Deutschland! I have arrived in the beautiful town of Gerolstein home of Gerolstein Wasser thanks to Britta. On the way there, I missed my train in Cologne, but it was a great excuse to visit the Dom. Held back for three hours I was simply blown away by the size of this Cathedral. The Dom might be the most impressive building I have ever seen, and the fact that it was started in 1268 makes it even more amazing. From there I trained across the hills and woods that lie between Cologne and Trier. Britta met me at the small cement pad that makes up the Gerolstein train station and from there she gave me a tour of the small town. The town is a hodgepodge of ethnicities; she told me that by 2011 there will be more immigrants (Russian, Thai, Turkish and Dutch) in the town than Germans.
From her house the view is absolutely amazing. Her house has a completely open view looking down into the valley surrounded by green mountains and topped with spinning windmills. The town is below and is mostly made up of white square houses with different color roofs, and even a small castle can be seen from the window where I sleep. Her eldest daughter just learned a couple words in English so I tried to talk to her, but she was too shy and went back to fooling around with the bubble wrap with her brother. The window view makes all of the internet work that I had to do today organizing meeting times with doctors and prosthetists a lot easier, and it didn't help that my browser temporarily switched to German. Anyways, we are off to see the city of Trier where Britta works and hopefully Ill be able to get some more work of my own done there also. Later on today we will surprise Oma and Opa because they do not know that I am here in Germany, should be fun. Ill keep you updated on the going ons of this weekend since I have the chance to catch up with old friends before heading off north to Copenhagen in my health-care rat race. Auf Wiedersehen!!