Yesterday we hopped on the high seed train from Paris to Kaiserlautern, Germany. Europe has such a great train system. Fast, convenient, not expensive. And you get to watch the countryside speed by. It was very pleasant. A little less pleasant was the weather when we arrived - a chilly, rainy day. But it did clear up a little so by the time we met up with Gavin the rain had stopped, which made our drive around the countryside quite nice.

We drove to Landstuhl and walked around the castle. It was cool how they'd built the structure around the bedrock.

It was interesting to compare this place to other old structures we've visited - castles in Ireland, the temples at Angkor Wat. Even after all the centuries there are stories to learn about the people who lived here. They certainly had a beautiful view.

That's Ramstein Airforce Base just to the right of the center.

It was really wonderful to be with Gavin. Today he's taking us to Heidelberg.