heading down the Rhine
Cologne sheep
More Kolsch beer
Inside Brauhaus Sion
Cabbage roll at Brauhaus Sion
Wiener schnitzel
Deutsches Eck- Koblenz- three rivers meet and three mountain ridges intersect
Koblenz
Kaiser Wilhelm I- Koblenz
Potato pancakes with mozzarella at Weindorf Koblenz
Carthusian monk pan- Pork on noodles with a sauce of tomatoes, garlic and fresh mushrooms
Moselle region wine pot - juicy pork loin steak with a wine sauce with grapes, served on hearty fried potatoes
Weindorf Koblenz
Our hotel viewed from across the Rhine
Koblenz with Festung Ehrenbreitstein on hill
Janessa at Reichsburg Castle
Reichsburg Castle in Cochem
Falcon at Reichsburg Castle
Owl at Reichsburg Castle
Reichsburg Castle in Cochem (even though this looks like a frog, it is a lion with his mask pulled down)
Falconry show at Reichsburg Castle
View from Reichsburg Castle in Cochem in the Mosel Valley
Reichsburg Castle(1,000-years-old) in Cochem
Janessa could fit in there
Vineyards at Reichsburg Castle in Cochem
Cochem
Cochem's Marktplatz
Fountain in Cochem
View of Cochem from sesselbahn (chairlift)
View of Reichsburg Castle from neighboring mountain
Wild & Freizeitpark in Cochem (we arrived here after taking a chairlift and then walking 30 minutes up a mountain)
Chairlift in Cochem
Cochem- taken from chairlift
Janessa in a flying boat at Wild & Freizeitpark (I'm pretty sure you couldn't have something like this in the United States...)
Jason's got Coca-Cola Light on the tip of his tongue as he awaits the train to Cochem
Janessa at the train station in Koblenz
Jason in Cochem
Bitburger, the Budweiser of Germany
Beer on the KD heading back to Koblenz from Cochem
The Loreley on KD boat
Taken from the boat heading down the Mosel
Real nice folks we meet on boat
Taken from the boat heading down the Mosel- those are vineyards on the hillside
Wiener Schnitzel on KD boat
Taken from the KD boat
Boats behind ours waiting to get through the lock
In the lock
Taken from the KD boat heading back to Koblenz
Jason on the boat
Vineyards taken from boat heading down the Mosel
Vineyards- taken from boat heading down the Mosel
Burg Eltz in Munstermaifeld
Burg Eltz
Burg Eltz (medieval castle from the 12th - 16th centuries) in Munstermaifeld
Ferry boat we took to get across the Rhine and to Eltville
Kloster Eberbach (former Cistercian monastery) in Eltville
Inside chapel at Kloster Eberbach
Inside former dormitory at Kloster Eberbach
Wine press room at Kloster Eberbach
Random castle taken on our drive down the Rhine to our hotel
One of the world's oldest toll booths (on the Rhine). You can see our hotel on the hill in the distance
Other side of toll booth
Random picture taken while driving down the Rhine
Our room at Auf Schonburg in Oberwessel
View of the Rhine from our balcony
View from our balcony
Bathroom at Burghotel Auf Schonburg
Room key (this weighed about 3 lbs)
Janessa on the lion chair
View from city wall in Oberwessel
Oberwessel
Janessa on the city wall- Oberwessel
City wall- Oberwessel
House in Oberwessel
Spooky staircase to nowhere at Burghotel Auf Schonburg
Town we drove through
Meat and cheese tray at Kloster Eberbach
Kloster Eberbach grilled Steak of pork in pinot noir – grapes sauce, "Winemaker steak grilled steak of pork in pinot noir - grapes sauce, with roasted Bacon, potato -hash browns and salad roasted with bacon, hash browns
"Eberbach wine meat" Braised pork cubes in a Riesling cream sauce with potato dumplings
Jason is too tall
Oberwessel- Jason has started checking out the city wall
Tower turned into house- Oberwessel
Another tower turned house- Oberwessel
Funky wall in Oberwessel
Door at castle
View from room at Burghotel Auf Schonburg
Jason awaits beer
Jason's castle beer
Veal knuckles with spargel (asparagus)
Creme of asparagus soup
Menu from castle dinner
Beef in sherry sauce
Janessa and her blue eyes sits on ride at Holiday Park
GIANT wine barrel at Holiday Park
Dessert from castle dinner- how did these get out of order?
