Looooong Week

What a week. Last weekend was the beginning of Karneval in the area. It has similar roots to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the celebrations are somewhat similar as well. It involves lots of parades, costumes and TONS of drinking. There are also many things for kids to do as well with rides and childrens parades on Sunday. The main cities for Karneval in Germany are Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz (which is across the river from Wiesbaden). I made it over to Mainz last Thursday as well as Monday.

Over the weekend, Kelli took me to Brussels for my birthday and treated me to a massage and brewery tour. It may not seem like those two would fit together very well, but in Belgium, I can assue that it works. We were both surprised at how great of a city Belgium was. Some of the sights were beautiful although the area that a tourist would like to hang out in is pretty small.

Tuesday we got together with some friends in Wiesbaden and hit the Paulaner for dinner and then up to my local hang, The Irish Pub, for an old school Karaoke jam "Cable Guy" style. Lots of fun made for a rough Wednesday.

Today, we got our biggest snowfall since we moved here (which was one year ago this week - can not believe it). We got about 8 cm (5in) I would guess. The roads are a mess as there are no plows really on the surface streets. At least not in Wiesbaden. I did hear a whole lotta sirens all day.

Tomorrow morning we are supposed to drive down to Basel, Switzerland to meet up with Kelli's friend Amy and her husband Brian but we just got a phone call that they are stuck at the Frankfurt airport! They may be driving down with us....if we get the call.

all for now, take it easy

d