Germany

During our two and a half days in Baden-Baden we did a couple of walks through the town and surrounding area. As a spa town,… Read More »Baden-Baden

Wait, I’ve already done a Blood, Sweat and Tears pun in my Winston Churchill post. Forget that you read this title. Today, we left Baden-Baden… Read More »Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?

Remember the 007 movies where Bond would strip off a wet suit or something revealing an impeccable tuxedo underneath? Then he’d stroll into a casino… Read More »Bond. James Bond.

We made the 26km drive from Vogelsburg to Würzburg in the rain this morning to have a look at the Rezidence, the opulent home of… Read More »Würzburg

Did I mention that we are in Vogelsburg on the banks of the Main River because we want to do a bit of cycling? Yes,… Read More »Cycling in Bavaria

Bzzzzzzt! We’re back in Berlin (not really, but for purposes of this narrative). Specifically in the former American sector of West Berlin at one of… Read More »Tempelhof

As I’ve said before, I’m not a great photographer. I just snap what I see in order to share with you. But every now and… Read More »One, at last!

It was not our first climb up a bell tower, but it was the first time the attendant seemed skeptical that we could make it… Read More »242 Steps of Fun

When my grandfather returned to Kentucky after living in France for two years, friends asked his impressions of life abroad. His reply, “If you’ve seen… Read More »A Difference of Opinion

While in Rheinsberg, we had lunch at a fish restaurant beside the lake. For reasons that no one could explain, local artists have constructed a… Read More »Lunch with the Classics

Let’s have a look at another way that private property was reused by the GDR. The village oh Rheinsberg is best known for Rheinsberg Palace… Read More »A Journey… (cont.)

I first met “little traffic light man” while cycling through the GDR in 1990. He’s the equivalent of the Walk/Don’t Walk signals at home. Amplemann… Read More »Amplemann

It’s easy to think of Germany as a single country. Reunification happened a long time ago, right? Imagine your country forcefully divided, each half operating… Read More »A Journey to the East

You say you’ve dined at the Jules Verne in Paris? They know you by name at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans? You yawn when the… Read More »Livin’ High