One more post from my Neuschwanstein Castle Trip. These are mostly just more shots walking up to the castle, but the main theme for this post is Marienbrücke (Mary’s Bridge, aka Pöllat Bridge). The Bridge gives an excellent view of the castle and a great view of the gorge below. When I first walked on … Continue reading Hohenschwangau/Neuschwanstein Castle/Marienbrücke
Part One - Splitting this one up since it's been so long since I've posted anything. Hopefully there won't be such a large time gap until the next one. Hohenschwangau is at the base of Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwangau Castle. To get to Neuschwanstein Castle you can take a bus, horse drawn carriage or walk. … Continue reading Hohenschwangau/Neuschwanstein Castle
About 4 hours southeast of Frankfurt is this beautiful castle. Neuschwanstein (noy/shvan/stine) Castle. Hey I just learned how to pronounce it correctly while doing my background digging for this post! It also was an inspiration for Walt Disney to build Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland. It is surrounded by the most beautiful country, and I … Continue reading Neuschwanstein Castle
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
