The (end of the) Romantische Strasse

And it was worth waiting for… We have reached the south of Germany, with the Alps on the horizon and it’s a beautiful and peaceful area. The weather has been kind and made the drive down through hills, villages and rolling meadows even more special. We started to notice them along the roadside, and then […]

The Romantische Strasse

We have been following Germany’s Romantic Road, a 200 mile tourist route running north/south from Würzburg to Füssen linking medieval towns, villages and castles. From wine regions in the north, it runs through hills and forests down to alpine regions in the south. In the UK we have many towns with old parts intermingled with […]

Forests and farms

We head southwest from the Moselle valley to our next stop in the hamlet of Pfrimmerhof, in the middle of……..well…..nowhere really. It’s a delightfully peaceful site next to a farm, set around a small lake. There a number of numbered walks, and on day two we set out on #3 in beautiful weather, first of […]

Castles and rivers

We continued east from our stay in the beautiful Belgium Ardennes into Luxembourg and headed to the north east town of Vianden. It is famous for its castle which sits on the hilltop overlooking the town and river Our. Germany sits just over the river, and the town is a popular spot at a weekend […]