The Medieval Town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is another place we’d visited – very briefly – before we moved to Germany. The weekend before Christmas 2013, we booked two nights in a hotel there so we could check […]
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber is another place we’d visited – very briefly – before we moved to Germany. The weekend before Christmas 2013, we booked two nights in a hotel there so we could check […]
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One of the best times of the year in Germany is the Advent season in November and December, when the outdoor Christmas markets take place. Shockingly, they actually call them Christmas markets here – not […]
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 […]
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One of the great things about Germany is its plethora of festivals throughout the year. We have gone to three big festivals and one tiny festival in the last month alone. The first big one […]
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The second part of our long weekend to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary was spent in Dresden, Germany. I had previously spent one night in Dresden in 2009 with my friend Morissa before I moved […]
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On our way from Görlitz to Dresden, we stopped to visit Schloss Moritzburg (Moritzburg Castle). It’s about 8 miles outside of Dresden. The castle was built between 1542 and 1546 and it was originally a […]
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To celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary, we decided to take a long weekend trip. We spent two nights in Görlitz, Germany and two nights in Dresden, Germany. This post covers the Görlitz part of the […]
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Yesterday we went on our first Volksmarch. The word comes from the German word “Volksmarsch”, meaning “people’s march”. It’s basically an organized hike of varying lengths. We thought we could just show up and figure out what […]
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Part of what I’d like to do in this blog is talk about things that are common in Germany or Europe but not in the United States. So, here goes. Even though my house here doesn’t have […]
This past Sunday, we were on our way home from a weekend trip and decided to stop at 2 places for which we’ve seen signs a bunch of times but never visited. The first place […]
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