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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Leaning Towards Pisa
During our 4-day trip to Florence, we took a day to make a side trip to Pisa. We took the train from Florence and it was just over an hour each way to get there. While […]
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A Rainy Weekend In Florence, Italy
For some reason, Florence had not been at the top of my list of places to visit in Italy. It was on the list, but it just wasn’t at the top. That changed after my […]
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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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A Journey to the Center of Amiens
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 […]
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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 […]
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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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German Christmas Markets
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 […]
