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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Marksburg Castle

By Patricia / February 6, 2014

Braubach, DE The weekend after we returned from Florence, we stayed somewhat local and visited Marksburg Castle.  It’s located in the town of Braubach, which is just over an hour away from us. The first […]

Sorry, We’re Closed

By Patricia / January 27, 2014

Lorsch & Maulbronn UNESCO Sites, DE After we visited Amiens, France a couple of weeks ago and realized that the cathedral there is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I went on the UNESCO website to […]

Journey to the Center of Amiens

By Sean / January 13, 2014

Amiens, France is another place I’d wanted to visit for a long time after reading about it a couple of years ago.  It’s about 75 miles away from Paris and was a 5-hour drive for […]

Aschaffenburg, DE

By Sean / January 7, 2014

Aschaffenburg is a town in the German state of Bavaria that’s about 45 minutes away from where we live in the German state of Hesse. I had wanted to go there for a while, so […]

The Mediterranean Island of Cyprus

By Sean / November 15, 2013

Sean I and visited Cyprus for a week in November.  This is the first time in I don’t know how long that we’ve spent 7 nights in one location on vacation.  Normally we do extended […]

Berchtesgaden, DE

By Sean / October 30, 2013

The weekend of October 25th we made a trip to Berchtesgaden, Germany.  We left home at about 9:30 Friday morning and arrived at the hotel to check in at about 3:00 p.m.  It’s about a […]

Bastogne Historical Route, Bastogne, Belgium

By Sean / October 23, 2013

On our first day of our trip to Bastogne, we had run across a couple of signs for a Historical Route.  One the second day, we decided to drive the route somewhat in order to […]

Bastogne, Belgium

By Sean / October 20, 2013

Columbus Day weekend was a 4-day weekend for me and we spent it exploring Bastogne, Belgium and the surrounding area. This was the first photo I took on the trip and I had to include […]

Champagne on a Beer Budget

By Patricia / October 6, 2013

Reims, France We spent the long Labor Day weekend in Reims, France.   Reims is one of the centers of the Champagne region. Although the term “champagne” is often used to generically describe sparkling wine, legally […]