Travelog for: Possy_Crossy

Mom, believe it or not: We visited the best place in the world: Fritz-Walter-Stadium in Kaiserslautern!!! What a fantastic day!

We love you K-Town, we do,
we love you K-Town, we do,
we love you K-Town, we do,
HEY, K-Town, we love you!

On Friday Kate went to work as usual. But she told us to be ready for a trip later. We were so anxious. But soon Kate came home and her friend Patrick picked us up. And Philip and Klaus joined us too. Four people wearing 1. FC Kaiserslautern stuff... But Kate still told us "Wait and see".

Here you can see us passing Frankfurt Airport.



And we had a beer. Yummie! (A big mistake, as you will see...)



So we had a great time, cruising and drinking a beer... But the we ended up in a big big traffic jam! It was true, we were on our way to Kaiserslautern. But as the stadium was sold out, nearly 50.000 people had the same destination...



Here you can see us really nearby Kaiserslautern. But the problem was: It took such a long time... And... it's a little embarrassing.... We all needed a toilet. Not a big problem for all the men in the traffic jam.... They could all just go out of the cars and many many did... But poor Kate (and probably many other girls) really had a problem.... As soon as we finally left the highway we stopped at the first restaurant (a beautiful American Diner) and we couldn't stop laughing as Kate ran in like a maniac. Hihihihi....

But we had to hurry, going on to the city. We were actually lucky, it didn't take to long to find a parking space. But you can imagine: We still had to climb on Betzenberg and we were late, so we had no time to take good picures.





Actually Betzenberg (Betzen-Mountain) is the place, where the Fritz-Walter-Stadium is. So the stadium is often called Betzenberg too or just short Betze. To go "uff de Betze" means to go to the Stadium. It's the highest football mountain in Germany. It's really rampant!

Kate had to pick up tickets for the matches in Aue and Cottbus and then we finally entered the stadium and were on our place one minute before kick off. Ha, we made it just in time!!!

Oh Mom, what a fantastic place! We love it!!!! We love the people! We love 1. FC Kaiserslautern! It's the best club in the world!!!!!!

And you have to know: It was a very important match. We played versus 1. FC Köln. Köln overtook Kaiserslautern in the league ranking the week before. But we need to be on the third place at the end to reach the play offs! A little chance to find our way back in Bundesliga 1 (league 1) next season. Unfortunately place 1 and 2 are quite too far away...    (And place 1 and 2 means league one for sure, no play offs...)

Things started, it was so exciting! So fantastic! And Kaiserslautern really made a great game! Here you can see us at the beginning, still 0:0.



It didn't take to long and: GOAL!!!!!!!!!!! Goal for Kaiserslautern! Woohoooo! And there were two other explosions! Yes, there is nothing you can do, it's like the people explode after a goal and there is nothing one can do against it. We exploded too. Unbelievable, it's pure happiness!

When Kaiserslautern wins, the fans have a funny ritual: They wave with tissues and sing a special Goodbye song. So funny!



And here you can see the team celebrating with us:



So fantastic!

After the match we had something to eat: "Currywurst" and fries. The sausage is from famous Härting. (It's horse. Yummie!)



Going home to Frankfurt was a funny trip. Kate then took us to Sachsenhausen, where we met a good friend. (Although this guy really has a bad taste in football. He is a fan of Eintracht Frankfurt...) But no pictures, sorry mom... We forgot to take some...

But as there still is time, before we have to leave Frankfurt and visit Sabine, we will visit Kaiserslautern again in two weeks!

Isn't it exciting here? We miss you Mom!!! Love you!

Hey Mom! Sorry for not updating so long! But as you know Kate had an awful cold. She always went to work, but in the evening there was nothing we could do. When she came home she just lay on the couch. And the whole weekend nothing else was possible. But we entertained  her and took care. Although there was no action, everything is fine, because Kate had two excellent nurses...

On Monday our beloved 1. FC Kaiserslautern had a match. They played in Aue, which is quite far away. Due to a lot of work (and the cold) we could not go there. But we watched TV. Here you can see us before the game, when Kate smoke a cigarette (uhhh, bad habit!!!!!) on the balcony. (It's neither Kate's nor our beer you can see. We had a visitor. Kate was a little bit sad still being sick.)



So, here it all started... We were so excited and cheered!!!



Here you can see us after the match. Deeply sad!



