Mid-Week Experiences

On Wednesday, we took a train down to Braubach where we boarded a Rhine cruise boat to Bacharach. The boat was packed with Chinese tourists, in their bucket hats, with cameras around their neck. It was very amusing. The main thing is - I didn't get sunburned again! It would have been the third time, but I wasn't not at all. Lunch was good, sitting with Wasser, Katie and Kathy, among the many others. The hike up to the castle was painful. I couldn't breathe. And I felt like I looked like crap, which I probably did. Lars was a bit upset that our tour was with other people, and therefore crowded and rushed. The wine tasting was ok, I didn't drink very much of it - I kept getting them to pour smaller and smaller glasses, by the end I think there was only a mouthful of the last one in my glass. And sadly that was the one I liked, the others I couldn't drink more than about 2 sips of. Two tiny sips.
Today we went to an animal experimentation farm where they experiment with cloning and other methods of breeding. I petted some calves, and got to see pigs and sheep - there was one runt piglet that was isolated in the pen - he couldn't make it to a tit, and therefore will probably not survive. It was sad. The German museum we went to was great! Very interesting, and the way the tour was done was cool - she spoke into a microphone that projected into our headphones. It was very interesting, and I would say that this is something that should be done again. We are now at AIB Bonn, where we had a barbeque and are getting to use the computers. Yay for Cola. (Although it was funny that they ran out of the first keg of Kolsch beer about 5 minutes after our group arrived.) This has been an altogether great day.