Hello all! Katie and I are in Koblenz, the gateway to the Historic Middle Rhine valley. We're camped across the river from the Deutsches Eck, an impressive monument toped by an enormous statue of German Emperor Wilhelm I. We've finally found an internet cafe that will let us upload photos! Here's a few of our favorites so far...

In Edinburgh, I received the Scottish Sword of State:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We visited the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

Katie partied with the Guinness zoo animals:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We visited Powerscourt House and its majestic gardens:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We loved the Irish countryside and made a new friend! Ora is from Isreal and hiked most of the Wicklow Way.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We visited Glendalough Valley and the monastic settlement St. Kevin started there. Poor guy was trying to get away from everyone and go into solitude, but people just followed him out here. Now he's got his own icecream wagon!

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We got lost once or twice:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

But we were really excited to make it to the half way mark!

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

Our campsite at Iron Bride was comfortable and romatntic:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

After hiking all day in the rain and pestered by Irish flies, we stopped at Tallon's Dying Cow for a pint and cooked dinner on their front porch to stay dry.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We were so happy to finish the Wicklow Way! All 137km!

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

In Waterford, we saw master craftsmen blowing and cutting glass crystal:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

The craftsmen were making a trophy for Justin Timberlake for something (probably for being Justin Timberlake). Katie got to hold it.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We got rained-in in Tramore for two days.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We were really happy to get some nice weather in Düsseldorf. There's an enormous all summer long carnival/fun park along the riverbank. We rode the pirate ship ride. It was our one-month anniversary!

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

In Köln (Cologne to you 'mericans), we visited the Kölner Dom and the Lindt Chocolate Museum.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We found a bakery named after our friend Betsy!

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We've been in Koblenz for three days now. It's lovely here.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We've seen so many castles and old towers! This one is Roman.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

Katie is pretty:

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

We're just going to move in here.

From John and Katie on Honeymoon

I don't know if we'll have another chance to update the blog before we get to Budapest. We should reach Weisbaden by August 4. From there we're going to Berlin by train to visit my good friend Saskia for a day before we fly to Budapest and the end of the journey. Laters!