After seeing Neuschwanstein Castle and visiting Ulm, we stayed overnight at an Airbnb in Crailsheim. Our accommodation was a little Shepard carriage. This was also situated on site of a little farm. Now the reason I added this post was not because of the peculiar accommodations, or the quaint little area with the animals but … Continue reading Sunrise to Sunset
NO! Nope! Something's not right, Let me think....... Wait, I got it - hold on a second, lets reset. Frankenstein's Castle When Jessica told me to start looking for things to see while I was in Germany I came across Frankenstein's Castle. You know, the castle that was the supposed inspiration for Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. … Continue reading Frankenstein’s Castle
The Neuer Börneplatz memorial in Frankfurt commemorates the Jewish community of Frankfurt that was destroyed in the Holocaust. I can't really do any justice in describing it, as I really had no idea of the full story of what I was photographing until I researched it later. I did a Google search and there are a couple … Continue reading Memorial Neuer Börneplatz
I am trying to break up my posts a little because I took a lot of pictures, and I want to keep people interested. From Wikipedia: The original opera house in Frankfurt is now the Alte Oper (Old Opera), a concert hall and former opera house in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was inaugurated in 1880 but destroyed by bombs in 1944. It … Continue reading Opera House
One of my jaunts around the city took me to the Main Tower, the elevator ride took only 45 seconds to the top - from Wikipedia: Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. It is the only skyscraper in Frankfurt with a public viewing observatory. It is … Continue reading Main Tower – Aerial view of Frankfurt
So after arriving in Cologone and getting off the train the first thing you see when exiting the Hauptbanhof (train station) is the massive Cologne Cathedral. I don't really think I can explain the awe and the breath taking feeling I had seeing this building seemingly right in my face as I walked out into … Continue reading Cologne Cathedral
As I stated in my Rhine River Cruise post I took the train from our last stop to Cologne. It was raining, I was somewhat miserable and I just wanted to get to the airbnb as quick as I could. The next day was wonderful though, the sun was out and I was ready for … Continue reading Cologne, Germany
While in Cologne, I walked across the Hohenzollern Bridge. It is a rail and pedestrian bridge that crosses the Rhine River. It also has thousands of "love locks", where people have decorated or put a loved ones name on a lock and locked it to the bridge and then throw the key into the river. … Continue reading Hohenzollern Bridge
I went on a 4 hour cruise up the Rhine River which started in Mainz and ended in Koblenz. It could have been longer but it was the last day of the season so a few towns were skipped and another boat finished the route, so instead of taking a train to the next stop … Continue reading Rhine River Cruise
Went to this park while I was in Wiesbaden. From Wikipedia - The Schlosspark Biebrich is a park at the Biebrich Castle in Wiesbaden . It extends mainly north of the castle over a length of about 1,200 meters at a width of 300 meters and is traversed by Mosbach . The park was initially designed as a French garden and the area north of the … Continue reading Schlosspark Biebrich