Unbelievable. 1:1 after leading and playing 11 versus 9! What a shame!!! What a disgrace!!!! We don't want to talk about it.

Tuesday we helped Kate to do a secret package for the forum. As it is a secret, we can only show the finished package.



Surprise surprise! It was Kate's Birthday on Wednesday. She got a package from her Mom and Dad. A cleaner for the balcony????



No! It was a beautiful shopper! Have a look:



There was no big party. Kate went out for a dinner for two. We helped here to pick a dress, because she couldn't make her mind.



We picked the black one. We will celebrate a little bit tomorrow (hopefully). Cause we will see many of Kate's friends tomorrow. A little celebration with her family in the Eifel will be next weekend. We can't go there, because we go to Sabine. But maybe we will visit Kate again and we really hope for the opportunity, to visit the beautiful Eifel. Especially as Kate says, it's the most beautiful place in Germany.

Before Kate left for dinner, we had a drink:



Mom, you know what?!?!?!? We are going to Kaiserslautern again tomorrow! This time we go by train! We can't wait for tomorrow!!! Betzenberg, here we come!

See you Mom! We miss you! We love you!

Hey Mom, it's time for some news!

Saturday was the important day: Kaiserslautern played! We played at home versus Paderborn. This time we went by train to Kaiserslautern. Uhh, we had to get up really early! At Frankfurt main station we bought breakfast: A big coffee and a sandwich:



And as we travelled alone the first hour, we spent some time writing postcards in the train:



But when we changed the train in Bad Münster am Stein we met the other crazy Kaiserslautern-Fans. There was a lot of fun, singing and joking. And we had a really early beer... (real German "Frühschoppen")



When we arrived in Kaiserslautern we went to a fantastic pub called 12. Mann (that means the 12. man; 11 players on the field, number 12 are the fans...). It was a day full of beer, here we enjoyed the next one:



The pub is decorated with tons of Kaiserslautern stuff. And there is a sign to the Fritz-Walter-Stadium:



A really great place!!!! And then we climbed up to the stadium. Oh Mom, it's really exhausting! To tell you the truth: Just for climbing up Betzenberg every time Kaiserslautern should play first league! But hey, that's part of our live as Kaiserslautern fans.

We took photos in front of the stadium, but sorry mom, they are not usable! It seems as if Kates camera does not work....

But at least we have some from inside.



At this point we already celebrated two goals for Kaiserslautern!!!! We told Kate before, but she couldn't believe: When we go to the stadium, we win!!!! The truth is: We are Possy and Crossy! We are the lucky charms of our beloved club 1. FC Kaiserslautern!

Believe it or not: We had another beer then:




At the end we won 3:0. Fantastic! To be honest, although we are the lucky charms we were unsecure! What a relief! It was a really important victory!!!



The trip home was such a lot of fun! A little bit chaotic, but Kate says, most time it's crazy... Crazy and weird is normal! In Frankfurt we met Eintracht Frankfurt fans. But soon we went home and being really tired, we went to bed immediately. (Believe it or not: Kate and one of her Eintracht fans celebrated a little. Eintracht Frankfurt won versus Schalke the same day. Kate is really a broad-minded person! It's weird to celebrate with people who love a disgusting club like Eintracht!)

And then we had to say goodbye! It's a little bit sad, because we had such a bad luck. Kate had this bad cold and besides to much work. Actually there was a huge lack of time. But it seems as we will go to Frankfurt again. We hope so!

But now we go to Sabine. Kate says, we have to go now, because we will go on a very special trip with Sabine! We are so curious and excited!!!!! But Kate told us, Sabine is the nicest person in the world, we will love our time there anyway. And we know Kate is honest. So we really look forward!!!!

Here we leave:



So now we are on our way to the north of Germany! Looking forward to Sabine and new adventures! We can't wait to arrive!

Bye Kate! See you soon hopefully!!!!

Bye Mom! We miss you! We love you!

today our dear mom sent us a SMS only to tell us yashila_81 and lili_6789 were back home from their great europe-trip and there are some souvenirs from germany for us, - uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiuiuiuiiiiiiiiii, how excited we are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great stuff from our manufacturer...  how lucky we are, at first the great welcome-gifts in frankfurt from dear BETZE and now the travel-souvenirs from yasha & lili!!!! so no need to fight, as we now have both a trolley to go easy travelling and both have fieldglasses and both have a camera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and into the bargain we got also an accordion and later back home we are able to make party!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - and besides a new hat, too!!!  thank you all soooooooooo much!!

and besides they brought our postcard written at dear BETZE's for our dear mom with them. pls stay tuned to see the scan here asap! and our mom was sooooooo HAPPY about!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Mom - Dear Kate

good news! We arrived at Lübeck today

We think our new host-mom is a more than a little bit crazy - two bicycles are living in the hall! Very strange

But some very nice new friends expected us in the living room. And we started immediately the party. Now we are sitting on the sofa, eating marzipan and drinking coffee .... we think, it will be a long long night....





