After we had already explored the city of Luxembourg yesterday in sunny weather, the visit of the city of Trier was scheduled for today. Since Trier is only about 30 minutes from Luxembourg and was on our way home, a sightseeing stop was perfect 🙂
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The Federal Republic of Germany is the most populous country in Europe, with more than 82 million inhabitants. The country borders the North Sea and Baltic Sea in the north and the Alps in the south. The capital is Berlin (3.5 million inhabitants), other cities with more than one million inhabitants are Hamburg, Munich and Cologne. Germany is the largest economy in Europe and the fourth largest in the world after the USA, China and Japan. About 4,000 of Germany’s 11,116 municipalities are organized in tourism associations, 310 of which are recognized as spas, seaside resorts and spas. There are 6,135 museums, 366 theatres, 34 leisure and adventure parks, 45,000 tennis courts, 648 golf courses, 190,000 km of hiking trail network, 40,000 km of long-distance cycle paths and holiday and theme trails [Source: Wikipedia]. All this makes Germany one of the seven most visited countries in the world.
Geierlay – The 360 meter long suspension rope bridge (Germany)
Today there is a post where you should be dizzy 😉 After first visiting the beautiful castle Eltz this morning, we drove about 30 kilometers to Mörsdorf, where one of the longest suspension rope bridges of Europe is located.
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In Germany alone there are more than 25,000 castles & castles. But no one knows that at the moment, because the federal states only keep their own statistics. However, this will soon change with a scientific database from the European Burgen Institute (EBI). But one thing is certain: with its unique architecture, its many towers and gables and its picturesque location, Eltz Castle is the epitome of a German knight’s castle for many visitors and is rightly considered one of …
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After our last holidays to the Maldives and Greece, it was time to explore our own homeland. There are still so many beautiful places in Germany that we don’t know yet. And so we decided to go this weekend to the beautiful Westerwald to the wellness hotel Heinz, more precisely to Höhr-Grenzhausen, a small town near Koblenz – right in the middle between Frankfurt and Cologne.
» Read the full blog postHamburg – Warehouse district Speicherstadt & Elbphilharmonie (Germany)
After our stay yesterday on board the AIDAperla for the 1st AIDA Barcamp we woke up today in bright sunshine and enjoyed the very tasty hotel breakfast buffet at the 25hours Hotel Hamburg HafenCity. Our train back to Frankfurt was not supposed to leave until 2.30 pm, so we had a few hours for a little sightseeing in Hamburg. So nothing like going on 🙂
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Before we make our next blogger trip with AIDA to Norway in September, we were invited to the 1st AIDA Barcamp and Blogger meeting on board the AIDAperla in Hamburg. Of course, we were very pleased about this 🙂 It was a task to celebrate the 1st birthday of AIDAperla in Hamburg with other AIDA storytaggers, to spend a creative day together and to exchange ideas.
» Read the full blog postThe Opel-Zoo – A visit of the Zoological Garden in Kronberg (Germany)
On this year’s Good Friday we were greeted in the morning with a blue sky and a lot of sun, so that the idea quickly became clear that we would drive to the nearby Opel Zoo in the Taunus. Even though we live nearby, we have never had a visit to the zoo on the screen or were there for the last time 20 years ago – so a lot of things have changed. And since we also had a …
» Read the full blog postSpeyer – The Museum of Technology & the Speyer Cathedral (Germany)
Sometimes you don’t have to travel far into the distance to discover new things 🙂 And so we came up with the idea of going to the 75-kilometre-wide town of Speyer to visit the local museum and the cathedral. Both were completely new to us.
» Read the full blog postITB Berlin – Once around the world in 2 days (Germany)
This year we should finally go to the ITB travel fair in Berlin. Last year we had already planned to do so, but unfortunately it didn’t work out in time. We were all the more pleased to be part of this year.
» Read the full blog postSpreepark – The abandoned amusement park in Berlin (Germany)
In preparation for the ITB in Berlin, we took a look at our Berlin pictures and found out that we have not yet written a post about the Spreepark, which we visited in October 2013. We would like to make up for this at this point 🙂
» Read the full blog postThe Felsenmeer (Rocky Sea) & the Monastery Lorsch (Germany)
On our day tour through the Odenwald today, we first hiked the fairytale trail in the Obrunn Gorge in the morning and noon, looked at Fürstenau Castle, the Einhardsbasilica and the old town of Michelstadt and then walked a little through the alleys of the old town of Erbach. In the early afternoon we continued towards Lautertal to the rocky sea.
» Read the full blog postTravel Guide for Michelstadt & Erbach in the Odenwald (Germany)
Sometimes you don’t have to travel far to discover something new 🙂 The occasion was a visit that awaited us at the weekend. Of course, one always wants to show its visitors something of the surroundings and since we live almost at the gates of the Odenwald, it was obvious to look at some attractions and sights of the Odenwald. Here you will find such beautiful cities as Michaelstadt or Erbach.
» Read the full blog postPassau – Tourist Attractions, Things to do & Photo spots (Germany)
After a week of Danube cruise with A-ROSA Bella we have arrived safely in Passau. A shuttle bus of the A-ROSA had driven us and other guests from the Danube pier, which was about 45 minutes from Passau, to the main station Passau. Since our train only went back to Frankfurt in the afternoon, we still had enough time to take a closer look at Passau.
» Read the full blog postThe Messel Pit Fossil Site – A window into prehistory (Germany)
Today we made a trip to the Messel pit, which is only about 20 minutes by car from our home in Darmstadt.
» Read the full blog postHamburg – Tourist Attractions, Things to do & Photo spots (Germany)
Since Sandra had lived in Hamburg for a while, we wanted to use this free weekend to explore the Hanseatic city on the Elbe together.
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