Except that wasn't what we did. Instead, we stopped at some adorable little town near Mannheim called "something German". We wanted a REAL schnitzel and some spatzele before leaving Europe. The goulash and dishes in Czech Republic were close but not quite schnitzels. We were leaving to go see a Holocaust museum, but this is where the war crimes were tried, not the right location. So we modified our plan and blazed quickly through Germany so we could have another full day in Paris before heading home. Add it up, it's over 7 hours of driving today.
This is why it's good to have some flexibility in the schedule. You get to allow for things like Hot Springs and one more day in Paris!
It was Sunday and the Trip Advisor Hotel restaurant recommendation was closed. That's right, a hotel restaurant that was closed. Yelp to the rescue, thank you Lindley. We found a quaint and friendly beer garden style restaurant less than 5 minutes away and had a fabulously great meal! Oops. Not only is all our money not €, we sure didn't have enough cash to pay the bill anyway. And they don't take cards. Faceplant.
So Richard and mom set off to find at ATM while we hung out at the restaurant. Twenty minutes later we were on our way to our Mannheim hotel (free parking and wifi), Hotel Huntress wins again, this one was just over €100. We got in late, so check in was at a small side door. The apartment was three bedrooms again, across the street in a different building, but the wifi wasn't working. Kelsey was taking a bath and didn't notice the shower sprayer soaking the floor and in turning it off for her, I got soaking wet. I then strip off my wet clothes. This is when I get asked to go find out the wifi code. Across the street. Late at night. It was not our best moment of the trip.
Later, I found out the critical need for internet was to finish Richard's amazing plan to have our friends finish our packing and have movers move us into our new apartment while we were still in Europe! And all of that planning was critical and had to be done now.
He got connected, we got sleep and then up the next morning for a local grocery store. I've now decided I collect reusable shopping bags by the way. I have some from Montreaux, Mannheim, Paris and Prague. I'll remember this trip every time I go to the grocery store!
We happily munched on a variety of fruits and sausages and yogurts and nuts as we hurtled ourselves back to Paris. Paprika Pingles? Check.
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