Cleversulzbach, Germany is a dangerous place if you are the mother of a famous German poet. Two such women lie in the village’s tiny graveyard. Elisabeth Schiller, whose son Friedrich wrote “Ode to Joy,” died in 1802 while visiting the village, where her son-in-law was the parish priest. Her gravestone, which just says “Schiller’s mother”, […]
For many travelers, Frankfurt am Main is the initial stop on a European tour, but not a destination in and of itself. The tendency is to swoop in and grab the connecting flight to Venice or buy train tickets for Paris, but don’t give in to impatience! Every city in Europe has charm and history […]
Ludwigsburg is a city of storytelling – and the city’s own story is pretty interesting in its own right. This city of about 87,000 people in Swabia, the southwest region of Baden-Wurttemberg Germany, features a delightful city centre and a gorgeous palace.
Dresden is a city that is rebuilding itself daily. There are so many cranes in the city, each put to work to make Dresden the cultural and artistic mecca it was before World War II and the dramatic firebombing of 1945 that made the city a burned out pile of rubble. Our hotel looks out […]
The medieval Old Town of Regensburg, Germany was fortunate to survive World War II without losing its beautiful architecture, but its beauty was almost lost to “progress”. During the 70s, city leaders wanted to modernize this quaint town and put a highway right through it, but citizens united to preserve and restore Regensburg. They began a huge […]
With over a thousand years of recorded history, Nürnberg ( Nuremberg) has a varied past. From a trade center in the medieval Holy Roman Empire and cultural hub in the German Renaissance to host city of Nazi party rallies in the 1930s and the ensuing War Trials in the 1940s, Nürnberg has many stories to […]
Munich is one of the most charming cities in Germany. Located in the south near the alps, it is the capital of Bavaria and the most visited city in Germany. We enjoyed our visit to Munich and are looking forward to returning. Two days is not enough time to see all there is to see.
You can’t help but love Wurzburg, Germany; we certainly do. It is a small town that is steeped in history and culture that happily sits on the banks of the Main River. Visitors can easily spend at least two days discovering its many charms. This 1300 year old city offers museums, cultural sights, an internationally renowned […]
A visit to Augsburg, Germany takes you back in time. There is evidence of settlements along the Lech and Danube Rivers existing at least seven centuries before the birth of Christ. The Roman city of Aelia Augusta was founded in the First Century, and there are vesitges of this city in Augsburg today. During the […]
Forchheim is a wonderful, tiny town in northern Bavaria, known in the region as “das Tor zur fränkischen Schweiz,” or the gateway to Franconian Switzerland. It is a delightful place to visit for the day while touring the beautiful countryside.