Breisach, Germany is a true breath of fresh air. We arrive early in the morning on a crisp and sunny day, immediately venturing off on foot. This town made me…
A sunny May day in Heidelberg, Germany brought with it the opportunity to walk the grounds of the sprawling Heidelberg Castle with a graduate student attending the neighboring Heidelberg University….
A Jewish proverb states, “when schnapps goes in, judgement goes out”. If this is true, there is a serious lapse in judgement going on in Rüdesheim am Rhein, a snappy…
In order for you to fully appreciate my travel report today I must provide a wee bit of a background: I am meant to live in a castle. No really….
I arrived in the charming medieval town of Zons, Germany on a cloudy and cool Monday morning in May. Unfortunately, I barely blinked and this picturesque enclave evaporated as I…
Moving from Amsterdam into the South Holland area of the Netherlands is a major shift in both physical and metaphorical gears. Still buzzing from the fun of Amsterdam, this frolic…
If loving stroopwafels, Gouda cheese and wine is wrong, I don’t want to be right. I traipsed nearly twenty miles on foot through the streets of Amsterdam during my two…
This sunny and warm mid-May day finds me in a land filled with helmet-less cyclists, many of whom are laden with equally bare-headed offspring tied precariously to their handlebars. Forget…
I just returned from a river cruise. My third, in fact. The trip spanned ten days and began in Amsterdam. It ended in Basel, Switzerland. I will take it day…