Cari's Birthweek- Germany for the Rhine Wine Festival and Home for Celebrations
Carlyn and Cari's Web Page
Carlyn and Cari's Guest book
Venice in November
Spain with Lin and Monica
The Louvre and Monet's House and Garden, September 2009
Disneyland Paris- The end to my month long 50th birthday celebration
London Skyride- September 20, 2009
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Carlyn's Birthweek 2009- Fun, Food and Henry VIII
Sailing Trip on the Solent of the English Channel, June 2009
Istanbul, Turkey- May 2009
Aberdeen with Jacky and Steve
The Loire Valley with Mom and Sheri
Budapest, April 2009
The German Christmas Markets with Joyce, December 2008
The Lord Mayor Show, November 8, 2008
Madrid and Andalucia, October 2008
Krakow, Poland- September 2008
Cari's Birthweek- Germany
Dinner at Muspatts Farm celebrating Carlyn's
Italy, June 2008
The Lake District- May 2008
York- May Day Holiday Weekend 2008
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Hever Castle
Blemhein Palace
Hastings and Battle- 1066 Country
Brighton
German Christmas Market
Fall in Provence
Paris in a Day
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Amsterdam and Kuekenhof
The South West "Jurassic" Coast
Cambridge
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The Birthweek celebrations began with a trip to Germany to, once again, visit our friends. This time it was for the Rhine Wine Festivals in Rudesheim and Wiesbaden.
For the day of my 49th year we went to a local gastro pub, The Brown Dog, which was named today one of nine Michelin selected venues in London for praise as "inspectors' favorites. Another great meal followed by a homemade Pineapple upside down cake prepared by non other than Carlyn Klemm. What else could a girl ask for?
Friday, after American product shopping at the Commissary in Wiesbaden we stopped in at Taco Bell for an “American Fast Food” fix.
Rhonda and Georgia had booked us a table for a birthday dinner at the 450 year old Guest house, Krone Assmannshausen http://www.hotel-krone.com/ where we were served “classic cuisine with regional and international specialties” and consumed an amazing bottle of Pinot Nior.
The grapes were grown and the wine produced from a winery behind the restaurant. Check out the Castle behind us, on the hill.
With a toast to my 49th year, with the Rhine cruise boats in the background.
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The castle on the hill, lit for the night
Saturday our Hosts Georgia and Rhonda prepared a German and “American” (lovely potato salad) picnic high on a hill with the vineyards as our backdrop
Our picnic view
Posing with flowers at the Landesgartenschau, a large garden show along the Rhine.
The four of us high above the river for outstanding views
A sculpture titled "Ice Wine" with a view of the hillside vineyards behind it
Relaxing at the Garden show
The Mouse Tower (Mäuseturm) is a stone tower on a small island in the Rhine, outside Bingen. The Romans were the first to build a structure on this site. It later became part of Franconia, and it fell and had to be rebuilt many times. In 1298 the structure became an official customs collection tower. It was destroyed by a French army in 1689, then rebuilt in 1855 as a Prussian signal tower
Then….the wine festival in Rudesheim where we sampled a fair number of Riesling Troken from the area
Me and Georgia's dog Murry sampling the goods
We returned home to a joint birthday celebration from Rhonda and Georgia. Rhonda works with a woman who makes “American” type birthday cakes with the soft yellow cake and sugary icing. They topped it with Bryers Vanilla or Dove Chocolate ice cream. I’m telling you, we were living the American Dream in Germany.
Festivities underway in Rudesheim
Sunday followed with another wine festival in Wiesbaden then back home to celebrate the true Birthday in London.
Sharing a giant prezel in the shadow of Wiesbaden's cathedral
My gifts!
Getting Rhonda in on this pretzle sharing
Carlyn showing off her home-made Pineapple Upside down Birthday cake!
I wish.......
Treasures from Padstow, Cornwall Carlyn purchased on our trip there in April. A Rick Stein Cookery book and Morter/pestle
My new tagine! Visit us for a taste of Morroco!
Since I took her new hiking backpack on a hike the day after she got it and twice more after that, my new back pack became her new backpack!