On the picture you see us with our new friends 10C, Festmaschenbär, George and Georgina. The turtles and the bear are from the beautiful city Hamburg. Her mom is mondkind. But now they live in Lübeck and especially Georgina has the travel bug. She asks us a lot about our voyages...

Dear Kate - we miss you so. Hopefully see you soon and mom - we love you

Dear Mom <3

today was a very busy and exciting day!
Turtles showed us travel guides from Amsterdam and the North Sea Cycle Route! And she had a bike for us. So we can cycle ourselves, if we want.



Mom, did you know that? We will travel to Amsterdam tomorrow! And Tuesday is Troonswisseling in the Netherlands. And WE will be there...

but first we helped Turtles to pack and of course we oiled the bicycle chain:



This will be our place when Turtles cycle - it is very comfortable and we have a good sight:



In the afternoon we relaxed in the garden and Turtles showed us a very cute gift, which she got from Nicole:





Do you see the little turtle, climbing up the hill? This are energy lollipops - so nice!

We are very curious, what the next days happens and we tell you everything, mom.

Love,
P & C

Dear Mom

only a short message, because we must hurry to meet the Queen

We arrived with 2 hours delay (a train has failed in Hamburg) at Amsterdam Centraal:



Then Turtles cycled with us to our hotel. We never have seen such a lot of bicycles! And they all drive very fast! omg!

Turtles only through the baggage in our room, and muttered: "We need something orange! We need something orange!" And we started again...

We entered the first Head Shop and bought orange bunny ears 
a orange flower necklace and caught a orange crown for free!

Then we took a drink in the street and listened to a good band for an hour:



(you can't see us, mom, because we are backstage )


and now ... we ... have ... to ... go.

We are not sure, if Turtles really wear the bunny ears, but we will tell you *smile*



Love,
P & C

Dear mom <3


Queensday!!!!!

what a great day! First we went to the Dam. It is the place in front of the royal palace. A lot of people was already there...and now we understood, why we needed some orange

We had to wait some time, but we had a good place to look around:



On a big screen we could see, what inside the palace happened. A lot of people signed a document - but it wasn't a postcard?!

We were bewildered, mom!

Then, after a while, Princess Beatrix, King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima came on to the balcony...



And all the people have jubilated. It was a great feeling. We got goose bumps.

We left the Dam and became friends with some orange people:





Turtles asked us, if we would like to do a canal cruise - of course we would! And we did:



We met a lot of other boats - most of them with music and happy people on it. But it was so cold! So we went back to the hotel and made a power napping...

And at the evening we went to the harbour...but more we write tomorrow....

Love,
P & C

Dear mom <3

we are fine! Only turtles looks a little bit damaged

Now we must tell you something new At Wednesday we left Amsterdam, but first we had a last look at the canals:

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Turtles wasn't happy. She searched for royal postcards in whole Amsterdam and found 3!!!

Nevertheless we started to see the Keukenhof!



We walked through a forrest of tulips!



Had a rest under some nice hyacinths.



And saw free and wild tulips

At the end of the day we reached the North Sea - the wind was very strong, as you can see:



Bye mom,

we love you,

P & C

Dear mom <3

today Turtles found the special stamps - finally. That makes she very happy...but not for long. 

There was no sunshine today - but a strong headwind. So we learned some very interesting new words - better we don't repeat them.

This is the landscape we passed:




After some kilometers we could argue Turtles for doing some downhill biking in the dunes:









Crossy had a little crash, but don't worry mom - he is alright.


But then we went in our transport-box and let Turtles cycling. She was fighting tough again the wind and we reached at least Wijk aan Zee. Turtles was not happy with the daily output. Only 45 km she grumbled...

We had dinner in an italien restaurant and ate a wonderful Spaghetti Bolognese. Turtles said, that Pasta is the best for cyclists - and we agree.

