Our last full day in Europe

Thursday 28/6, today all we have to do is drive 292km to get from Maastricht to Frankfurt. Now when you have a Merc Limo available, why not drive 393km from Maastricht to Frankfurt and visit Luxembourg on the way. Well, that’s what we did. Luxembourg is such an intriguing and beautiful city. It’s a pity we didn’t have more time to explore this city, its history and its ruins. This country has a population of less than ½ a million and even though it has history dating back to the Romans, it is considered to start from about 963AD. We had a very enjoyable afternoon walking around this beautiful city. For Jean, this was topped off with another patchwork shop visit and another 1kg to add to our already bulging bags. Our trip from Luxembourg to Frankfurt was marred by quite heavy rain, but travelling in the limo was still enjoyable. Jean drove for a while this morning and admitted that the ride was somewhat more luxurious than Gina’s ride, but Gina does have some advantages. It was somewhat difficult negotiating the underground car-park in Ellie, and fitting Ellie into some car-parking spots was just impossible. On the way into Frankfurt, we got to see the Rhine once again, a different view than that from the River Boat. We also saw a rather different shape for a VW Passat, the result of some passionate kissing of some Armguard on the Autobahn at some considerable speed. Surprisingly, (well not really, it is German engineering) the driver was walking around talking on his mobile phone. Tomorrow, we plan to look around Frankfurt, and then return Ellie to Mr Hertz, check-in and find the QANTAS Club for a quiet relaxing evening prior to our departure at 10:40PM. The next you should hear from us, is in person or on the phone, sometime after 6:40AM Sunday 1/7.