Breakfast was just like at my hotel in Sweden. As soon as breakfast was finished, I went outside to look around. I went out at the rear of the ship and was surprised to see another big ship right behind us! I hoped that the captain was paying attention!
Taking a boat ride

It wasn't long until the ship had parked at its dock. We were in Germany! Soon, I was off. The big trucks were getting off too. I had one more look at the ship before walking away. Goodbye Götborg! Hello Kiel!
		Arriving in Kiel

Kiel is on the north edge of Germany. The plan for the day was
to travel by train to Lindau, which is on the south edge of
Germany. I would have to change trains a few times during the
day to get to Lindau. The first step was to find the train
station, called "der Banhhof". The railroad company is called
"Die Bahn", or "DB". The station was a 10 minute walk from the
ship's dock. Inside the train station, things were busy. A
man helped to pick the trains that I would have to ride, and
checked the tickets. The time came quickly to get on the train.

		This train went to the city of Hamburg. In Hamburg, I got on another train called ICE, which stands for "Inter-City Express". This train was very modern and cool (of course, it's ICE!). It went 200 km/hr, or 125 mph! Check this out...
ICE Train

After a while on this train, it was time for lunch. Luckily, the ICE train also had a dining car. The menu was hard to read for somebody who can't speak German, but the waiter helped. The meal was pretzel dumplings with gravy, followed by chocolate cake. Mmmmmm!
		Pretzel Dumplings!

The ICE train went to the city of Munich. In their own
language, German people call this city München. Along the way
I saw cities, towns, villages, and farms. Germany is a very
pretty country. I noticed that some German people use solar
panels on the roofs of their houses, as well as windmills, to
make electricity without pollution.

In Munich, I had a short time for dinner - a Whopper and fries
from Burger King! Then it was back on a slower train headed
for a town called Kempten. I had to change trains again at
Kempten. This last train was supposed to take me to Lindau.
But there was a mistake...

Without knowing it, I had gotten on the wrong car of the train.
After going for a while, the train stopped at a station. While
we waited there, the car that we were in was unhooked from the
train, and the rest of the train went to Lindau without me! My
car went with a different train in the wrong direction! Oh no!
Luckily, the train conductor helped to figure out where I could
get off this train so I could catch another train to Lindau.
She saved the day! I would still arrive in Lindau, only an
hour later than planned.

		I was so happy to get to Lindau. It was almost midnight. I had gone all the way across Germany today! I was even happier to see my hotel, right behind the train station. The hotel was very nice. The bed looked comfortable, and there was even a chocolate coin with a gold colored wrapper on my pillow! That was a long and exciting day! I can't wait to sleep,
Good Night!

but then I can't wait to wake up and see what tomorrow will bring!

Good night!

Spike