We have arrived safe and sound & have had an awesome first day. However, since neither one of us really slept during the flight, we have been up for about 33 hours.

I would totally recommend flying Lufthansa and here’s why:

1) Hot towelettes for your hands before your meal – really quite delightful.

2) The Toblerone bars they hand out to all of the passengers.

3) The great German beer I had with my meal and the cognac I enjoyed after lunch (at no extra charge).

We hit the Autobahn as soon as we left the Frankfurt airport and one of the first cars that blew past us was a Lamborghini, going at least 240 km/hour.

We spent our first day touring the city of Bonn, including an afternoon cruise down the Rhine. We happened to find a square where the locals were exuberantly celebrating the last day of Oktoberfest. Also, we saw the house where Beethoven was born. Oddly enough, our first meal in Germany was pizza & pasta at an Italian restaurant a couple of blocks from Selena’s cousin Jen’s house. We finished our day sampling German wine at Herbert & Brigitta’s (Jen’s parents) house. Tomorrow, Herbert has a special German beer for me to try. I’m looking forward to it.

We will hopefully post some pictures tomorrow.

Guten nacht,

stace