Anyone who has ever lived or been to Germany is probably chuckling right now. The autobahns in Germany are lined with this sign everywhere you look. Ausfahrt is not a town but indeed the word for exit. None the less it still makes for a pretty funny t-shirt that they try to push at the PX.
This weekend was a four day for Paul so we took full advantage of it. Friday the kids had school so Paul and I headed out early in the morning to Wurzburg Germany which has a giant PX. This gave us the opportunity to get some much needed items for the house since our PX is nothing but a glorified 7-11 shop.
Saturday was the big road trip for the weekend. We traveled to Kasierslautern Germany also known as K-town for short. K-town is where Ramstien Air Base and Landstuhl Army Medical Center are at. Again we had to hit the biggest PX I have ever seen in my life. I now understand why they call K-town "Little America" because it has all the luxuries of home but with an German flavor. It also caused me to wonder why it is all my girlfriends that are stationed there complain they can never find what they need. I swear I have never seen a place like it. The base comes complete with a Chili's Restaurant and a mini-casino downstairs full of slot machines.
Sunday was another road trip day this time to Hohenfels Army Base. The drive was absolutely beautiful there. One of my favorite things about Germany is the fact you can be driving down a back road and suddenly see a castle overlooking a town below. We were lucky enough to pass through two towns on Sunday where this happened. The first town we stumbled through was Burglenfield, Germany. I couldn't find any information on this castle on the Internet to share with everyone but it still was an amazing sight...
A church in Burglenfield....
We passed through the town of Kastel on the way back and was lucky enough to see this beauty....
If you look closely enough you can the walls of the old city...
Monday was a pretty quiet day. The weather was horrible so we stayed close to home only traveling to a few shops here in town looking for various items.
All in all we had a great weekend and saw some great sights. We also are finally settling into life here in Germany. The kids are in school and have made a whole new batch of friends. I also started back to college this week and passed my driver's license test for Europe. Paul is gearing up for a busy month at work so it looks like things are finally falling into place.
Auf Wiedersehen till next time.
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