About 30 minutes from Frankfurt is Hessenpark a huge open air museum that has over a hundred buildings that were brought in from all over Hesse and restored. A lot of them have different museum exhibitions in them and some of them are restored to the period from which they came from. There is a … Continue reading Hessenpark Open Air Museum
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
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
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
For my first main exploration of Germany, I was brought here. There is an outdoor market along the edge of the square with the church and other buildings that I honestly have no more knowledge on. From Wikipedia - Marktkirche (English: Market Church) is the main Protestant church in Wiesbaden, the state capital of Hesse, Germany. The neo-Gothic church on the central Schlossplatz (English: Palace … Continue reading Wiesbaden, Germany
