Year: 2015

Benedictine monks at the Melk Abbey

Benedictine monks at the Melk Abbey

Melk is a little village with an old town that’s only about two blocks long.  It’s main business is tourism..

Three Rivers at Passau, Germany

Three Rivers at Passau, Germany

Passau is known as the City of Three Rivers because of its location on the Danube as it intersects with..

Regensburg, Germany

Regensburg, Germany

Regensburg is one of the towns that was spared during WWII and received very little damage, with its medieval town..

Nuremberg, Germany

Nuremberg, Germany

The name of this city probably conjures up all kinds of images of goose-stepping Nazis, fanatical party rallies, and the..

Bamberg

Bamberg

Bamberg is one of the few German towns that was not destroyed during WWII.  In 1993, the Old Town was..

Würzburg

Würzburg

Our ship docked this morning directly opposite this spectacular castle on the hill.   Long ago, the Catholic church gathered..

Miltenberg

Miltenberg

We arrived today in a romantic, pretty, little medieval town, paved with smooth grey bricks, and colorful half-timbered houses in..

Koblenz – The Middle Valley Rhine

Koblenz – The Middle Valley Rhine

We arrived in a little city called Koblenz but immediately got on a bus to drive 20 minutes to Braubach..

Cologne, Germany (Köln)

Cologne, Germany (Köln)

Cologne has a special place in my heart because my Uncle Dieter is from this city.  I was very anxious..