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Babenhausen, DE
On a cold but sunny, blue-skied day this past winter, wetook a drive to the town of Babenhausen. Babenhausen obtained city rights way back in the year 1295 –720 years ago this year – and […]
GERMAN HALF-TIMBERED HOUSE ROUTE 2
From the River Rhine to the River Main and the Odenwald Forest 12 Towns in 2.5 Years In this blog post (hyperlink), I wrote about how it took us almost four years to complete one […]
GERMAN HALF-TIMBERED HOUSE ROUTE 1
Welp, it took us almost 4 years but we finally completed one section of the Deutsche Fachwerkstrasse or German Half-Timbered House Road. The road had 7 sections and the one we completed, called “From the […]
The Castle Visits of 2016
2016 was, among other things, a year of castles for us. Turns out we got to see a total of 28 castles in 8 different countries, which so far is a record for us. Some […]
Iceland is Hot!
This is not your average blog post on Iceland with tips on visiting the Blue Lagoon or the Gullfoss waterfall. There are plenty of those out there already. Instead, in this post you will find […]
These Go To Eleven
The Elfstedentocht. Ever heard of it? No, neither had we until we were planning a trip to the Netherlands. The Elfstedentocht, or Eleven Cities Tour, is an ice-skating race around – you guessed it – […]
A Vision in Belgrade
We discovered the wonder that is the Eurovision Song Contest while vacationing in Lake Bled, Slovenia back in 2012. Ever since then, we’ve tried to watch it in a different European country each year. In […]
REALITY CZECH- Czech Republic
Since moving to Germany in 2011, I have spent my birthday in a different European country each year. In 2011 it was Germany, followed by Italy and San Marino in 2012 (yup, I spent my […]
2015 at a Glance
In 2015, it felt like we slowed down our travels quite a bit. Instead of doing long weekends away every other week or so, we did more weeklong trips and more day trips. Despite what […]