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One of the famous landmarks in Ludwigsburg, just north of our place in Stuttgart. The beautiful lush park grounds don’t compensate for the…
Read MoreOne of the famous landmarks in Ludwigsburg, just north of our place in Stuttgart. The beautiful lush park grounds don’t compensate for the…
Read MoreWe just missed this when we arrived in country last year, so it was on our must-do-list this year. There are some seriously…
Read MoreKoblenz – the final stop on our Rhine River Cruise. Koblenz gets its name from the Latin word confluentes – the confluence of…
Read MoreA German must-do is a Rhine River cruise! We chose to go northbound from Rudesheim to Koblenz, or at least we thought we…
Read MoreRudesheim is the launching place for our Rhine River cruise. A charming little (very little) village, worth a quick morning walk-around while waiting…
Read MoreWe had to drop the car off outside Frankfurt, so we figured we would make a weekend of it. We had seen plenty…
Read MoreThere is so much darkness around the Nazis and the Third Reich, that Hitler’s Eagles Nest resort ranked very high on our must-do…
Read MoreLong on our list, but not easily accessible – Nationalpark Berchetsgaden. Surrounded by towering mountains on three sides, Lake Konigssee (The King’s Lake)…
Read MoreA fitting end to our time in Slovenia, Ljubljana fits our idea of a classic European city. From the river running through the…
Read MoreWe had originally planned on spending time along Croatia’s coast, but with COVID closures that was not to be. That ended up being…
Read MoreA quick stop on our trip from Lake Bled to Piran. We knew it would be a short stop, but since it was…
Read MoreA beautiful little wine village in the hills between Lake Bled and Piran on the coast. We had read about this area of…
Read MoreSometimes the quickest way to get from Point A to Point B is to drive your car onto a flatbed train and get…
Read MoreWe knew that Lake Bohinj in Triglav National Park was on our hot list, as we had read that it was a much…
Read MoreFilled with small waterfalls, rapids, and erosion potholes, the Vintgar Gorge is a 1600m long spectacle of nature. With gloomy skies, we loaded…
Read MoreLake Bled is the Tahoe of Europe. Slovenia, and Lake Bled in particular were never on our Go-See-Do list until I heard people…
Read MoreSalzburg is the first stop on our extended Austria-Slovenia holiday. Best known as where Mozart was born, you can visit his geburtshaus (birthplace)…
Read MoreAs with most of Europe’s Great Cities, Prague is simply amazing at night! Multicolor lighting and grandiose architecture create an eye-pleasing display that…
Read MoreA quick drive up a nearby mountain on our way back from Litomysl to Usti nad Orlici provides beautiful views out over the…
Read MoreOn the map, but not much to see. But when there are clearly marked castle ruins then I think it’s worthwhile to make…
Read MoreThere’s Litomysl Czechia, and Litomysl Minnesota. You can probably guess where the residents of the second one came from… Having been to Litomysl…
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