Sunday, April 30, 2023 We arrived in Frankfurt on Sunday morning and immediately boarded a train for a 30 minute ride to Mannheim, where we were basing our stay for the Germany portion of the …
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Germany + Austria Itinerary with Kids

It had been several years since our last trip to Germany, and, at almost five, LS was getting old enough to sit (somewhat) on a longer flight, so we decided 2023 was a good year …
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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. …
Continue readingBlack Forest and Bodensee – September 15, 2015

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 …
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, …
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 readingGermany + Amsterdam Itinerary

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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