I’d read that this was THE top activity to do in Rothenburg. A Watchman who has been doing this for over 25 years, took us…
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Visiting Neuschwanstein from Munich is simple! There’s no need to use a tour company and pay someone else to hold your hand to-and-fro when the…
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Neuschwanstein was King Ludwig II’s unfinished dream and the crown jewel of his legacy. The walls, painted from floor to ceiling with scenes from legends…
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Ludwig II has many names. Some call him “The Mad King”—he did manage to spend over 800 years of family fortune on building castles, on top…
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Salzburg is most famous for being the birthplace and home of classical music wizard Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aka the only Mozart you know. It’s also…
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Beer drawn from wooden barrels, stone steins, a “Schmankerlgang” (delicatessen arcade) of food options, and communal seating in a traditional beer hall! Yes, that might…
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Of course one of my most pressing interests in every place we visit is the local cuisine. In Austria, there is Viennese cuisine, the only country…
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Vienna felt like Christmas ever since we arrived (pre-Thanksgiving). In our weeklong stay it only kept getting Christmas-ier and Christmas-ier. And I’m not complaining one…
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Happy Thanksgiving to all! We’re in Vienna, Austria now and surrounded by Christmas decor and Christmas Markets everywhere we look! But with families with strong Thanksgiving…
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John Lennon became a symbol of pacifism and a hero of sorts for young Czechs in the 1980s. After his assassination, an image of him…
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