Day 1

There was a lot to love about our trip to Germany! I thought I'd give a brief recap of each day we were there. The Claas bus picked us up at the airport and off we went. Our first stop was this restaurant where we were served a delicious meal and then it was off to our first tour at the parts distribution factory. That was really impressive - so mechanized, well-run and massive. There were fork-lifts everywhere. And bicycles. In the factory. We had to keep our eyes open with all the activity around us. Good way to keep us awake after that long flight.

We were struck by how narrow the roads were. The Autobahn really surprised me. It was really narrow and it took us awhile to adjust to driving so close to other vehicles. There is no speed limit but the traffic doesn't often get the chance to speed excessively with the amount of traffic. We did see a couple of Porsche's speeding past and we passed a couple of quads on the Autobahn too - a funny contrast.

The first town we stayed in was Marienfeld and we were all struck by how immaculate each house and yard was all the way there and everywhere we went in this area. The hotel resort used to be a monastery and the grounds were beautiful. Our rooms were beautiful and spacious and I just loved our stay there at the Hotel Klosterpforte.