- Wurzburg and Bamberg
Had a guided tour of Wurzburg and went into the Prince Bishop's Residence Palace. It was beautiful and although we couldn't take photos inside the palace we purchased a couple of postcards. The mirror room was beautiful and Posted by mikey-mich in Mikey & Mich's Scenic Adventure | Oct 4, 2009
- I'm Here!
So this will be my second night in Germany! It has been really cold so far but I think the weather is just finally changing to fall as it has in the NW as well. So my plane finally left Posted by Enschiessl in Oh the places you'll go.. | Oct 2, 2009
- Rhine Gorge (including the Lorelei Rock) and Rudesheim
Last night our Tour Director Marianne sang for us. She was a professional singer for 20 years and so it was a very good show.
RHINE GORGE
This morning I woke up at 5am so that I could be on deck Posted by mikey-mich in Mikey & Mich's Scenic Adventure | Oct 1, 2009
- Cologne (or Koln in German)
This morning we got up around 8am (after partying til late in the night last night). We arrived at Cologne (Koln) at about 12 noon but of course it was lunchtime so we had to eat lunch before getting Posted by mikey-mich in Mikey & Mich's Scenic Adventure | Sep 30, 2009
- Vulkaanid, erinevad liivad, mõni loss, limes ja oppidum
Kui kevadel polnud siia suurt midagi kirjutada, siis nüüd on olukord vastupidi. August ja septembri alguski olid väga palavad - õhutemperatuur kippus ronima üle +30 ja siiani püsib temperatuur +20 juures (vahel ronib ülegi) ning vihm on suhteliselt haruld Posted by ARGOS in Tiibetlased Belgias | Sep 30, 2009
- Munich - History and beer halls
Munich - History and beer halls
Our visit to Munich started after getting off the train from the castles. We were first at the main square and city hall (rathaus in German; Sue often got annoyed that the attractions of Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Sep 12, 2009
- Fussen - Majestic Neuschwanstein Schloss
About 40 minutes train from Munich, the castles of Fussen are spectacular for their size and design, looking exactly as castles should. This area is where the crazy king Ludwig built his castles, the yellow one as his summer Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Sep 11, 2009
- Pottenstein, Germany
Pottenstein is known as "little Switzerland" and is only about one hour from Ansbach. We drove up there around lunch time and had some Radler and pizza at a beer garden. We got to enjoy what w Posted by ErinDriver in Drivers Touring Europe....and Beyond | Sep 27, 2009
- Bacharach, Germany
We arrived yesterday in Bacharach and have had a very interesting time here. Our hotel is built right on top of the original wall for the city and overlooks the 820 mile Rhine River and the railway. Surprisingly Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Sep 27, 2009
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a medieval town on the Tauber River in Germany. It is a major tourist attraction because it is Germany´s best preserved walled-town. It was saved from destruction near the end of the 2nd Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Sep 27, 2009
- Munich, Germany
Our second day in Munich we did a walking tour mostly in the huge pedestrian area of the old town. In the Marienplatz square we saw the ´New Town Hall´ which has the famous clock tower called the Glockenspeil. Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Sep 27, 2009
- Rothenburg der ob Tauber
Rothenburg (on the river tauber) is a medieval city. One of the top 10 largest in the Roman Empire. 12th century was laid siege by a Catholic General for 3 days by his 40,000 troops against the 6,000 city Posted by mikey-mich in Mikey & Mich's Scenic Adventure | Sep 26, 2009
- Munich, Germany
We travelled by train to Munich - this was a relatively short trip of 2.5 hours. In the afternoon we rode a tour bus for an introduction to the city. This was a guided tour and so it Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Sep 24, 2009
- Reutte Austria
Our first day in Austria Leigh and I went shopping for a few essentials and also some non-essentials. I think we were both pretty bored with wearing the same clothes for 5 weeks. We really had quite a Posted by 60somethin in Adventures of Leigh & Sam | Sep 24, 2009
- 4 weeks left...
So, ihr Lieben, in genau einem Monat geht meine Reise gen Südostasien... Damit, der Kontakt nicht nur über StudiVz, Facebook oder Skype läuft (obwohl das eigentlich ausreicht, haha) und alle immer auf dem neuesten Stand sind, habe ich diesen Bog Posted by Twizzler in Fanny in Thailand | Sep 23, 2009
- Beer, Pretzels and Family Castles
Germany, is one of those places that is dear to our hearts and when I say Germany, what I really mean is Bavaria. Bavaria is a state of Germany that is unlike any other part of the country, I’m not Posted by The VBs in The Adventures of Mr & Mrs VB | Sep 23, 2009
- The Black Forrest
Today we went to the Black Forrest region. The Black Forrest region is actually an area 160kms north to south and 65kms east to west, however there are a few very cute towns close to Offenburg that we visited Posted by mikey-mich in Mikey & Mich's Scenic Adventure | Sep 23, 2009
- Ortenburg
We picked up the hire car from Stuttgart airport and headed off to Ortenburg via Offenburg on the Autobahn. After a few wrong turns (thanks to the wrong advice from the Avis lady) we were back on the Autobahn Posted by mikey-mich in Mikey & Mich's Scenic Adventure | Sep 22, 2009
- Worlds Largest Wine Fest - Bad Durkheim
I will start off my saying we are not alcoholics. The worlds largest beer fest and wine fest just happened to be in the same weekend. Bad Durkheim is about 2 hours away in the wine region so Posted by ErinDriver in Drivers Touring Europe....and Beyond | Sep 20, 2009
- Worlds Largest Beer Fest - Oktoberfest
Last year we hit Oktoberfest on the last day and this year we hit opening day. We left the train station at 0530 in order to be to the fair grounds for the opening parade. Crowds gathered to Posted by ErinDriver in Drivers Touring Europe....and Beyond | Sep 19, 2009
- Berlin - so much city, so little time
Berlin was just not meant for this trip -- everything is so far apart, really a city of neighborhoods much like Toronto (but with much more sights) where a lot of time and transport is needed to experience the city Posted by chrisvasil in Overland for 8 Months | Sep 9, 2009
- Munich
Today’s blog covers our 2 days in Munich as we were very tired after our tour of the castles last night.
Sunday 13/9/09
Today was our castle tour. The day was again overcast and rainy but at least we were on Posted by archkim in Kim and Peter's European Adventure | Sep 14, 2009
- Technical issues ;)
Forgot to tell you that my private mobile number (German) does not work here. Please use my Polish one (+48 887 ...). If you want to contact me and do not have this number drop me an email.
Altogether, the telecoms Posted by wedrowycz in My Walkabout | Sep 12, 2009
- Old Friends, New Land and Organized Hitch-hiking
When I looked it up, I found that it would cost 127 Euros to take the train from Berlin to Ramstein. Are you kidding me!? That's bordering 200 USD and it was only about 6 hours away. So the train Posted by triptime in Izzy's Blogsite | Sep 9, 2009
- Busabout experience-Amsterdam to Berlin
Saturday 5/09/09
We left our hotel in Amsterdam on Saturday morning to meet up with the Busabout experience for our journey to Berlin. We arrived to rain clouds overhead and before we had had a chance to get on the bus Posted by archkim in Kim and Peter's European Adventure | Sep 6, 2009