Today started my road trip of a lifetime.
We plan to cross five borders in eight days. I've once done a seven-city trip in 12 days around the Philippines. Now, we're doing five countries in eight days. Let's see how things work out.
The eight of us--my sister, brother-in-law, their recently-married couple friends, two of their siblings, myself, and a baby--left Apeldoorn around 10 AM today. We got a van spacious enough for us, our 8-day luggages, and food stocks.
Our first stop was Cologne, where we visited the Dom (Cologne) Cathedral, a two-tower church of gothic black facade. The structure has pointy roofs as if aiming to launch for the sky, with seemingly dim dungeons in the top floors, reminiscent of Lord of the Rings settings or Harry Potter's. Aside from its distinct colored appearance, it is also famous for housing the relics of The Three Magi described in the Bible, which were transferred there centuries ago from Milan, something I learned from a one-euro leaflet I found inside which I did not buy (read: private reading).
We had sausage sandwiches for late lunch and Dunkin Donuts coffee and donuts for a take-away siesta inside the van, as we continued on towards the direction of Nuremberg, our next German city stop, four long hours off Cologne. In the van, we entertained ourselves with singing along with Adele and Gotye and Bruno Mars and Jennifer Lopez or recalling the events at the wedding the other day. The rest of the time, we were either sleeping, or could not feel our legs.
Finally, we reached Wohrdersee Hotel Mercure in Nuremberg. We are here just for the night, and tomorrow, we explore the city center, stop at Munich, then head towards Salzburg in Austria, where we'll stay for two nights.
And then it'll be Christmas. #
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The gothic Cologne Cathedral welcomed us in this road trip.
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| fine German sausages served at the hotel (we didn't have to look too far) |
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