Heidelberg – an academic marvel and one of Germany’s cutest historical towns We left Mainz and the Rhineland behind us today, continuing our journey and moving on to Heidelberg, Germany’s best preserved Baroque town. Heidelberg is by far one of the most beautiful towns we’ve seen in Germany […]
Awakened by the sounds of ringing bells in Mainz, city of churches After arriving by boat last night around 8:00pm and lugging our bags the 1.5km from the river-pier to our hotel (being a Saturday, all the taxis in Mainz were apparently too busy last night to pick […]
Having a Rhinely good time! Evening blog fans! We spent most of today cruising up the River Rhine from Koblenz to Mainz, admiring the castles, villages and vineyards of the Rhine Gorge. The cruise from Koblenz to Mainz took 9 hours (despite the towns only being about 100km […]
Exploring Koblenz by foot and by cable car Evening blog fans! We had a great day exploring Koblenz’s historical sites today, and relaxing along the shores of the River Rhine… To help us recover from last night’s birthday celebrations our first stop this morning was a lovely […]
Happy birthday to me! Today is my 37th birthday and what better way to celebrate a birthday in Germany than with beer and schnitzel, right? It’s a terrible cliche, I know, but I can’t believe I’m 37! I certainly don’t feel any older than I did […]
Wandering Soles 