Ringhotel Kissinger Hof Bad Kissingen

... to my hotel. Now I know why they call it LUGgage. After settling into my room, I headed out to take the "Night Watchman Tour". The tour was only an hour, but it was informative and the Watchman was humorous as well. After the tour, I went To Hell, yes that is the restaurant's name, for dinner. FYI, they serve good food in Hell. So the next time someone tells you to "go to Hell", it may very well be a good suggestion!

While going from case to case at the various German hospitals, I had the opportunity to finally see what the Autobahn was all about. Yes, there is no speed limit, but it has plenty of traffic, so it didn't prove to be the speed thrill I had imagined. We did get some RPM's revving every once-in-awhile however.<br><br ...

... century. We had lunch at a quaint Italian restaurant, the owner from Naples. Best food of the trip! <br><br>This town is known for cuckoo clocks and Christmas shops. Everywhere there were beautiful shops and quaint cafes. I would return to this town in a minute. Our guide, Victoria, was enamored with the color orange. "From her head down to her toenails". She was<br>originally from ...

At Bamberg we left the Danube-Main Canal. The canal was completed in 1992 and allows ships to travel from the North Sea to the Black Sea. This connection had been dreamed of since Charlemagne tried digging one in the 8th century. Another attempt was made in the 1800s but the advent of the railroad doomed it. It took 20th century technology to make it possible. The canal itself has 34 locks out of the total of ...

... most important cities in the Holy Roman Empire and in 1248 work began on its mighty cathedral, designed to house the relics of the Three Wise Men. Known as the Dom (pronounced dome), it was once the world&#8217;s tallest building and is arguably still the world&#8217;s greatest Gothic edifice, attracting pilgrims from all over Europe, even though it was not to be completed for another six centuries. It is still Germany&#8217;s most visited attraction. <br>

... removed from the castle was removed and hidden to preserve it. Most items were returned to the castle and the things not returned have been bought over the years at private sales.<br><br>It was very impressive with beautiful tapestries, furniture, fire place screens and woodwork on the doors and floors. Everything has been redone using original techniques as the residence was completely destroyed inside in 1945. Quite an ...

... get a guided tour of the memorial site, since it only cost us 12 euro, which included the train and bus ride there and back. <br><br>Our guide's name was Kevin and he talked too fast and walked even faster. It didn't take away from the experience too much, but next time we're in Munich, later on in life, I'll go visit without a tour to meander as I please and not be rushed by anyone. To the tour's credit, we just barely caught the bus and would have missed the train had ...

From Alices Diary<br>" The day started of nice and relaxed.  We didn't have breakfast until 8.30am, caught up on some washing and sat up on the deck to watch the world go by.  The weather is starting to pick up and we are leaving the rain behind.  At 10.30am happy hour was announced and we went down to the lounge to enjoy smoked sausages with beer and wine and so an hour later everyone was very happy ...

... were going to order multiple beers...they would order dessert at every meal! Getting to lunch was not easy. We could not figure out the map and the roads we were on....we were all half asleep too, but everyone was patient and we worked it out. After lunch, we walked around the DOM (cathedral) for a while. Then, we loaded back in the car and got turned ...

... In Lohr, the river Lohr empties into the Main.Perhaps for its geographical location or the fact that two majorvalleys lead into the interior of the range, the town is known as the"Gateway to the Spessart".<br><br>The Main river valley is steep with an elevation change from 160 m above sea level at Gemünden dropping to ...