Euro Park

Early Saturday morning found us boarding a train for Rust, Germany. The O'Connor family had long ago booked a trip to Euro Park, and when Ada and I set our dates to be in town, we were invited to join the expedition, but we would need to take two trains and a bus to meet them there,
As there would not be enough room in their car. Now Ada and Liz set off to a destination we know nothing about, needing to change trains in an unfamiliar station, with only minutes to find the right track and make the next train, and departing that train in the town of Rust, and find the bus to Euro Park - all in German, which neither of us speak! We got there without a hitch, and enjoyed two days in this most amazing park!

Together with the O'Connor family, we went on rides, saw shows, and enjoyed this German style theme park, all decorated up for Christmas. Most memorable for me was the circus - a full under-the-Big-Top extravaganza, complete with trapeze artists, magic shows, animal tricks with camels, zebras, ostriches, horses, and even a kangaroo. The Kangaroo was pretty much a one-trick-pony: he only jumped!

After a second full day in the park, Ada and I left to find the bus that would begin our return trip to Basel, while the O'Connor family left in the car for home. As we waited at the bus stop we arrived at, the appointed time for the departure of the bus came and went. We discovered too late that the bus departed at a different bus stop! Now we had not only missed the bus, but the two train connections! Again, lots of questions with answers only in German, but again, we found the right bus, and made other train connections, and made it home. Whew! Love Liz