There's an nice breakfast waiting for us in the dining room of the hotel. I prepaid the €6 each and it was well worth it. Just not having to run around looking for a place to eat is the best. We're already packed and ready to go. We clear up our bill while they call a taxi and we head to the HBF, about 7 or 8 minutes away. Yep, another €10. We have no options. With this luggage, we have to wait for others to get on the train first or we clog...

We wake early in the morning, like 6. I slept ok this night and I'm ready to get going. Mom starts her packing routine, trying to put a 10 lb. pig in a 5 lb. sack. The bags are bulging with the same stuff we had yesterday. A real phenomenon. We have a nice breakfast that Karen makes while I work on the blog about Dresden. We do have what you might call a "sitiation". We need a cab but there's no one call it for us. I investigate and find a taxi stand i...

Thursday morning, we had a delicious breakfast offered by the hotel for €10 each. The restaurant was just around the corner from our hotel. We were all packed so we relaxed a bit before returning to the hotel to get our taxi to the Hauptbanhof. I had it planned to use public transportation whenever possible but find it almost impossible with Mom's luggage requirements on these trips. We haven't bought much but already the suitcases are on double ex...

We start out our morning with a breakfast brunch compliments of the hotel. It has everything and, typical of our experience in Europe, fresh and delicious. Eggs, cereal, fruit and rolls with the best jams are my favorites but I always try something new. Mom, being more adventurous in this area, goes for stuff I have no idea what it is. Lots of cheeses, lunch meats and sausages are there too. It's a good place to try weird stuff. At 8:36, we rolled out of ...

It's 6am when the alarm goes off. It takes awhile for Mom to get ready plus she has to fix my breakfast. I'm not leaving any of this food behind. We always shower and pre-pack the night before so it's easier in the morning. We must catch the 9:01am train to Hannover, Germany. It's an express train. We don't have to change trains anywhere and it's 4 hrs to our destination. If we miss it, the next is 3 different trains and 6 hrs so it&...