Category Archives: Europe Trip

On our final day in Germany, our plan was to spend the afternoon at a fair in Stuttgart. That meant I had the morning free. My sore throat had kept me awake most of the night, so I very much … Continue reading →

Although we knew it would be sobering, we decided to visit Dachau Concentration Camp. The memorial, which feels huge, only covers maybe a quarter of the war-period footprint of the camp. The rectangle in the far right, with the U-shaped … Continue reading →

We spent Wednesday in and around Munich, about two hours from Boblingen. Before we got on the Autobahn, we stopped at the local McDonald’s. I don’t know what language the guy behind the counter spoke, but it wasn’t English or … Continue reading →

Of course, on a tour of Europe, you have to visit a castle so we headed to one on Tuesday morning. We could see our destination when we were still several miles away. We parked at the bottom of the … Continue reading →

We drove south along the Rhine to Colmar. The city was the hometown of Auguste Bartholdi, the Frenchman who designed the Statue of Liberty. In 2004, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bartholdi’s death, the city erected a quarter-scale, 39′ … Continue reading →