United Airlines 777 Spirit of Adylyn from Denver International Airport (DIA) to Chicago O'Hare.

After a layover, the same 777 departed for Flughafen Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt International Airport).

Spirit of Adylyn landed at 5:52 a.m. in Frankfurt am Main in Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany).

Rented a car and drove down the Rhein to visit Burg Rheinfels.

Stayed in the dorms of Marienhöhe Seminary in Darmstadt for the night.

Turned car and rented a motorhome.

Experienced a near-miss traffic accident outside of Frankfurt.

Drove Romantische Straße (Romantic Road) in Bayern (Bavaria).

Arrived at Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Toured Rothenburg.

Broke camp and drove to Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt.

Visited the Schloßkirche (Castle Church) for the first time, where Martin Luther originally posted the 95 Theses.

Visited Lutherhalle, former residence of Martin Luther and now a museum.

Climbed tower of the Schloßkirche.

Attended English-language evening service in the Schloßkirche.

Drove to Berlin.

Motorhome broke in front of the Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate).

Motorhome fixed by lunchtime.

Attended end of organ concert at the Berliner Dom in the eastern city center, followed by a reception at the Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall).

Visited Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, a musuem at one of the former gates through the Berlin Wall.

After much wandering, finally found Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (German Museum of Technology in Berlin). Highlights included mechanical computers, computing machines, automatic looms, Industrial Revolution-style machine shop, robots, player pianos, trains, planes.

Visited Pergamonmuseum, the collection of which included the Pergamon Altar and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon.

Drove through the Bundesländer (states) Brandenburg and Sachsen (Saxony) into Česká republica (Czech Republic).

Camped in Praha (Prague).

Toured Praha, including (not necessarily in this order):

Motorhome burglarized. Spent much of the night at a police station.

Visited the United States Embassy in vain attempt to get help.

Departed Česká republica and entered Österreich (Austria).

Toured KZ Mauthausen, a Nazi death camp, near Linz.

Drove through Salzburg but, finding no parking spot for the motorhome, did not stop to see the sights.

Passed through Bayern (Bavaria).

Stopped for a few hours at Hall in Tirol.

Camped for the night in Vaduz, capital of Liechtenstein.

Entered Schweiz (Switzerland).

Toured Ballenberg, open air folk museum.

Purchased a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife, which I still use as of 2006.

Celebrated Swiss National Day in Interlaken. Festivities included a massive fireworks show and candles floating down the river that connects the Brienz and Thun lakes.

Drove to Lauterbrunnen.

Walked forty-five minutes to Traumerbauch Falls.

Drove back to Lauterbrunnen to ride a funicular up the valley wall, ending near the town of Muren. Walked the rest of the way Muren.

Continued through two other towns before catching a bus back to Lauterbrunnen.

Departed Interlaken at about 11:00 am.

Drove through République française (France) briefly before entering Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany).

Drove down the Mosel Valley in Rheinland-Plafz (Rhineland-Palatinate).

Toured Burg Eltz, which was built between the 12th and 16th centuries.

Visited towns on the Mosel.

Drove to Frankfurt am Main.

Last day in Europe.

Turned in motorhome.

Drove a rental car into Frankfurt Stadtmitte (city center).

Visited Kaiserdom, a large cathedral.

Drove to Darmstadt and spent the night at the Marienhohe Seminary.

United Airlines 777 from Flughafen Frankfurt am Main to Chicago O'Hare.

After a layover, departed in United Airlines DC-10 to DIA.