Being Guided Through Aachen By Charlemagne
The first German building placed on the UNESCO World Heritage site was the Aachen Cathedral in, of course, the city of Aachen. Aachen is about a 2.5 hour drive from us, so rather than get […]
Archive for category: Germany
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Gelnhausen – Another Cute German Town!
While I was looking for some information about the Brothers Grimm for our visit to Steinau an der Straße, I came across a map that had several towns highlighted. One of them was Gelnhausen, although […]
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Völklingen Ironworks – A Well-Kept Secret
If someone had told me 2 weeks ago that I would spend 4 hours at a defunct industrial site and enjoy the heck of out while taking 299 photos (I promise only a fraction of […]
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Oberwesel – A Wine Town in the Middle Rhine Valley
Oberwesel is a town on the Rhine River about an hour’s drive from where we live. It’s pretty amazing that we have not yet run out of great places to visit that are less than […]
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The Brothers Grimm Childhood Home – Steinau an der Straße
On the first Sunday in February, we took a drive to the town of Steinau an der Straße, hereafter referred to simply as Steinau. This town is famous for being the home of the Brothers […]
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Sean and Patricia Go To Bitburg
The last weekend in January we made an unexpected visit to the city of Bitburg. I say unexpected because we originally were supposed to go to Verdun, France for 2 days. I just need to […]
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Marksburg, The Best-Preserved Castle On The Rhine
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 glimpse we […]
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UNESCO Sites in Lorsch and Maulbronn
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 see which other sites I had […]
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An Afternoon in Aschaffenburg
Aschaffenberg 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 on […]
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Dinkelsbühl and The Romantic Road
While we were in Rothenburg ob der Tauber the weekend before Christmas, we made a side trip to the town of Dinkelsbühl, which is about 35 minutes south on what’s called The Romantic Road. The […]
