Hi guys and gals, sorry it's taken so long for me to get this up, but the problem with writing a blog about your recent holiday means looking through the photos you took to see which ones are any good, and unfortunately it's taken me this long to not get all tearful and sad every time I see a photo of Susi and I together. I really miss her, and wish I was still over there sometimes.

Anyway, I didn't actually go over to go sightseeing, I went over to see Susi, so I didn't really see very much of the country, just a little of Bonn, and parts of Cologne when we went shopping one time.

I had a great time when I was over there though, Susi is every bit as nice in real life as she is online here, if not more so, and she's a lot prettier than she thinks, she just won't accept it.

So, let's take it from the top, shall we? Turns out I don't fly well, my nerves were shot for days in advance, most of it due to the flying, not the meeting Susi, although that was a big part as well. A large coffee at the airport sorted out some of those problems though. So after the obligatory checking in, security checks, going through boarding, buying cheap video games in the duty free Dixons (yes, really ) I go to waiting for the plane. I would have thrown a mini blog up direct from the departure area, but for some reason, I couldn't access the airports wireless. I have no idea why, there was nothing wrong my end, and the guy sat next to me was connected just fine. But anyway...

It was a poky little plane, the safety voice over guy did say what it was, but I forget. Couldn't have been room onboard for more than 60 people.



As you can see, we didn't have brilliant weather for flying out with, it was already raining.

But after an uneventful journey, unless you count me almost filling my trousers when the landing gear deployed , we landed safely at Bonn/Cologne airport (apologies to anyone who might get a touch grr at the sight of the Anglicised version of German names, but I still haven't figured out how to do accents on my Laptop yet. P). Baggage claim only took a few minutes, and then it was through the door and into the waiting arms of a certain gorgeous blonde. That was nice, actually, no awkward silence, no me freezing up because I'm a wuss, just a hug, a hello and a kiss.

Safe journey back to Susi's place, which is really nice. Lovely cosy little apartment. Won't say any more, Susi might kill me, and I don't want that to happen. Of course I hadn't slept the night before, too nervous to sleep on the plane, so it's now 9pm ish (I forget which timezone my phone was set to at the time, so it might have only been 8 o'clock my time), and I'm falling asleep on the sofa, because we were watching a DVD or something, I forget.

Anyway, next day we start doing normal things. There were some days when we just spent the day lounging around the apartment, not doing very much of anything really. They were nice days, just the two of us relaxing on the couch or whatever, maybe mucking about online, maybe watching a DVD, but it was still just the two of us being close to each other. I think I enjoyed those days the most.

We ventured out of the apartment a few times, mainly for food, or to go shopping for one reason or another, I think we only had one or two actual days out to see things. Took a trip up to Bad Godesburg (which really wasn't that bad) where there's a castle, that was a nice day out, it's where we took the picture you've all seen of the two of us. Took a few piccies, but they were mostly ones that I need to cut and splice together, because I couldn't get everything in one shot. But you do get a lovely view of Bonn (I think it was Bonn, we didn't travel that far )





Same day, the weather was the best it had been the whole time I was over there, except for the last few days (typical, really), so we went for a walk around some park, didn't catch the name of it. I still reckon that it was about the same size as the town I live in, but then I do live in a tiny little town...



Not really anything special, apart from the bigness of it all, and pancake men. Stands selling crepes (again, sorry people but I have no clue how to put accents in) just dotted around. Brilliant idea, and dead tasty too. So we walked around for a bit, just chatting, me occasionally getting my camera out to snap off a shot, but every time I did, Susi would stand behind me so she wasn't in the shot.

A few days later, we went shopping in Cologne, mainly so Susi could look for some shoes (girl ). But I did get to see Cologne cathedral, very kind of them to build it so conveniently close to the train station, I thought. Really big too, sod cleaning that roof...




Really nice inside too, didn't take too many photos, my camera doesn't do inside very well...

Managed to get most of my souvenir shopping done that day as well, which was handy. There was even a Lego shop. If I were a few years younger, I could have spent all day and a small fortune there. As it was I got a Lego Darth Vader keyring for myself and Lego bottle opener for my dad.

We spent a day in (apparently) Germany biggest museum as well, charting the reassembly of the country after the end of the Second World War. Rather interesting actually, even if it was all in German and I couldn't understand a word of it. Got told off for photography there. That was an interesting experience, being told not to do something in a language I don't understand.

Then one night (the night before I left, I believe), we wandered down to the bank of the Rhine (Susi called it a 'beach' but I know a pebbly riverbank when I see one. ) Got a lovely shot of Bonn by night, even if it was a bugger to take the photo straight.



On the way down we went down a path which was rather muddy, much complaining by Susi over getting her shoes muddy, my fault really, I insisted that we keep going. But on the way back we went over the felled trees that were lining the path, it was more fun that way, and I got to see action Susi.



Anyway, that was the night before I came home. My nerves were no better on the flight home, and the goodbye in the airport was rather emotional and a touch damp. It was sad leaving Susi, maybe the hardest thing I've ever done, but we'll be seeing each other in a few months time, I just hope I have the patience to survive.

There were a few other things we got up to (no, not what you're all thinking, dirty people. ) but they weren't that major, or photographically impressive, maybe I'll throw up part two in a few days, maybe I won't I probably won't.

But that's me out, I'm off to do, erm, stuff? Yeah, that's it, stuff. Not like I have anything important to do, so stuff it is. I shall return with your regular dose of geekiness as soon as I get a chance and/or a topic.

SuperSnotling, away... (To be all lonely and miss his Girlfriend. )