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Geno's
European Vacation
1/25/2001
- 2/1/2001
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Let
the trip begin. Me, Linda and Masayuki met in Chicago
and flew into Frankfurt Germany. This is the parking
garage of the airport and that's our rental car...an Omega
2.2 turbo. Pretty much a shite car, but we cruised
at a constant 115MPH on the Autobahn. We left immediately
for Koln.
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The picture to the
right is the Dom Cathedral in Koln (Cologne), Germany.
The Dom was being renovated and there was scaffolding
on much of the cathedral. I had to take two different
pictures and put them together in order to get the full
effect. An amazing site in person. The pictures
to the right and below were artifacts within the Dom.
Being in the Dom was definitely a unique feeling.
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No,
that's not a statue. This was a guy totally painted
in silver, basically a street act near a large shopping
area down the street from our hotel.
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We asked the hotel staff where we could
get some authentic German food. She suggested the
Hauxenhaus (below) for their specialty, Pork Knuckle.
Sounds yummy, right? So we went, got a meter of
beer (before and after shots) and tried the Pork Knuckle.
It was great, so was the sausage and kraut. The
food was so good we left that place totally STUFFED
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Next
stop, Amsterdam... The thing about Amsterdam (Red
Light District) is they have a strict policy of, "No
Picture Taking." So, I don't have much for night
life pictures, basically structural/architectural pictures.
While in Amsterdam, we took a tour of the Anne Frank house.
The tour was great, but rather uncomfortable because they
really try to pack you in to a small living space, but it
does make you think about how these people lived in hiding.
We also went to the Van Gogh art gallery. The gallery
was 4 floors and there was artwork from all eras and many
artists. The food in Amsterdam was very ordinary...the
coffee shops were extraordinary. We spent two days
here, but one day would have been plenty.
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The
next 4 pictures are of Antwerp, Belgium. The architecture
in this city was very detailed. We stayed in a 5 star
hotel in downtown Antwerp, but we were only there for 1
night. We walked around in the diamond district (better
known as the Shane Company district) and 3 different guys
tried to sell me gold chains/necklaces. It was pretty
funny...they would go, "pssst. hey," and
secretly show me gold in their hands (I'm sure it was fake).
We ate at a French restaurant called The Greens...best Béarnaise
sauce I've EVER had in my life..the rest of the food was
awesome too. I could have spent a lot more time in
Antwerp...it just had a peaceful and inviting feeling...and
the waffles are good.
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Back
to Frankfurt, Germany for two days before we head back to
the US. We did a lot of walking...sightseeing, museums,
etc.. Frankfurt was the least interesting to me because
it seemed very industrialized, almost US like, with a different
culture. We did eat at a cool restaurant called the
Steinren Haus, they served your meal raw, but it was on
a scorching hot stone, so you could cook it to whatever
temperature you wanted. Linda has some picture she's
supposed to send me...waiting...
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Here's
a picture of the car all three of us rode in the whole time.
Not! Cool 2 seater car, and easy to park. More
architecture, another Cathedral, stone sculptures in the
Cathedral.
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More to come....Last updated on 9/13/01
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