My Trip to Germany went pretty well,  My Parents drove me from Hoover to Texas so I could catch a plane with my GrandDaughter Tarah.  They are a hoot to travel with!

Mom Gets the drop on Dad

We met Tarah's Grandmom, GrandPop, and Great GrandParents.  They are really nice folks and we enjoyed the visit.  After lunch at The Cracker Barrel, we headed off to Dallas-Fortworth to catch the Lufthstansa flight to Germany.  The eleven hour flight was about as enjoyable as a six foot four inch, two hundred and thirty pound man can expect on coach.  My Son Kris, Daughter-in-law Candice and GrandSon Jacob met us in Frankfurt.  When we got to their place we had a nice fourth birthday party for Jacob.

Happy Birthday!

We then spent the rest of the week mostly traveling to various castles in the area and some pretty old word cities like Speyer.  The only real bummer was that my camera broke on about the second day.  Fortunately Kris had his camera handy and my PDA takes a two meg photo fairly decently.

Besides just spending some quality time with my family, one mission of the trip was to bring back a eighteenth wedding anniversary gift for my wife who couldn't go on the trip.  I knew she had been wanting a cuckoo clock since she was a little girl and since I was in the Black Forrest region that is world renowned for them,  I figured it was the best place to pick one up.

The Cuckoo!

As trips usually go, It took forever to get here and was over too soon.  I really want to get back there some day soon with her.  She would have loved it.