Category Archives: Germany

  Imperial Crest The Diet Chamber This weekend we went to the Bavarian city of Regensburg.  Regensburg is often overlooked in guidebooks or little attention is given to it.  That’s a shame because this medieval town is one of the … Continue reading →

We celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary on December 21st in Leipzig.  We enjoyed a great German meal and wine in the historic Auerbach’s Keller in downtown Leipzig.  This was our third visit to Leipzig at Christmas time and we enjoy … Continue reading →

While on our late November trip along the Fairy Tale Road, we stopped in Hameln and Bremen to visit the Christmas markets and refresh the memories of our last trip here 15 years ago. Hameln, of course, is where the … Continue reading →

The Brothers Grimm hold a very strong place in German culture.  While they didn’t actually write the fairy tales many of us grew up with, Hansel & Gretel, Snow White, Rapunzel and so on, they did compile these folk tales … Continue reading →

As we’re winding down the year and in the middle of the Christmas mayhem, we’re trying to include as many of the places we visited this year in our blog.  Last month, one of the German cities we visited was … Continue reading →

There are so many places in Germany that get very little mention in guidebooks.  One of these is Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg.  The town actually started in 1715, when the head guy of Baden, or margrave as he was called, ordered … Continue reading →

Germans love festivals!  Throughout the year you can find some kind of festival practically anywhere in this beautiful country.  And we don’t mean just Oktoberfest.  This weekend in Wiesbaden we celebrated Stadtfest or “city festival”, complete with Oom-Pah bands, food, wine, … Continue reading →

Closing out January this year we took a weekend trip to Germany’s oldest city, Trier.  There seems to be a bit of a dispute about whether Trier really is the oldest city in the country.  Worms and Köln also are … Continue reading →

We started out the new year in 2013 with a trip to Berlin to celebrate at the Brandenburg Gate.  We had heard this was the biggest New Year celebration in the world, with about 1 million people crowding the area … Continue reading →