Good night mom - we miss you <3

P & C

Dear mom <3

This morning we looked out of the window and saw: No wind! but sunshine!

Turtles said, that we have to do a lot of kilometers today, so we took our bicycle Katta at 9 p.m. and pedaled off
The first kilometers we were hidden in our box - you can't believe, how many big and wild animals live in this country - and Turtles said: How cute.  *hrmpf*
But then we reached a nice viewpoint without cows, horses and big birds and had a break: Some little birds sing, a soft wind blowed and we saw the Northsea under a blue sky....



After this break we cycled between dunes and small towns to the big Enclosure Dam. A 30 km long dam in between Den Oever and Zurich. Here we started on the dam:



We stopped at the first bed behind the dam for the night and Turtles said, that she could not have done that without us.
We cycled 119 km this day, mom and our butts....you don't wanna know.



And now we need a shower and our bed

Good night, mom, love you <3

P & C

Dear mom,

it was a wonderful sunny morning. And we had tailwind!

After a quick breakfast we cycled to the next beautiful town: Harlingen. Turtles bought postcards, stamps, something to drink and a frisian flag.
So we had time to look at the harbour:



Now we saw less dunes and more grasslands. And we met a lot of sheeps - we think, more than a million. Anyway we helped Turtles looking for the right way. Somtimes it wasn't easy to find, but we did it!



And we found this beautiful windmill at the evening, while we looked for a sleeping-place.



This evening we sleep in an old townhall.

Bye mom, love,

P & C

Hello mom <3

we think, it's time to tell you, what we have to do every morning:

Turtles is a early bird *grmmpf* and every morning she wrote a lot of postcards. Certainly we helped her:



This was a lot of work, mom! Every morning! But we got a cup of coffee, that made it easier.

We left our nice landlady and started to the border. Turtles was not sure, if we reached it today, but she would try it. Our next stop was in Spijk. A beautiful little town. We saw the church in the city center and a windmill next to it.



We had lunch in Delfzijl and found a dike without sheeps at the Dollard. What a wonderful look:



At the horizon you can see Germany. But we decided to sleep another night in the Netherlands. So we stopped at Nieuweschans for the night.

Love,
P & C

PS: We miss you, mom. <3

Dear Mom,

this was our last day with Turtles at the North Sea.

We had a look at the map and saw our travelroute. Wow! We did a great job.

We cycled from Noordwijk to Nieuweschans in the Netherlands and today to Leer in Germany. At least we did 380 km of the North Sea Cycle Route.



And we left the Netherlands now, because the sign says: End of LF 10a (=NSCR in the Netherlands).



In Germany will be other signs, Turtles told us. We followed a part the Ems River and saw a interesting bridge at Weener.



Then we arrived at Leer. And the first wonderful thing we saw was this old postbox:



What a wonderful ending of this journey.

Turtles bought our tickets at the station, and we had a last coffee, while waiting for our train to Lübeck.

And at Lübeck our friends were waiting at the sofa...we have a lot to report

Dear mom, have a good night, love,

P & C

Dear Mom <3

we are so sorry, that we couldn't be with you at germans Mother's Day.
But we send a lot of love and kisses

And now we have to tell you, what we were doing at the last weekend. At Friday Turtles came early in the morning and took us in her backpack. We couldn't see anything, but she told us, that our destination would be a surprise....

We drove a long time by car and we heard, that we arrived in a big city - and then, you can't believe it, mom, we saw a well known, lovely face: it was Kate <3 .

YEAH! We were in Frankfurt and met Kate! What a surprise! How wonderful!!!

And Kate showed us a little part of Frankfurt:



A wonderful place. Like heaven. So many postcards. Kate and Turtles looked a long time for new cards - Mr. Turtles went to drink a coffee, but we looked for new postcards too.

Then we strolled to the town square:



This is the famous balcony of the "Römer", Frankfurt's townhall:



The buildings look old, but they aren't. After the destruction during World War II, the buildings were restored in a simplified form.

These is a detail from the only building (Haus Wertheim) in the old city center, which overcame the fire:





We took the "Eiserner Steg" across the River Main and went to Sachsenhausen, which is well known for it's Applewine-bars (Ciderhouses):

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It was so wonderful to meet Kate again and we promised to come back in Juli! Then she will do a bar hop with us - we hope and show us more of the beautiful town Frankfurt.

More from this weekend....later .

Bye, mom, we miss you,

P & C

<3 <3 <3