City Partner Hotel Astoria Bad Kissingen

... an Indian, people wearing little clothes, and was shown grilling people's decapitated heads. Of course Europe had plenty of buildings, finely clad people, culture, etc... <br><br>During WW II, on March 16, 1945, Wurzburg was heavily bombed and it pretty much devastated the city. In order to reconstruct the Residence, photos taken by a Nazi officer were used.<br><br>Along with the Residence and a large fortress ...

... thing I did notice were the German "rest stops". Unlike those we know in the US, these are simply pullovers and nothing else. Nothing else except men peeing along the side of the road, in broad daylight. Come on Germany- Let's invest in some restrooms! At least one of those McClean pay ones would be an improvement.

... and felt the need to tell meaningless jokes and teach drinking songs. <br><br>We had local german beer on the return bus trip, you wouldn't see that in the US. <br><br>After dinner we went to the lounge to participate in a trivia game. We lost. No surprises there. The big surprise was a woman who is 77 said she would pole dance and she DID! Hysterical. Who knew this crowd could get so rowdy.

... between Budapest and Amsterdam.<br>We&#8217;re now traveling on the Main River. We&#8217;ve seen many swans and ducks on the river and the hills have many vineyards. After lunch we docked at Wurzburg , another picturesque town with many church spires and a fortress on the hill. The river is crossed by another old stone bridge with large statues of Bishop Princes and saints lining the sides of the bridge.<br><br>

The fourth biggest city in Germany, with over one million inhabitants, Cologne (Köln in German) began life as a Roman colony or colonia (hence its name). Its location on the Rhine, at the heart of Germania, was key to its status as capital of the province. The city became a centre for worship, famous for the legend and cult of Santa Ursula, and built several splendid Romanesque churches, which survive today. <br><br>By the Middle Ages, Cologne was one of ...

... in period style, fancy furniture and ornaments, etc.<br><br>We went down stairs and asked about the castle and were told to go back up to the 'white&#8217; room and join a tour to go into the inner rooms, then once that tour was over we could see the other rooms on our own. Whew! This sounded more like it. There are a few pictures of the rooms and floors.<br><br>We learned that when the war began everything possible to ...

... main point is that a concentration camp is defined by the lack of legal preceedings which lead to someone being interned. It's not a stretch, therefore, to see the connection. Interesting things to think about. <br><br>So after catching the train back to Munich we arrived at the train station and got our last German reservation taken care of. It wasn't difficult, and after this we only have to make two more train reservations. It's very bittersweet that all of this is ...

... down into the wine cellar which is 260 years old.  It was a dark tunnel under the palace lined with barrels of wine and when we came to the end two long table all set up with glasses and 400 candles burning just like old times and we sat down to a wine tasting.  We tasted 3 different wines while we were told of the history and after an hour we left there to walk home to the ship as very happy little ...

... a couple little hallways down towards them, but the only doors led into these little dressing rooms. After walking around for about 20minutes I saw a guy walk in. He was in the same hallway I was and then all of a sudden he was on the other side of the glass. I know it really doesn't make much sense if you're not there, sorry. Anyway, I finally figured out that you had to go into the ...

Drove to Lohr am Main.The town lies on the Main in the Spessart (range) about halfway between Würzburg and Aschaffenburgin Lower Franconia. Lohr lies on the eastern slope of the Spessart at abend in the river Main, which swings here towards the south, formingthe beginning of the Mainviereck ("Main Square" - the southernpart of the ...