A TAVOLA CON ELLYNNE IN ITALIA
AM TISCH MIT ELLYNNE IN DEUTSCHLAND
(At The Table With Ellynne In Italy/Germany)
BYE-BYE BACHARACH, HELLO USA (VIA FRANKFURT AIRPORT)
The day for my departure from Europe had arrived; reluctantly, I would have to say goodbye, auf weidersehen, to the charming town of Bacharach on the Rhine River in Germany. I was even more reluctant to have to bid farewell to Gary and Becky Crosby, our excellent hosts at the Bei-der-Post Hotel, Bar, and Restaurant (www.pension-bacharach.de, or info@pension-bacharach.de). On this, our last day, Becky once again prepared our favorite breakfast (and her specialty): Toasted Soldiers ( 3-minute eggs served in an egg cup; rap the top section with a spoon and remove the top, then dip your bread into the yolk. To be authentically British – like Gary and Becky! – toast your bread, butter it, slice it into strips; then line up the strips on your plate like “soldiers”!).
Making matters even worse on this last day was the fact that I knew my next meals would be consumed in the Frankfurt Airport and then on the United Airlines flight across the Atlantic. They sure
