Dachau. Never Again.
I felt like a trespasser being in Dachau. I guess it’s important to see our failures. Dachau wasn’t the worst camp but it was the first. It was the blueprint for the more horrific...
Author: Jose
Rothenburg ODT and other less pretty places
We stopped by Wurzburg to see the Residenz a Baroque palace and then continued to Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber (Red Castle above the Tauber). Rothenburg is the prettiest place we have been in Germany...
Father Rhine and Deutsches Eck
Our next river to explore was the mighty Rhine. We visited Koblenz (which means confluence) where the Mosel and the Rhine join. We then spent a couple of nights in Sankt Goarshausen (right across...
Sleepy Little Cochem Germany
We spent 3 nights in the cute little town of Cochem on the Mosel river. It was nice to slow down a bit and we really relaxed here. We had our first traditional German...
Surprising Trier Germany
We stopped in Trier for the night since it was on the route and spent the morning exploring. What a great surprise. This former Roman city of Augusta Treverorum is considered Germany’s oldest city. It...
Windmills and World War II
We left Amsterdam and headed south to Zaanse Schans a kind of Windmill restoration area and the next day saw a World War II Cemetery and stopped near Bastogne where part of the battle...
Amsterdam! It’s OK.
We spent four nights in Amsterdam and maybe I was expecting too much but it was just OK for me. It does have a very large old town around the central canals which is...
Netherlands: Big Dykes, Delft Blue, Vermeer, & Tulips
After Belgium, we made a quick stop at one of the many eco-friendly storm surge barriers (modern dykes) on the North Sea. We also took a tour of the Delft factory and made an...
Champagne and Waffles
From Paris we made a quick stop in Reims in the Champagne Region of France and spent 3 nights in Belgium. We loved our home base of Brugge and liked the college town of...
5 Low Key Days in Paris
Karen and I arrived first and spent two nights in the Latin Quarter and then one night near Disneyland Paris. We were then joined by my mom and my aunt; both nearing 80 and...