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Tim is home alone. Recommended light reading! :)
Weekend away
This Easter weekend, according to our tradition, Tim and I got away for the weekend; actually, just one night this time, instead of a whole weekend. The destination? Not London, not Paris, not Maastricht (where Tim proposed 2 years ago), but Mespelbrunn, a whole 30 kilometer (19 miles) out of Aschaffenburg and into the adjoining nature territory called “Spessart”. When we checked into the hotel, they noticed our accent and hesitant German; we explained we were from Holland. When we checked out, our hostess noticed my ATM card is from Aschaffenburg - caught in the act! I think she thought it was funny we stayed in a hotel so relatively close to our house. But in the end, we said it felt like we’d been away forever, and traveled a long way - so in the end, it’s just a matter of perception.
Mespelbrunn was a great place for a weekend away. We hiked both yesterday and today and enjoyed being close to nature in such great weather on such a special Sunday. We highly recommend the Waldhaus hotel and the Mespelbrunn castle (”Schloss”) (go early to avoid the tourist crowds).
Flying is for birds
There haven’t been any blog posts recently because I was traveling on business this week and only arrived home on Friday morning. I was lucky enough to be in Budapest, which is a beautiful city, surrounded by sociable, interesting colleagues, in generally good weather. If I could have, I would have made this blog post after having arrived at my hotel in Budapest on Tuesday night at midnight, but hopefully I can recount my story with a similar passion this long after-the-fact.
Did you know you can drive to Budapest from Aschaffenburg (where I live) in 8 hours? It took me 6.8 hours to go there by plane and, to be honest, I would have rather driven the 8 hours. This is why flying is for birds: (more…)