13-June 2018 to 20-June 2018: However at around 11:20pm, as I was in the midst of getting all the photos and files onto the hard drive via the laptop, apparently the power plug that plugged into the laptop appeared to be physically broke. I guess I was finally paying the price for not having the exact power plug after the original ASUS one stopped working.

Well, now I was in a real crisis as I was real worried that I wouldn’t be able to record and report on the remaining 5 weeks left on this trip once the laptop dies out (or has no more power).

I sure hoped that there would be a computer or equipment store somewhere in Colmar or Friedburg (where we were staying tomorrow), but I also had to resign myself to the possibility that I might not have a hard drive anymore if I’m not successful finding a means to keep the laptop alive (mainly the juice that keeps it running).

In the worst case, I suppose I could buy a replacement laptop but I’m sure I was screwed in terms of the apps I’d have to get back that I didn’t readily have the install files and/or credentials for.

And so ended this eventful day though the losing of the power plug on my laptop was definitely not-so-great news. And so I was mentally already in the mindset of finding a stop to find such replacement parts (if they still exist)…

• Day 1-2 (June 13-14, 2018 – Paris, France): “Nostalgic Indulgences”
• Day 3 (June 15, 2018 – Paris, France): “Fighting Fatigue”
• Day 4 (June 16, 2018 – Bacharach, Germany): “Howling Wedding Bells”
• Day 5 (June 17, 2018 – Bacharach, Germany): “Fathers Day at the Romantic Rhine”
• Day 6 (June 18, 2018 – Trier, Germany): “Moseling Around”
• Day 7 (June 19, 2018 – Luxembourg City, Luxembourg): “Flipping Back to French”
• Day 8 (June 20, 2018 – Freiburg, Germany): “Running Out Of Moves…”

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