Category: Germany
A Cute Mediavel Village and a New Year’s Fortune
(Southern Germany) After visiting Mägdeberg Castle, our hosts were gracious enough to give us a tour through a nearby medieval village. The town of Engen has been there since at least the 11th Centur... Read More
Afternoon Visit to Mägdeberg Castle
(Singen, Germany) A landscape that I’ve seen often glossed across the pages of travel magazines is a view from Mägdeberg Castle. It’s one of those abstract destinations in the back of the mind th... Read More
Tobogganing in Southern Germany
Grant and I recently tried out Flixbus, a low cost bus transit system in Europe, to visit friends in southern Germany. We booked our trip between Christmas and New Year’s so it was a relatively busy... Read More
Riverfest: A Day on the Liffey
There is something different about being in Dublin during the summer. I’m comparing it to the winter, when we were last here. It seems the city blooms with life and people. For one thing, the street... Read More
Miniature Golfing and Other Adventures in the Black Forest
August 12 – 13, 2016 We woke up near noon, still a little jet-lagged from the Japan flight. J wanted to take me to a nearby town called Tübingen which she said also has a medieval town section ... Read More