We said goodbye to beautiful Braubach. We were leaving by train and the train station was pretty tiny and pretty empty! We changed trains in Koblenz and got there early enough to catch an earlier train to Koln (Cologne) so that we wouldn’t have quite such a tight connection in Koln. While waiting for the train…
Month: October 2016
On the Rhein to Braubach
The day dawned with lovely blue skies; something we had not seen for about a week and perfect for a cruise on the Rhein! We caught the KD ferry and said good bye to Rudesheim. This part of the Rhein River is known for its castles. We saw one after another, after another. Mike thought…
To the Rhein River
There was a beautiful sunrise in Hasselberg, and we were leaving at dawn. Time for me to go out and get a few pictures first in spite of the cold! Not a big hassle. 😉 We packed up the car and were off. We drove to Mainz (near Frankfurt) where we were returning the rental car….
Second day of the Romantische Stresser Road
Because just one day on the Romantic Road was not enough stress. 😉 We started off the day hopeful that we would not have a repeat of our experiences on the road from the day before. The weather was much better, which was a big improvement! We left the castle by 8.30, just to allow…
The Romantische Strasse
As it turns out, the Romantische Strasse was probably the most unromantic thing we’ve done so far this trip. HA! And yes, there is a story here…. Translated the “romantic road” in English, this is a route that goes through Bavaria, starting in the town of Fussen near the castle Neuschwanstein and ends in Wurzberg. All we…
Neuschwanstein!!!
Yes this place is real and is NOT owned or built by Disney. 😉 This day was rather a special one for me, but more on that later. We drove out of Munich early to avoid the traffic, and enjoyed the early morning sights as we drove. The day was a bit grey to start with, so…
Walking around Munich
We awoke to drizzle in Munich. So we had a late start and went into town on the tram, after a long chat with Sebastian and Jan at the front desk of our hotel. Jan had lived in NZ briefly and was raving about how friendly and nice the people were. 🙂 So we arrived…
“Let’s start at the very beginning”
A very good place to start! The beginning of the day after our Sound of Music tour had much nicer weather, so we hit the streets of Salzburg “at the very beginning”, starting in the Mirabell Palace gardens. This was one of the locations where the famous Do-Re-Mi song was filmed. On these steps in…
The Hills are Alive with the Sound of…
Raining. Yes, raining. This was our first day of rain, and it rained. All day. 🙂 And we had a Sound of Music tour booked. Ha! “Raindrops on roses” we certainly got! Never mind, we didn’t see the hills or mountains, but we had a very amusing tour guide who told us a lot of…
Bound for Austria!
Just as I was getting used to adding an ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘a’ or ‘e’ to every word, we’re leaving Italy and traveling to Austria! No more will I be asking for acqua frizzante, but sprudel wasser. Danke schön. 😉 We are also leaving behind the lovely warm temperatures and heading for temperatures below 10 celsius. We…