After our adventurous day in Baden Baden, the next day was the start of our southern Germany road trip. We took a bus back to the train station and walked to the car rental agency …
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Baden Baden – September 14, 2015

The train ride from Mannheim to Baden Baden was fairly short: only about 40 minutes. Once we arrived, we took a bus to the city center where we found our hotel, the Rathausglockel. Our hotel …
Continue readingMannheim area – September 9-14, 2015

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Mr. Strange’s maternal grandparents, along with most of his aunts and uncles live in or around the northwest part of Baden-Wurttemburg. We were spending five nights of our trip with them, …
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015 After arriving in Cologne on our train from Amsterdam, we checked into Hotel Lyskirchen. The rooms in the hotel were pretty nice, although it did have one quirky feature: the shower …
Continue readingAmsterdam – September 6-8, 2015

Sunday, September 6 We arrived at the Amsterdam airport, jetlagged but excited, before 8:00 am. We collected our bags and took a bus to our hotel, the Neighbour’s Magnolia, near Vondelpark. After dumping our things …
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