Located on the Danube River in Austria, Vienna is a beautiful and romantic city filled with rich architecture and grand buildings. And did I mention that the coffee is delicious and the schnitzel is spectacular?! For us, Vienna was the last city stop on a two-week vacation through Germany and Austria. We didn’t over plan…
Ever since I was a little girl watching Julie Andrews twirl and sing atop the hills in The Sound of Music, I have wanted to travel to Austria. It’s for this reason that we first started looking at Salzburg as a city we couldn’t miss on our recent trip through Germany and Austria. We didn’t…
On our recent visit to Munich, it was an absolute priority that we took a day trip to see Neuschwanstein Castle in Southwest Bavaria. I’d admired pictures of it for years, after all, it was the castle that inspired Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty castle at Disneyland in California. But although Neuschwanstein Castle looks like something…
I vividly remember first learning about the Holocaust when I was a girl in school. I remember not understanding how and why something that horrific could ever occur. I remember crying as I read the Diary of Anne Frank from start to finish. I wondered how people could treat other people that way. I still…
On our recent trip to Germany, we visited Munich for a few days and were lucky enough to meet a friend of ours who kindly volunteered to take us outside of Munich to go hiking. If you’re an outdoor enthusiast, you’ll find no shortage of activities in the areas surrounding Munich – there are mountains to…
When people think of Munich, the images that might immediately come to mind are men wearing lederhosen, the festival of Oktoberfest, and of course, sausages and beer. And while our recent visit to Munich confirmed all this to be true (thank goodness!), there is so much more to see and do outside of these wonderfully…
Eltz Castle, or Burg Eltz in Germany, is a stunningly beautiful, impeccably-preserved, 850 year-old fairytale-like castle that, upon seeing it for the first time, will make your jaw hit the floor. It’s a masterpiece, and touring it was an absolute highlight for me on our recent trip to Germany. Its also the way you come to…
There are a million and one ways to explore the Rhine River Valley in Germany. Many people opt for a multi-day river cruise, but you can also take the train, the ferry or rent a car. There are so many quaint towns, castles and vineyards in this area, so it can be hard to know…
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