December 10, 2015 After our super busy trip to Amsterdam and Germany in September, Mr. Strange and I needed a vacation. Two weeks after we returned, we decided to book our first ever cruise for …
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Munich – September 16-19, 2015
Wednesday, September 16 We arrived in Munich following a two hour drive from the Fussen area. The car rental said to return it below the train station, but despite driving in circles around the train …
Continue readingHohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein – September 16, 2015
After breakfast at our hotel in Fussen, we drove to see the castles Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. I had previously reserved our tickets online, so we arrived an hour early, as instructed to pick them up. …
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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 …
Continue readingBaden 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 …
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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, …
Continue readingCologne – September 8-9, 2015
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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Mr. Strange has family in central Germany, so we decided a few years into our relationship to go for a visit. We decided to bookend this trip with a few days in Amsterdam and then …
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