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 – […]

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The Witching Hour

By Patricia / October 27, 2015

Idstein, DE The first time we went to Idstein was a few years ago for their Christmas market. We could see that it was a great town with fabulous half-timbered houses, but it was so […]

Amalfi Coast

By Patricia / August 7, 2015

A while back, I had an unexpected opportunity to take a couple of days off before a long holiday weekend. Quickly looking over the long list of places we’d like to go, we settled on […]

Something’s Brewing in Lich!

By Patricia / July 29, 2015

As everyone knows, the town of Lich, Germany is famous for being the home of the Licher Brewery. Yup, those are cases and cases of Licher beer behind the unfortunately locked gate at the brewery. […]

HOW-DUH YOU DO?

By Patricia / April 6, 2015

Gouda, Netherlands If you are a cheese lover, you absolutely must visit the city of Gouda in the Netherlands at least once in your life. If you haven’t already guessed, it’s the home of Gouda […]

The Candy Bomber, Frankfurt, DE

By Patricia / April 2, 2015

Continuing the theme I wrote about in the last post (LINK), shortly after our trip to Berlin we took a ride to see the Berlin Airlift Memorial near Frankfurt Airport. After World War II, the […]

A Fishy Business: Gernsheim, DE

By Patricia / February 15, 2015

Gernsheim is a small town on the Rhine river that started out as a small Roman fishing village about two thousand years ago. Sean found out about Gernsheim last February when we were looking for […]

My Hats Off to You: Bad Homburg, DE

By Patricia / February 14, 2015

You know those hats that men like Winston Churchill used to wear?  The ones with a brim, and a band around it, and what looks like a dent on top of the hat in the […]

A Diamond in the Rough

By Patricia / February 11, 2015

After we left Ypres, we headed to the city of Antwerp in Belgium for 2 nights. Although the city is mainly known for its diamond trade, there is a lot more to it than that. […]

Ypres: 100 Years After the War

By Patricia / January 25, 2015

We covered a lot of ground during our road trip through Belgium. The first thing I want to say is that after years of fairly frequent traveling, I may have finally learned how to pack.  […]