Altötting is a famous Catholic pilgrimages site in Bavaria. The compound also puts up a museum about the procedure of […]
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Altötting
Vienna calling; Sissi and Franzl coming home; my castle is my home
After Wolferl recently went home to Salzburg, Austria, Sissi and Franzl decided to pay Sissi’s and Franz Joseph’s former home […]
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Alter Peter Munich
Summer 2017 Sheila insisted to walk up on the tower of the “Alter Peter” (oada Peta, Old Pete) to enjoy […]
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Augsburg Fuggerei
Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (who also indulges in the pleasures of writing traval stories) […]
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Memories of Heidelberg
After our trip along the Rhine River on our way back we also went to iconic Heidelberg to create some […]
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Kaisheim Abbey, Prison
The self-ruling Imperial Abbey Kaisheim was founded 1142 and dissolved during the secularization 1802 under Wittelbacher (later king) Maximilian I. […]
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Canada 1989
Sheila and I went to Canada 1989 (?) before continuing to the USA. We visited friends in Missisauga close to […]
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Croatia Rab
Rab is a very pretty old town in northern Croatia which attracts many tourist. It offers many spectacular views over […]
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Croatia Krk
We stayed in a very nice beach resort hotel of the Valamar group in the pretty old City of Krk […]
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Abbey Münsterschwarzach
Abbey “Münsterschwarzach” in the town of Schwarzach is still a very important Benedictine monastery with connections all over the world. […]
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Cathedral of Bamberg
The Cathedral of Bamberg is part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage of the old, picturesque town of Bamberg. It […]
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Monastery Benediktbeuern
Benediktbeuren was founded as a strategic base at the important pass road “Kesselbergstraße” about 725 a.d. by Karl Martell, a […]
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Cathedral Aachen
Charlemagne, or Charles the Great 742 -814 from the Carolingian dynasty was the leading figure of the early middle ages […]
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Worms, Cathedral, Dragon, Siegfried, Gold, Luther
The “Niebelungenlied” is one of Germanie most important legends and connects Germanies legends with Iceland and other Nordic legends Ragnarök. […]
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Speyerer Dom (Cathedral)
Another important Basilica minor is the Speyerer Cathedral (Dom) which is the biggest cathedral in roman stile (after Cluny was […]
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