Category Archives: Europe

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 →

We ate brunch at a small crepes place on the cathedral plaza. It can be seen on the left in the photo below, just this side of the shop with the white canopy. I ordered one with ham, cheese, egg, … Continue reading →

On Monday morning, we went to Strasbourg. We crossed into France halfway across the bridge over the Rhine River. There was no customs station, and in fact no border presence at all except for a small sign on the railing … Continue reading →