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8 Best places to visit in Triberg, Black Forest

Chris — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:14:44 +0000

Triberg in the Black Forest is full of German charm and I'm pleased to say that it lived up to my expectations. Apparently, it is the home to the world's largest cuckoo clock and Germany's highest waterfall.

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Lindau, Bavaria

Chris — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 18:14:41 +0000

Lindau which is a beautiful city on the edge of Lake Constance where the borders of Switzerland, Austria and Germany meet. It’s one of the lake’s most popular resort towns and is known for its scenic beauty and for having one of the prettiest harbours on the Bodensee.

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Bad Tolz: Discovering Bavarian Charm in the Alpine Region

Chris — Thu, 24 May 2018 19:17:44 +0000

The last of the towns we visited in Bad Tolz is a pretty little spa town straddling the Isar River. Its lovely old town has attractive frescoed houses and quaint shops. It’s a busy place to be on the weekends when people flock from Munich to enjoy the towns famous, ultramodern swimming complex, Alpine slide and hiking trips along the river.

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Oberammergau, Bavaria

Chris — Tue, 15 May 2018 18:14:18 +0000

Oberammergau is a picturesque fairytale village in the Bavarian Alps. It has a tradition of painting colourful murals on the facades of the houses, shops and public buildings which are fascinating to look at. All the murals are religious or fairy-tale themed.

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Mittenwald, Bavaria

Chris — Tue, 15 May 2018 17:52:47 +0000

Well, we didn’t think it could get any better but Mittenwald was one of our favourites. Again it's well known for its colourful painted houses, its charming cobbled streets and mountain landscapes.

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Füssen, Germany

Chris — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 23:19:15 +0000

Füssen is at the end of the Romantic Strasse in southern Bavaria (or the beginning if you are travelling in the less usual direction). This 700-year-old city is such a pretty and picturesque little town with the Alps rising behind it and set between two lakes. It’s a great base to visit the nearby castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau.

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Wieskirche in Steingaden & Neuschwanstein Castle

Chris — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:12:04 +0000

The outside reveals nothing of the glorious and striking interior – You are taken aback by the amazing artistry it’s just incredible. The ceiling is fantastic as it is an optical illusion. It appears to be rounded but in fact it is flat.

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Landsberg Am Lech,

Chris — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:39:00 +0000

Landsberg is an attractive old town situated on the banks of the River Lech. We enjoyed walking around the main square.

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Dinkelsbuhl, Nordlingen, Donauworth – Romantic Road

Chris — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:01:19 +0000

Our next stop along the Romantic Road was the very beautiful walled town of Dinkelsbuehl which is about 30 miles south from Rothenburg. Again what makes it special is its wonderful fairy-tale visions of the numerous colourful and historic half-timbered buildings and massive churches.

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Koblenz, Germany

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:22:13 +0000

We had a walk down their two main cobbled streets and watched the cable cars over the Rhine, browsed some of the shops and admired the architecture before cycling back to the motorhome for the evening.

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Heidelberg, Germany

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:12:39 +0000

The old town of Heidelberg is a nice place to stroll around and we had a really lovely day. Its really typical of an old German town with lovely old buildings, cobblestoned streets, large squares with ancient churches, castle ruins on the hill overlooking the city and history around every corner

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Bacharach & Oberwessel, Germany

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:11:19 +0000

We briefly stood in front of the oldest and most famous building the "Altes Haus" (Old House) restaurant and then watched as the classic cars drove past and through the town.

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The Romantic Road, Wurzburg, Germany

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:11:40 +0000

Germany's Romantic road winds through walled towns and picturesque villages. You enter a town through an arched gateway complete with guard towers. Inside the towns and villages, you find gothic cathedrals, half-timbered fachwork houses and beautiful historic hotels. Often, in these towns, you find a medieval festival. Fairytale castles like Neuschwanstein and the Alps complete the charm.

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Trouble in Germany with the water heater

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:25:31 +0000

We woke up Friday morning in Koblenz to find that the water heater was leaking. Every now and again the pump started to work on its own which alerted us to the fact that we had a problem. We found a couple of things stored under the bed were wet so decided to turn the water pump off and Ray checked all the push fit joints which all seemed to be in order.

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Rothenburg, The Romantic Road, Germany

Chris — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 16:28:22 +0000

Sunday morning we moved down to our next stop, the chocolate box, picture-perfect town of Rothenburg. It felt so magical and was like walking in a toy village.

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Cologne, Germany

Chris — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 10:23:07 +0000

Cologne (Koln) is really lovely and the fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich We got a close-up view of the UNESCO-listed cathedral (Dom), which is a very impressive building with its filigree twin spires that dominates the city skyline. You just can’t comprehend the amount of work that went into building this cathedral.

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