Info Bavaria 14-day Palaces/Castles tickets We were in Bavaira for about a week and planned to visit many of the Bavaria palaces/castles. This 14-day tickets for Family covers 2 adults and kids. The price was 66 Euro (in 2022) for family tickets. Check website for more information and list of covered places. For Wurzburg, Wurzburg […]
Info Rothenburg ob der Tauber is not to be confused with another Rothenburg in Saxony, Germany. It’s a walled city and parking inside the wall is difficult. Our hotel was right outside the wall and had free parking. We were able to easily walk into town from the hotel. We stayed at Gasthof Hotel Bezold. […]
Trip Highlights 2 Countries: Germany, Austria Cities Würzburg Rothenburg ob der Tauber Reutte, Austria (Ehrenberg Castle) Ettal (Linderhof Palace) Garmisch-Partenkirchen Zugspitze (Germany, Austria) Hohenschwangau/Neuschwanstein Dachau München (Munich) Nuremberg Leipzig Berlin Click below or here to view Picture book of Germany trip Day 1 Wurzburg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber Fly to Frankfurt 9:00am Pickup Rental Car 10:00 – […]
Warnemunde is a Baltic cruise port serving cruiser to Berlin and other closer attractions. Instead of Berlin shore excursion, we drive to Schwerin and Lubeck on our own. Lübeck is quite nice an old town. Old-day atmosphere mixes modern shops in great balance. Schwerin Castle is a good stop. We didn’t find interesting things in Restock though. […]
Our Ireland grand tour is a whole Ireland circle route including North Ireland. This clockwise tour starts from Dublin, followed by Glendalough, Cashel, Killarney, Doolin, Clifden, Sligo, Londonderry and Belfast, and eventually goes back Dublin. Sightseeing from Killarney all the way up to Belfast are best among all. There are numerous scenic drives on the west. […]
Bath is a good day-trip from London. We took train to Bath in an easy 1.5 hour commute. Of cause, the top attraction is Roman Bath. The town is cute too with many pig art decors on the street. We stroll around the street slowly with our one-year old baby and have a very lay […]
This is a day-trip from Edinburgh. Top attraction is Stirling Castle. What else did we do there? It has been more than 10 years ago. I can not remember anymore…ORZ. Here are special thanks to a Taiwanese girl we met in the town. She was a solo traveler and walked with us around the town. […]
Without a car, we did a Scottish highland through a local tour company. Although the tour took us all the way to Loch Ness, I felt the itinerary didn’t cover the best of Scotland fully. Definitely I will try self-drive tour next time. Scotland is very scenery. Unfortunately the bus didn’t make a lot of […]
We arrived Edinburgh by train and walked over to our hotel. The town is small that walking tours are easy fits for all major attractions. The town is old that our hotel looks like a castle-like stone house with steep and narrow staircases. Every corner of streets tell the stories of its rich history. Edinburgh […]