Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel Bad Kissingen

... in it with 4 kitchens but no bathroom! Evidently people only washed about once a year, including their clothes and instead wore a lot of perfume. I think unfortunately some Europeans still cling to this tradition. Thankfully I am not here in the summer!<br><br>It has the largest fresco in the world, painted by Tiepolo, which depicts the four continents. America was shown riding an alligator and had no culture, no ...

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 ...

... down. I wish we'd had more time in each city to explore, but at the same time I'm of course looking forward to Italy, and then coming home to see my family again. Thank goodness I'm here with people that make me feel more at home. I still wish Paige were here, though. Traveling isn't the same without her.<br><br>So, back in Munich. Finished reservations, ate too much food. Theme of the trip so far. Then we walked back to Marienplatz, where we spent much of our time in ...

... nearly straight away for a guided tour up to the Bishops palace.  We are all saying, another ABC (another beautiful church or another bloody church) I can&#8217;t believe how much money these people must have spent on their castles and palaces when there were starving people in the street.  Everything is paved with gold.  The gardens were just awesome and we spent quite sometime outside before ...

... day because the charter airline flies home from London on Saturday (and from Frankfurt on Sunday), and the London flight also leaves early in the day. The Frankfurt flight leaves at 19:00, so I've got all day tomorrow to go see Koln. It's almost like I've gained an extra three days just by flying home from here instead of London. Thinking about those three extra days that I had made me feel a bit better about leaving tomorrow - sigh ... my last night in Europe ...

... 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 ...