Red-tiled roofs on crooked half-timbered houses. Horse carriages that clippity-clop over the cobblestone streets. Stone walls studded with 42 towers. This is Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a Medieval town that looks like it could be straight out of a movie. I imagine that the town is enchanting any time of the year, but with Christmas […]
Feeling Like a Kid Again at Nuremberg Toy Museum
Christmas and Santa seems to bring out the kid in all of us this time of the year. So when I was perusing the list of the thirty-some museums we could visit in Nuremberg and spotted the Nuremberg Toy Museum, I just had to go! I’m a child of the ’80s and my Christmas wishlist […]
Car Lover’s Guide to Germany
Germany is famous for its Autobahns being some of the few public roads in the world without speed limits. Mercedes, Porsche, and BMWs zip right down the Autobahn and bring out the race car driver in just about anyone (especially Tim, but Honey, the Honda is NOT going to win). And if racing that Porsche […]
10 Must See Gardens in Europe
It’s #FriFotos again on Twitter. What is #FriFotos all about? Each Friday a popular themed photo sharing hashtag called #FriFotos takes over the Twitterverse. It’s really fun to participate in and you don’t need to be a blogger to take part. This week’s theme is gardens, so just tweet your best garden photos and be […]
12 Spectacular Rooms With a View
Rooms with a view are ones you want to hang out spending time in. Think dreamy over water bungalows you can dive right in to the ocean from and stunning castles surrounded by dreamy countryside. We’ve certainly stayed in our share, and we’re always searching for more spectacular rooms with a view. But for now, […]
Race Car Driver for a Day at Nurburgring
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I am a car fanatic. Last fall I was able to visit the Paris Auto Show and fell in love with the Subaru BRZ. For those of you who don’t know, the car was a joint effort by both Toyota and Subaru. In Europe it’s called the […]
Flying High at the Sinsheim Car and Technology Museum
I was driving back to Italy last week and drove by a museum in Sinsheim, Germany and was immediately interested when they had a Concorde on the roof of it. It just happened I was headed back to Germany the next week, so I made a point to plan my drive up so I could […]
A Humbling Visit to Dachau Concentration Camp
We’ve driven by the sign for Dachau Concentration Camp numerous time over the four years we’ve lived in Europe. Usually we are on the way to and from somewhere when the camp is closed. Well, I made a point this trip to plan my day so I could visit Dachau. All was going well this […]
Beer Bike Berlin
Have you ever wanted to drink and be able to drive around? Then beer bike Berlin! And good news – beer biking in Berlin is even legal. We had a few days in Berlin and were also celebrating Jennifer’s birthday, so we were looking for something fun and different to do. We came across Beer […]
Chocolate Heaven at Fassbender & Rausch
The phrase “Berlin’s best hot chocolate” had us hopping on the metro and in search of the world’s largest chocolate store. Fassbender & Rausch is Berlin’s oldest chocolate shop; Heinrich Fassbender first opened a chocolate store in 1863. Wilhelm Rausch followed, opening his own very successful shop in 1918, and in 1999 these two master […]
