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The Witching Hour
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
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!
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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. […]