Gills adventures

Hallo (German greeting),
Ahh, so much to say, so little time! Flew into Frankfurt on saturday and go picked up and taken to Neinleganan sp? to the home of the Krighleibaums sp?. Since then have been to a wine festival; Strasborg, France ; Heidlburg ; Europa park (europes disneyland) ; and Friburg. Right now we are in the town of Walwadt sp? which is right near the black forest, staying at the home of Esters parents where we have been eating and drinking like queens and marvelling at these fancy germans. But tomorrow we must part ways, and Shannon and I will learn what it is like to be on our own in a foreign non english speaking land!
Tomorrow we take a train to Fussen where we will spend the night at a cheap hostel and travelling to see the castels in the morning. The one castle in particular we are interested in is the one that Walt Disney modelled Cinderellas castle after. It is the number one tourist thing in Germany, so may be crowded but should be worth it. Not looking forward to the 6 hour train ride to get there however.
It is very beautiful here, lots of trees and mountains. The weather has been hot which I very much welcome after rainy old england! You should see the house we are staying in right now...... Gigantic and fancy!!!! Me and shannon are sleeping in the loft and it is just like in the movie Heidi, how you open the huge windows in the morning and the beautiful mountains and trees are close enough to touch and the cathedral tops from the nearest city are just visible. It really is gorgeous. But its late and I got to go and get organized for tomorrow. Hopefully we will soon find an internet cafe so I can spend some time and fill you in on some of the details.
Ciao (Germans say that)