A Travel Enthusiast's Blog
Pilsen was a quick overnight stop we made after landing at the Prague airport. It is about 1 1/2 hours southwest of Prague. It’s main claim to fame is Pilsner Urquell, the world’s first pale lager We stayed at The Hotel Continental for one night. Very clean hotel a block away from the main square. We had booked a double standard room, but it didn’t look like the one on the website. We just wanted […]
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Gengenbach is a town in Baden-Wurttemberg. It is centrally located in the Black Forest, so many people use the town as a base to explore the region. Die Reichsstadt is a 4 star hotel which is on a side street off the main square. It is nice, and very pretty; however, there are a few things to be mindful of: It is very difficult to find and get to by car. The street signs for the hotel […]
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As much as I enjoyed the other towns, Rothenberg ob der Tauber was, by far, my favorite. For me, it was the most quintessential fairy tale-like town you could have. We stayed at the Hotel Gotsiches Haus, right in the heart of the city. It was a wonderful boutique hotel, that I will gladly stay at again. Rothenburg isn’t a large city. It is a quaint walled city (no cars allowed) with medieval and timber […]
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Nuremberg is about two hours from Munich. Just like with Bamberg, our goal was to get a little taste of the city. A few years before our trip my husband came home from a Baltimore Ravens game and, after he fell asleep, talked about three new friends he made: Edgar, Allen, and Poe. I tease him occasionally about this night, so when I saw that there was a hotel named Drei Raben (in English it […]
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Bamberg is a UNESCO world heritage site, which is one of the many reasons that the city attracts tourists. The area known as “Little Venice” is what caught our attention. It was once a fisherman’s village, and the half-timbered houses that frame the Regnitz River is where the fishermen lived. The area is very lovely. Definitely worth a photo stop. In the pedestrian zone is the Gruner Markt. You can find fresh fruits and […]
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