Bridal Veil Falls
A sad third-order effect of the massive Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires has been the closure of most of Rocky Mountain National…
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Mountain Lions
It’s something to be sitting inside the house and watch three huge mountain lions walk up the driveway, across the back patio right…
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Settling In
It’s been a long road getting here, but we’re finally settling in. The almighty internet says that the distance between Stuttgart and our…
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Cameron Peak Fire
Fire is like radiation or gossip. It can be used for good, it can be used for bad, but no matter what –…
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Bis Spater Stuttgart
Das ist nicht auf wiedersehen, das ist bis spater! Counting down the last days here in Stuttgart with Colette already gone and nothing…
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Oberstaufen Cows
When you’re in Bavaria, you simply must take cow photos! Why? Because they’re there! And they’re very photogenic. And they’re curious. And the…
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Einodsbach Bavaria
Einodsbach is listed as "the charming little village at the end of the road", so of course we had to go there! A…
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Breitachklamm Gorge
Another Oberstdorf must-do is hiking up the Breitachklamm. A deep gorge that starts flat enough, and quickly becomes tall and narrow. With the…
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Feldhorn Peak
Going up the Feldhorn is something all visitors do. The top of the mountain is the dividing line between Germany and Austria, and…
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Oberstdorf Germany
Big enough to have a train station, but still small enough to have old-world Bavarian charm! Nestled among towering peaks, you can choose…
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Lake Ammersee Germany
Our weekend focused around Lake Ammersee, and with good reason. Train to Augsburg Thursday evening, followed by a train to Landsberg am Lech…
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Herrsching and Andechs Germany
We picked Herrsching to round out our Ammersee weekend for one big reason – the Andechs Monastery biergarten! There are few attractions in…
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Landsberg am Lech Germany
We put Landsberg am Lech on our map strictly because it was a small town between Augsburg and Fussen. And we’re so glad…
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Schloss Favorite
One of the famous landmarks in Ludwigsburg, just north of our place in Stuttgart. The beautiful lush park grounds don’t compensate for the…
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Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival
We just missed this when we arrived in country last year, so it was on our must-do-list this year. There are some seriously…
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Koblenz Germany
Koblenz – the final stop on our Rhine River Cruise. Koblenz gets its name from the Latin word confluentes – the confluence of…
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Rhine River Cruise
A German must-do is a Rhine River cruise! We chose to go northbound from Rudesheim to Koblenz, or at least we thought we…
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Rudesheim Germany
Rudesheim is the launching place for our Rhine River cruise. A charming little (very little) village, worth a quick morning walk-around while waiting…
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Mainz Germany
We had to drop the car off outside Frankfurt, so we figured we would make a weekend of it. We had seen plenty…
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Hitlers Eagles Nest
There is so much darkness around the Nazis and the Third Reich, that Hitler’s Eagles Nest resort ranked very high on our must-do…
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Nationalpark Berchetsgaden
Long on our list, but not easily accessible – Nationalpark Berchetsgaden. Surrounded by towering mountains on three sides, Lake Konigssee (The King’s Lake)…
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