Day 1 (Saturday, 27.5.06)
Arrive Siegburg. Stay at cute Hotel Zum. Party with friends and drink all five selections on the bevvy menu plus champagne, a glass of wine, and some beer. Stumble back to hotel.
Day 2 (Sunday, 28.5.06)
Shop Siegburg.
Go to lovely palace on Rhine.
Husband professess it is the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. Spend time with friends.
Go to Dom in Cologne.
See some windows.
Go to biergarten.
Drink Kolsch. 
Day 3 (Monday, 29.5.06)
Catch metro to Cologne from Siegburg and do some shopping at H&M, my favoritest store. Drink coffee with hubby & Heather.
On the way back to Siegburg, fall UP the flight of stairs while trying to catch the train. Whine a bit about my finger, leg, and ankle.
Go to Bastei,
drink a Kir Royale and a bottle of wine, feel better.Day 4 (Tuesday, 30.5.06)
Finger is completely f-ed, though ankle feels fine. Go to Apotheke in Siegburg to try and get a splint. No such thing. Instead, get Heparin syrum for swelling. Begin finger exercises as instructed by Physical Therapist friend Heather. Practice flipping people off, ice it down. Tape on mock splint
and go to airport to fly to Berlin. Take pictures of gnomes at the subway in Cologne airport. 
Fly to Berlin and go to KaDeWe. Go to dinner at lovely, traditional German restaurant in East Berlin. Eat great food and drink wonderful wine. Walk through city. Touch the Wall.
Feel monumentally sad at the way the human race destroys itself.
Day 5 (Wednesday, 31.5.06)
Visit Checkpoint Charlie,
see some awesome domes,
Charlottenburg,
, have coffee at cafe at Charlottenburg, 
and go to KaDeWe again. Have incredible evening with friends speaking German, Spanish, and Italian.
Thumb-press orechiette.
Eat mozarella, honeydew and fig vinegar salad, orechiette/gnocchi with sauce from scratch.
Polish off 5 bottles of awesome red wine and a couple of shots of hooch from Sardinia.
Completely love everything about life.
Day 6 (Thursday, 1.6.06)
See the Reichstag,
the Brandenburg Gate
and Die Drei Musketiere at the Berlin Opera House.
Day 7 (Friday, 2.6.06)
Wake up, take cab to Berlin train station. Notice awesome cleat sculpture in front of station. Read stories of World Cup teams and players. Take train to Prague.
Hotel Opera,
Vaclavske Namesti,
and dinner with wine at "Hot".
Win Kc3000 (around $100 American) at casino in Wencelas Square (Vaclavske Namesti).
Later this week - Part Deux including Prague Castle, Paris, and World Cup Stuff!
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