It Finally Happened
After almost two weeks of cold, wet, snow and rainy days, yesterday it finally happened. The rain dried up, the sun came out, the birds were particularly chirpy and although there was still a nip in the air, there was definitely a feeling of Spring. All around us on the camping park, campers emerged from […]
Next Stop Mannheim
For more than 20 years all I have seen or known of Mannheim has been as a stop on my train route to the airport in Frankfurt. A university city at the confluence of the Neckar and Rhine rivers, Mannheim is a large multi-cultural city with a long and rich history going back to the […]
The Expected and Unexpected
After our first cosy night in Tigín and a lazy Sunday morning breakfast, we set out to explore the nearby area of Wildbad and along the Tauber River. After an earthquake in 1356 a spring gushed up from below what was then a hospital and the area became a Spa Complex, with the sulphur rich […]
We did it!
We did it, we survived our first nights in Tigín. Today finds us in the beautiful medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Located in the middle of Southern German on the picturesque Romantic Road. Rothenburg ob der Tauber which means “Red castles above the Tauber” is situated on the Tauber river and one of […]
Acknowledging the Overwhelm
In the scheme of real world problems my being overwhelmed at moving into my new camper van seems trivial, but these feelings are real and should be acknowledged. Although I have spent a large portion of my adult life traveling, adventuring and exploring, I crave routine and the familiar. Transitions have always been a stress […]
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