Jun 20, 2012 - Luxembourg City

The purpose of our trip was to visit as much of Germany as we could in a month. However, since we wanted to visit Trier, a small but very historically significant town on the western border of Germany, we decided to visit and stay in Luxembourg for three days with one day for a one hour train trip to Trier. The country of Luxembourg is among the smallest countries in the world at approximately 50 miles from north to south and 40 miles from east to west at its widest point. However, as small as it is, it is both powerful and highly...

Jun 18, 2012 - Heidelberg

After three days in Stuttgart, we headed northwest about 100 miles to Heidelberg. Photo 1,2 Situated on the banks of the river Neckar, Heidelberg is touted as one of Germany’s most beautiful and charming towns. And they are absolutely right! Our expectations were high and they were met. After the town was totally destroyed by the French in the late 17th century, it was subsequently rebuilt in Baroque style. Heidelberg Castle is the town’s “piece de resistance”. HEIDELBERG CITY CENTER HOTEL We stayed at the lovely Heidelberg City Hotel...

May 13, 2012 - Heidelberg

@@@@@@@ BACKGROUND I will write about our experiences in Heidelberg soon, but for some general information, here are some exerts from the Lonely Planet – Germany chapter on Baden-Wurttemburg: Whether you go to Heidelberg to tiptoe in the footsteps of Mark Twain, who quipped about its drunken, duelling fraternities and eulogized its ruptured castle in his 1880 novel A Tramp Abroad; to see the light of William Turner in the Altstadt and the Neckar River; or to crawl the pubs Goethe-style in a quest for enlightenment, this postcard-perfect...

May 6, 2012 - Heidelberg, Germany

We love our campsite right on the Neckar River. We can watch river cruise boats and working barges go by. It was here that we also saw our first remote controlled travel trailer roll itself over to the car hitch to be connected by the owner! At first we all thought the trailer was being pushed but there was no one behind it; amazing! Last night Ivan and I missed a lot of excitement next door in one of our rigs. We heard a lot of talking but not the buzzing or dinging or headlights and turn signals flashing w/o a key in the ignition. Turns...

Nov 28, 2011 - Heidelberg Germany

From Munich we travelled north on the Autobahn where we had to take a quick moment to hit 100mph, and then it was back to normal speeds to Heidelberg, Germany. Finding our Hotel was a bit tricky as it was located on the main pedestrian street which runs the length of Heidelberg but we eventually located it and some close by parking. We stayed in a small hotel located above an Irish pub which wasn't much to look at but the location couldn't be beat. Our first night there happened to be "jam band" night and oddly enough it was amazing! There...

Aug 27, 2011 - Amsterdam to Heidelberg

This morning we left Amsterdam to go to our next stop in Heidelberg, Germany and today was mostly a travel day. First up we stopped at the "Bridge too Far" at Arnhem and took some photos. It is not the original bridge but apparently the 3rd version of it. All the cars on German roads seem to be only 1 or 2 years old and every 2nd one is a BMW! Continued on across the border into Germany and made our way to the town of Boppard where we got on a boat and went for a cruise down the Rhine. We had lunch on the boat, club sandwich for me. The...

Aug 6, 2011 - Dachau and Heidelberg

Sad day today as we leave the Resort and hit the road, but excited about all the new experiences yet to come also the fact that we have been invited by all our new Resort UK friends to call in and see them over the next few weeks, wow exciting ah! We decided as its on the way to call into Dachau Memorial Site, situated in the town of Dachau. It is amazingly sad, there is a Museum, film documentary, 2 reconstructed bunk dorms and many religious monuments at the far end of the huge compound that held over 40,000 in appalling horrid...

Jul 23, 2011 - Leaving homestay family

Today is the last day with the home stay family. Afterwards they will explore Heidelberg, Germany. • Continue your exploration of Heidelberg with a City Quest. You will have the opportunity to discover the University, Old Bridge and historic center of this enchanting town. • Encounter the graceful movements of the impressive birds of prey as you visit a falcon show on the hill above the old town of Heidelberg.

Jun 24, 2011 - Heidelberg

Our day in Heidelberg was wonderful! The weather was finally gorgeous with lots of sunshine! We toured the Heidelberg castle & saw the largest wine barrel in the world, Perkeao's. It holds 56,000 liters of wine! Now, that's what I'm talking about!! We ate lunch at a wonderful restaurant in town. The rouladen & dessert were fabulous! (Although I must say, I think Mark's rouladen is a little better!) Mark's dad shared a story about the last time he was in that restaurant. He was a colonel in Heidelberg serving as the liaison between Tradoc...

Jun 24, 2011 - More of Heidelberg

I had some more pictures of Heidelberg that I thought you might find interesting. I will try to update today as well, but only have 29 minutes of internet left as tomorrow (sigh....) is our last day of our cruise. We have had a wonderful time meeting many great people including Roger & Georgia from the Detroit area who we hope will be friends we keep up with! Others are Buddy & Charlene, Nancy & Jim, Ben (14) & his grandmother Jodi, Ernie & Janine, Dorothy (85), and many more! It has been a wonderful experience, with only 250 on board you...

Mar 4, 2011 - Heidelberg 2

Spent another fun filled day in Heidelberg today. Started the day off visiting USAMRU-E and finishing up with briefings. Also met the ERMC (European Regional Medical Command) PAOs (my counterparts over here) After we finished up the work stuff we headed back downtown. It was a bit cold today so I was on a search for some gloves for a while. Found some at H&M of all places :) After my hands were nice and warm it was time to find some lunch. First place we walked in to felt like a German version of Long John Silvers. I am NOT a fan of seafood...

Mar 3, 2011 - Germany day 1

I wanted to update last night but I was just too tired! It was a long day to say the least. I didn't get much sleep on the plane (which was a lovely flight by the way! It was half empty so everyone had an empty seat next to them! AWESOME!) and they had good movies on the plane, which is probably why I didn't get to sleep. I got in a little early around 6 am and hit the ground running. I picked up my rental car (a freakin German style minivan -No that woulnd't be so bad in the states but over here they cateer to little cars so finding...