Speed There’s almost no subject on my blog that I’ve written about more when we’ve been in Germany than driving. Driving fast. For anyone who has a remote interest in cars and driving, it is well know that Germany is the holy grail of places to drive due to the excellent highway system known as the Autobahns but of course…

Jet Lag We arrived safely in Frankfurt on Friday morning and after picking up our rental car, met our friends and drove to our first stay in the small town of Bad Kreuznach which was about an hour drive from the airport. It’s a small town with nice views of vineyards and our hotel is just on the outskirts of…

Without a doubt, Christmas is my favourite time of year. The music, decorations, getting together with family and friends, I love it all and I look forward to it all year. In fact, it would have to be something pretty special to draw me away from Christmas at home. As it so happens, special happens to be exactly what we…

Awake It's just after 2AM and we have been home in Vancouver for about 12 hours. As of about 20 minutes ago, I'm officially awake. Of course while the clock says 2:21 my body is convinced that it's 9 hours further ahead on German time at 11:21 in the morning. This is all quite normal and as it has been…

The Uniqueness of Bear-leen Several weeks ago I had written about how we were originally only planning on coming to Berlin (properly pronounced bear-leen) for the entire Germany trip. Back then it was going to be a much shorter 8-10 day trip and of course, it expanded into what became close to three weeks.   As of today we have…

Lakefront Views There’s something about the water that draws us. Having waterfront property automatically is more valuable and most of us look forward to going to a beach to get away from it all. We’ve been here in the lakeside town of Konstanz for a few days and we haven’t seen crowds like this in any other part of of…

After spending 8 hours on board the ship we were finally glad to arrive in Köln (Cologne). We were pretty much beat and were looking forward to a good night's sleep to get ready for the next day as we were staying in Köln for a second day (Sunday) before departing on Monday morning with our rental car. As it…

After travelling 9 time zones it’s more than natural that the first day would be pretty rough. We flew into Frankfurt with a stop in Montreal and I’m now more than convinced that doing a non-stop flight from Vancouver to Frankfurt is less preferable. While the travelling time is longer by making the stop, your body is much more appreciative…