GERMANY | Sunday, 22 Dec 2013 | Views [566]
Rick Steves doesn’t think much of Heidelberg, Germany’s one time capital and home to the oldest university. It isn’t worth a single day, he says, in the typical three-week holiday in Germany. And if you have only three weeks, ... Read more >
GERMANY | Saturday, 21 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
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AUSTRIA | Friday, 20 Dec 2013 | Views [585]
Austria's Romantic Route runs along the Danube through terraced vineyards, connecting interesting looking medieval towns like beads on a necklace. This would be a wonderful route on a bicycle on a sunny day when the grapes are ripe. The Danube, ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Thursday, 19 Dec 2013 | Views [503]
The Hapsburgs had a pretty good thing going for several hundred years. World War I put a very definite end to that but the grandeur of their reign lives on in and around Vienna. Vienna was a city worthy of an empire, still is, but today it ... Read more >
HUNGARY | Wednesday, 18 Dec 2013 | Views [549]
Baden is a cute Vienna suburb with big city attractions; an opera, symphony and a classy casino. Pension Amadeus has everything we need at a reasonable price. It is also conveniently near the Austria-Hungary border so it was easy for ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Tuesday, 17 Dec 2013 | Views [581]
Even a stopped clock shows the correct time twice a day. The Glockenspiel Clock in Graz is five minutes slow, and is never right. That wouldn't happen in Germany! But we weren't in a hurry. We just wanted to see the carved wooden ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Sunday, 15 Dec 2013 | Views [625]
Hotel rooms on the Austrian side were hard to come by on the weekend so we stayed at Hotel Big-Koch (no kidding) in Ainring on the German side of the border. It was only a short train ride from Salzburg on Saturday afternoon then a nice walk ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Saturday, 14 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
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GERMANY | Saturday, 14 Dec 2013 | Views [580]
After a surprisingly comfortable night in the Oslo airport sleeping hobo-style on a restaurant banquet, we continued on to Munich. Our hotel was conveniently near the Bahnhof, giving us the option of walking or taking public transportation around ... Read more >
NORWAY | Sunday, 8 Dec 2013 | Views [628]
Tromsø doesn’t look much different at 9 AM than it did at midnight. It is still dark outside, the stars are shining and nearly every light in town is turned on. We are in Norway, about 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle and ... Read more >
NORWAY | Thursday, 5 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
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GERMANY | Wednesday, 4 Dec 2013 | Views [1437]
We scored a cozy apartment on the Hopfensee just outside of Fussen. It was the most affordable option in the area with free WiFi and parking and it came with the bonus of a kitchenette and fantastic views.
A room with a view ... Read more >
GERMANY | Monday, 2 Dec 2013 | Views [566]
Before we are overcome with gemütlichkeit we should remember that the Germans also gave the world the concentration camp at Dachau.
Compared to Auschwitz the Dachau of today is sanitized. There isn’t really much to see. Only ... Read more >
GERMANY | Sunday, 1 Dec 2013 | Views [1525]
Die Romantische Straße lives up to its billing even for old farts like yours truly. It isn’t necessarily the “I can’t wait to get you to our hotel” carnal meaning of romantic but something more ethereal. The ... Read more >
GERMANY | Saturday, 30 Nov 2013 | Views [771]
We could scarcely hear anyone speaking German among the crowd at Nuremburg’s Christmas fair. Of course this was the day after Thanksgiving, just another day at work for the locals but a holiday for US servicemen and their families taking ... Read more >
GERMANY | Friday, 29 Nov 2013 | Views [445]
Connie first noticed an irregular heartbeat, palpitations, while we were in Tunis. Rather than take a chance with the Tunisian hospital she decided to wait a few days until we were in Europe, hence our visit to Ramstein Air Force Base and the US ... Read more >
GERMANY | Thursday, 28 Nov 2013 | Photo Gallery
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SWITZERLAND | Friday, 22 Nov 2013 | Views [805]
It snowed again, part of the early season storm that is ravaging the Alps. Because of the bad weather we skipped going to Zermat for views of the Matterhorn, and headed south towards Lugano. The Simplon pass was closed due to snow so we had ... Read more >
SWITZERLAND | Wednesday, 20 Nov 2013 | Views [658]
I would like to live in Switzerland. A place like Bern, Baden Baden, Gstaad, Zermat or St. Moritz. Even more, I would like to be able to afford to live in Switzerland. One hotel owner said he pays his employees – regular ... Read more >
SWITZERLAND | Tuesday, 19 Nov 2013 | Views [629]
We haven't seen much of the sun lately and the 400 km drive to Bern was wet and dreary. Bern, however, was wonderful; cold and wet for sure, but charming just the same. On a sunny day it would be truly spectacular with the trees dressed in ... Read more >
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