Hercules Fountain- Heidelberg
Marktplatz- Heidelberg
Fountain and Schloss- Heidelberg
Marktplatz and (Rathaus) Old Town Hall
Heidelberg
Fountain and Schloss in Heidelberg
Heidelberg- taken from Konigstuhl (King's Throne) 1,700 feet above Heidelberg
Heidelberg and the Alte Brucke (Old Bridge) on the Neckar
Heidelberg Schloss- oldest parts date back to 15th century
Schloss
World's largest wine barrel
Powder tower fell off the Schloss
House in Heidelberg
Fountain at the Schloss
Janessa on the old bridge
Old bridge and Heidelberg
Our hotel Goldener Hecht- Heidelberg
Sign in Heidelberg
Uh Oh- Jason's been bad
Janessa and Jason at the Schloss- we didn't do that
Jason inside a monkey!
Church of the Holy Spirit- Heidelberg
Janessa's a little German boy
Heidelberg Schloss
Zum Roten Ochsen (The Red Ox)
Beer at Zum Roten Ochsen
Zum Roten Ochsen- built in 1703
Sausage with homemade "spaetzle" (noodles) and lentils at Zum Roten Ochsen
Pork steak with potato salad at Zum Roten Ochsen
Every single glass no matter what is in it has a measurement on it
Beer god- Zum Roten Ochsen
View from hotel room- Heidelberg
Jason and his cigar
Goldener Hecht sign
This man makes delicious crepes!
Jason likes his crepe
Hotel room at Der Goldene Engel- Freiburg
View from hotel room
Gargoyle on Cathedral of Our Dear Lady- Freiburg
Cathedral of Our Dear Lady
Rathaus (Old Town Hall) Freiburg
Freiburg
Marktplatz- Freiburg
Hotel Schwarzwalder Hof- Freiburg
Wine shop- look at the sidewalk, alot of the shops had a picture to show what kind of shop it was
Der Goldene Engel- Freiburg
Jason is always with at least one angel
Two angels thinking...
Goulash
Jason's wiener
Swabian dumplings
Jason and the Rathaus (Old Town Hall)
Burger King is a little trashy
Yet another door to short for Jason
Stopped in for dessert
Even the wine carafe has a measurement
Apple strudel with with vanilla sauce
Church in Todtnau
Todtnau and its mountain coaster
Todtnau
Todtnau and the Black Forest
Seilbahngesellschaft Todtnau (chair lift)
Somebody's having fun
Hasenhorn Coaster in Todtnau
First picture of Janessa being 40- Todtnau
Janessa coming in for a stop
Titisee
YUM in Titisee
Lake Titisee
Lake Titisee in Black Forest
Even bears like beer
Jason buckling in
There he goes!
