Blogs from Germany, Europe - page 828

Ok. We’re back on our previously scheduled vacation. What an amazing adventure. As it turned out we missed the last train to Munich from Cologne last night, so we stayed in a “Euro” hotel there. What a beautiful little city. Check out the church that was right outside our door. We had our first authentic German meal at Frueh (Jerry tells me it means “new”). The food and beer was good. As soon as we sat down they plunked 4 beers down on the table. The boys agreed that their first beer tasted like dirty water. (Good.) I thought it tasted like beer, so I had some and then some more. Beer is good. We caught our connection this morning at 6:45 and finally arrived in Munich at Noon. It was very pleasant looking at the ... read more

Lori and Reg's Visit! Europe » Germany » Nürnberg By Wandering Army WifeDecember 22nd 2006MelissaLori and Reg made it here just in time to see the christmas Market! We didn't buy much but we had a good time looking at the shops ect. Jer and I had some gluwine and Reg made us have some brats. It was a pretty fun time even if we did freeze our butts off! We also had fun in our little town, toasting at the little tent! We spent Christmas and New years here in our apartment. I wish I had the pictures of the fireworks but I can't find them. It was amazing the amount of fireworks for such a small town! We had a good time and can't wait for mor... read more

(June 9-June 10, 2006) June 9 We left London late afternoon on Ryan Air. They may be cheap, but very uncomfortable. The airline doesn't fly directly into Düsseldorf, rather into Weeze. The airport is tiny, and as we go through customs and get our airbags, the airport is empty, only a handful of gates, and everything is closed. The person at the information desk, very helpful, was about to leave, and we were lucky enough to get some information from her. An ATM adventure, and an hour bus drive to Düsseldorf later, we were ready to go. We got off the bus, and climbed on the first taxi that stopped. We forgot to look at the map in the bus, and we had no idea where we were compared to the hotel--ends up that there are ... read more

Traveling to Munich through Dachau: The Shadow of Tragedy Cold Day, Warm Car Since last night was an early one to home and bed, we were up bright and early to eat our (free, yay!) breakfast and get on the road. Mike’s new addiction is bread with butter and honey on it, while I’m all about the yogurt with muesli - German granola. I think it’s great . . . Mike grumbles at the loud crunchiness of it (for all that know him well, this makes sense) so early in the morning. Over the last couple of days, it has been getting consistently colder and colder. We’ve been gifted with some great clear, blue sky days, but those days are also the coldest ones. We jumped straight into the car after breakfast and headed out of ... read more

Traveling the Middle of the Romantic Road The Romantic Road…what is it you ask? The Romantic Road is a strip of towns in southern Germany who have joined together their tourist advertising budgets in order to create a powerful force drawing hundreds of thousands of people to the area each year. The “Road,” which is more like a path that uses many roads, starts in south of Frankfurt in Wurzburg and ends south of Munich in Fussen. Between these two points there are many small towns that have that genuine “German” feel. Some of these towns have little to offer more than a few hours walk around town, while others have cathedrals, museums and castles. Rothenberg, where we were last weekend, is one of the bigger Romantic Road towns and therefore warrants at least a ... read more