Tag Archives: Germany
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Alfa Adventures

We are going to call this an Italian adventure in Germany on the way to France. We set off to Metz about 2 hours later than we though but we got going at a really good pace, at least initially so we were not worried. We knew that there would be some traffic just outside  Hockenheim because […]

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Way Home

It is hard to capture the beauty of this road from a moving car.  The views are simply breathtaking and spectacular, and I think for this reason alone we prefer to drive to these destinations.  Tuscany is gorgeous, with its golden hills and winding roads, cypresses and vineyards and villas and towns perched on the top of […]

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Calm

After less than a stellar day behind the wheel yesterday today we are back to travelling on foot  – true and tested.  It looks like there might be a thunderstorm later on today so we are getting out for gelato early.  These are some of the beautiful homes on the same street where we live, […]

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Tiergarten

Today we had 3 entertainment options on the table.  City Park which we still have not been to, inside tour of the Imperial Castle or the Nuremberg Zoo, overwhelmingly the kids decided on the Zoo.  The Zoo is located in Nuremberg Reichswald, which is an old imperial oak forest, southeast of the old town. With an area […]

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Experiences

Earlier this week it was no flight for you!  Today an earthquake.  Technically, I think it was a tremor but since we never experienced one we are calling it an earthquake. Boris and Evelina were getting ready to go to the old town while we were sitting and relaxing like we do most of the days, […]

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Arabian Nights

Sandy beach and a 5 start hotel in Abu Dhabi!  Check Tickets and transfers – Check Suitcases, swim shorts and sun block  packed – Check Train tickets to Munich and back – Check No line up at the business class check in at Etihad Airlines – check …but the computer says NO to the passport  requirements ! […]

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Walhalla

And now for something completely different.  The Walhalla is a hall of fame that honors laudable and distinguished people, famous personalities in German history – politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue.  The hall is housed in a neo-classical building above the Danube River, east of Regensburg and is based on the Pantheon […]

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The Big Three

It is hot.  It is 33C and on the cobbles in the old town it is even hotter.  It feels like we are walking on a frying pan.  Seeking shade and some reprieve from the heat wave instead of exploring the old town we decided to revisit the three big churches in Nuremberg.  The beauty of these […]

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St Mary’s Chapel

After the last church we sat down to relax and have a coffee.  No more than 100m from the coffee shop is the main market place and another church.  A towering gothic building done in red and white is St Mary’s Chapel or Marienkapelle Church and the Baroque facade of the Falkenhaus. The former home of a wealthy citizen, today the Falkenhaus […]

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Würzburg Cathedral

The present cathedral, built from 1040 onwards by Bishop Bruno of Würzburg, reckoned to be the fourth largest Romanesque basilica in Germany, is the third church on the site: the previous two, built in about 787 and 855, were respectively destroyed and severely damaged by fire. After Bruno’s accidental death in 1045, his successor Adalbero […]

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