Black forest cake
Jason at Restaurant Bergsee- Titisee
Jason says this was his favorite meal of the trip- pork steak with fried egg and fried potatoes with bacon
Janessa's was also delicious- goulash and spatzel
No birthday would be complete without Black Forest cake in the Black Forest
Janessa enjoys her cake
Hotel Kreuzlingen in Switzerland
View from hotel room- The Bodensee
Konstanz and the statue Imperia
Mansions on the Seestrasse- Konstanz
Konstanz and Lake Bodensee
Konstanz
Konstanz's cathedral the Munster
Statue of Imperia
Imperia
Creepy chairlift to nowhere
Bregenz, Austria- We were in three different countries in one day
Atop a mountain in Austria
Janessa fades into the fog
Austrian sheep
Neuschwanstein in Schwangau- Bavaria
Schwangau
Neuschwanstein
There is no way
Did somebody say something
Janessa at Burg Meersburg in Meersburg
Quite a collection- Burg Meersburg
Lindau
Lindau and the Bodensee
Lindau lighthouse and the seated lion
Lindau's Altes Rathaus
Lindau- hanging out the tower window is Rapunzel's hair
Pizza in Austria
Jason checks out the map
Hotel room at Hotel Muller in Hohenschwangau
Snow capped mountains in Bavaria
Janessa and mountains
Hohenschwangau built in the 12th century
Bavaria is really pretty
Hohenschwangau
Bavaria, so pretty
Bavarian Alps
Our carriage ride back down to town
Bavaria
Taken from Neuschwanstein
Bavaria, sorry these are to pretty to delete
Neuschwanstein- taken from Marienbrucke (Mary's Bridge)
Janessa and the fairy-tale castle
Neuschwanstein- taken after we climbed up further on the mountain
Neuschwanstein and Bavaria
Hang gliders in Bavaria
Ulm's Old Town Hall
Ulm
Ulm's Munster
Inside Ulm Munster
Ulm Munster
Little German boy
Little German girl (maybe with a wig on?)
Janessa coming down after climbing up the tower
Fischeviertel (Fisherman's Quarter)- Ulm
Ulm's city wall
Jason and his buddy at Hohenschwangau
Jason and Janessa in Bavaria
Jason for some reason is a sad panda
Jason and Janessa at the fairy-tale castle
Ulm- taken after climbing 768 steps!
Ulm- taken atop the Munster's tower (the highest steeple in the world)
Gargoyles getting ready to descend on Ulm
Ulm and the Danube River
Inside steeple
Gargoyle getting ready to leap
Mossy gargoyle
Look at that head
Three German fellas' and a tiny keg
Schloss Lichtenstien
Schloss Lichtenstien in Lichtenstien
Burg Hohenzollern in Hechigen
Hechigen
Schloss Hohentugingen in Tubingen
Rathaus in Tubingen
Marktplatz in Tubingen
Tubingen
Burg Hohenzollern
Tubingen and the Neckar River
Our hotel room in Tubingen at Hotel Am Schloss- this building was built in 1517
What is that baby looking at?
Half-timbered building in Tubingen
Tubingen on the Neckar River
Jason having the most stressful boat ride of his life
Jason couldn't wait to drink some beer after the stressful boat ride
Meat pile plate at Wurstkuche
Inside Wurstkuche in Tubingen
Neptune's fountain in Tubingen
View from hotel room in Tubingen
Tripsdrill amusement park
An eating and drinking establishment
Rothenburg-Ob-Der-Tauber's Marktplatz
Fountain in Rothenburg
Rothenburg
Rothenburg- we are up on the city wall which still completely surrounds the city
St. Wolfgang Church in Rothenburg
View from hotel room in Rothenburg
Vineyards at Tripsdrill
Big white balloon omitting strange smoke
Castle on a hill
Hotel room in Rothenburg at Hotel Gotisches Haus
More hotel room
And bathroom
Wrought iron sign in Rothenburg
Sign in Rothenburg
Another view from hotel room in Rothenburg
The Master Drink in Rothenburg's Rathaus
The other guy
Inside Hotel Gotisches Haus
Janessa and a giant nutcracker
Another wrought-iron sign in Rothenburg
Is it a man or a woman
IKEA!
Wiesbaden
Kurhaus in Wiesbaden
Russian church in Wiesbaden
Giant cheese wheel that makes wonderfully delicious pasta
Wonderfully delicious pasta with white truffels
Meal in frankfurt
Einfahrt means entrance- we just thought it was funny because it has fart in the name
Ausfahrt means exit, just so you know