Category: Travel

Today we visited Neuschwanstein castle built by the allegedly mad King Ludwig II and visited one of the longest alpine coasters in the world. In between Karen had a burger the size of her...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...