Travis and I have explored a fair amount of Germany in the last five years, yet we hadn’t been to the North Sea coast until this summer. When my birthday rolled around, we debated going to Malta or Cyprus, but...
Everyone’s heard of Frankenstein, right? Even those who haven’t read Mary Shelley’s book are familiar with the basic storyline of Victor Frankenstein – an eccentric scientist who creates a lumbering, malformed humanoid patched together with recycled body parts. At the...
Ok, we get it. Some of you loyal readers are perhaps getting a bit tired of seeing our posts about one German castle after another. But we ask you to bear with us for one more castle – just one...
The hilltop ramparts of Königstein Fortress are so large and impregnable, it’s said that no enemy has ever dared attack. Founded during the 13th century in what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia, the site sprawls across a 240-meter tall...
Germany has over 20,000 castles. If that seems a bit crazy to you, you’re not alone! While we won’t be able to visit all of them while we live in Germany, we definitely have a list of ones that are...
The only fault one could possibly find with German castles is that there are just so many of them. It’s difficult to decide which ones to visit and which ones to skip. While last year we celebrated my birthday in Lucerne...
Raise your hand if you can point to Luxembourg on a map. Europeans, put your hands down. Ok, who’s left? Don’t feel bad, Luxembourg – most Americans can’t point to Rhode Island on a map either. It’s simply a fact...
