As you can tell, we survived 8 hours in coach to make it to Germany. The z and the y are reversed on German computers, so please forgive our numerous typos.
The flight over was fairly nice - I think that's the first on-time flight I've ever had out of O'Hare. Adam got some nice pictures of the meals on board which we'll post at some point. The highlight of the flight was the extremely drunk woman across the aisle from me who along with her seat neighbor downed 1/2 a bottle of duty-free whiskey before the movie started. At least she managed to sedate herself sufficiently so she slept the rest of the trip.
After some train adventures and numerous inadvertant naps on my part, we arrived in Baden-Baden around lunchtime. We strolled along the Lichtentaller Alee, which is a nice little bath along the river that flows through town. We checked out the rose garden along the way and window-shopped at the insanely expensive stores near the casino.
In the evening we took advantage of one of the sites Baden-Baden is known for - the Friedrichsbad spa. It's a Roman-Irish spa, which basically means that it combines mineral baths, steam rooms, and a soap and brush massage adminstered by very businesslike Germans. We threw off our prudish American sensibilities for a little while and did as the Romans did - it's a fully nude spa. Thankfully it wasn't crowded so the embarassment factor was minimal.
Today we started our morning early (thanks to jet lag) and took advantage of the cooler weather to hike up to the Altes Schloss, which is a crumbling castle on a hill looking over the city. It's very pretty up there and makes the rather steep hike up there worth it. We've got some good pictures of it as well.
More to come later - our 30 minutes on the internet here at the local library is almost over....
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