Germany and football, what a mix!

Hello all,

Well as I only have few hours left of my trip I thought I should actually finish my blog.

So when I last left you my time in Italy was over and we were about to venture into the land of a number of my forbears, Germany. We left Pont first thing in the morning and headed towards the St. Bernard tunnel. There were very few dogs offering to give me brandy, but then again I guess I wasn't in need of rescue.

To be honest the day was spent in the car and driving long distances on the Autobann. For those of you who don't know the German highways have no speed limit. They are long, straight 2 or 3 lane highways and even when cruising along at 130km/h you are still being passed at regular intervals.

We spent that first night in a smallish town north of Frankfurt called Marburg. It is the home of one of the oldest Protestant Universities in the world. However as we were just passing through we didn't do much touristing. We did get to see the student vibe in action as Germany won one of their World Cup matches that night so everyone was out celebrating.

The next day, after a brisk walk up to the Scloss (castle), it was back into the car and up to Hamburg.

We arrived in Hamburg in good time and in the pouring rain. We arrived at our hotel (amazingly taking only one wrong turn!) and got ready to meet the distant relatives who we had come to visit.