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Friday, August 26, 2005

Playing bond for the day


Location: Baden - Baden, Germany

Subject:
You ever see that seen from the James Bond flick Never Say Never where Bond gets into a video game contest with villain while in the posh casino. Well the casino here is like that modeled after Versill and built in the early 18 hundreds.

If James Bond was every able to talk Moneypenny into a weekend off together they would be going to Baden - Baden. Basically a resort town in the Black Forest that started off catering to nobility with it's mineral spas and casinos. It's attracted people like Mark Twain, Trotsky, and Dostryeski over the years just to relax and gamble.

Jill and I spent the day soaking in mineral baths and walking around trying to blend in with people who have way too much money eating overly rich foods. What a contrast from East Berlin. We are catching it at the end of the season so the only show in town is the horse races ( they are a big thing donät get me wrong) but the spas are nearly empty so we soaked with some naked Euros in a saunas, steam rooms, and grottos. Hell they even have a real Naked Juice bar (not the brand thing in the buff). We fell well refreshed and relaxed.

My James Bond mission for the night will be gettingoutfittedd to get past security in the casino since they have a strict dress code.

On a side note:
D glad to hear Pragueg isawesomee.Keepp in touch and we will be looking for the English version of your story.

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