Germany – always worth a trip
Business and congress tourism is of outstanding importance; Germany is the most important international trade fair location with several world-leading trade fairs: Caravan Salon Düsseldorf, CMT Stuttgart, etc. The Internationale Tourism-Börse Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Germany also has the highest density of festivals like Wacken, Rock am Ring,
Outstanding sights: Sanssouci Castle - Brandenburg Gate - Cologne Cathedral - Saxon Switzerland National Park - Wadden Sea - Hamburg Harbor - Brocken - Old Town of Hameln - Externsteine - Wartburg - Neuschwanstein Castle - Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Königsee in Berchtesgadener Land - Old town of Bamberg - Imperial castle in Nuremberg - Mainau Island in Lake Constance - Lichtenstein Castle - Meersburg - Ulm Minster - etc.
Lindau - more than an island in Lake Constance
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We were again on the road in the Lake Constance region during the Easter days, so we set up a product presentation at the Gitzenweiler Hof campsite, a leisure area not far from the city of Lindau that was very popular during the Easter days.
Night tour through the old town of Nuremberg
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After a strenuous day at the Nuremberg Camping Fair, we were still so fit that we wanted to use the evening hours for a short tour of Nuremberg's old town.
The monastery Church Andechs on top of monastery mountain
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After our extensive exploration of the garden area in front of the Klosterberg with its sculptures and herb beds we made our way up the slope to the monastery hill.
Passau - The Museum Roman Boiotro Castle
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Within our stay at Passau, we wanted to spend some of our limited time exploring Roman trails in Passau, especially since we had heard a lot about Passau's Roman past during our last stay in Regensburg.
Museum Quintana - Romans and Archeology in Künzing
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After our visit to the Roman Museum Boiotro in Passau, we had changed our plans, also due to the cold autumn weather, and because of that we now wanted to visit the Museum Quintana in Künzing too.
Stopover Mainbernheim - The city fortification
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Mainbernheim is located on the medieval "Goldene Straße". The Reichsstraße once connected trading cities such as Brussels in Flanders, Cologne, Frankfurt, Würzburg and Nuremberg to Prague in Bohemia.
History and - Mainbernheim is ready for Christmas too!
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We used our tour through the town of Mainbernheim near Kitzingen not just to explore the medieval fortifications of the city, of course, as well to look at the Christmas customs and Christmas decor, which is found in the windows, at the doors and many facades of the house.
Kitzingen glows - Christmas market and a short history
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In contrast to the past few years, the Christmas market in Kitzingen should be limited to one weekend anymore, but the motto still is "Kitzingen glows", we were interested and still lack of time able to go, so we passed on the old Main bridge on Saturday evening again.
Iphofen - wine landscape and medieval town center
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During a walk through the vineyards of the Schwanberg, we first became aware of Iphofen, then, together with Brita, had visited some wineries and the local "Vinothek", a very special wine shop, which was followed by a tour of the town through the partial medieval scenery.
Salt production in Bad Kissingen - Graduation Tower
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Salt was extracted in Bad Kissingen for more than 1,000 years - the imposing graduation tower that we were able to visit in the evening still bears witness to this.
950 years Anhausen - tractors in the center of celebrations
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After the first written mentioning of the town Anhausen in the year 1067, the celebrations for the 950th birthday of the place took place, which Lydia and Georg offered us during our stay as a short-trip destination.
Augsburg - interesting Roman finds in Augusta Vindelicorum
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Again we are with our friends Lydia and George in the area of Augsburg for a few days.
From Iphofen to the Nuremberg Christmas Market
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After some compulsory-busy and hectic pre-Christmas days, Brita had taken the afternoon off to drive with us from Iphofen to Nuremberg to the world-wide known Christkindles Market.
ADAC Sachs Franken Classic in Bad Kissingen
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We contacted the organizing team of the annual Sachs-Franken-Classic by email and then arranged to meet the local manager, Rainer Greubel, who is responsible for marketing issues, for the Friday morning during the welcoming ceremony for the arriving participants in Bad Kissingen.
The Franconian Open Air Museum Bad Windsheim
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Our stay in Kitzingen should also lead to a day trip that Brita and her friend Gerda had prepared. It started early in the morning to Bad Windsheim.
Excursion to Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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After yesterday's tour through Kitzingen and Iphofen, we now want to undertake a day tour to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, another medieval town in the Central Franconian district of Ansbach, which is now visited in large numbers by tourists from the Far East due to its historic old town and the well-preserved city wall will.
Wassertrüdingen, a small town in Middle Franconia
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The interesting offer of a house to be restored in Wassertrüdingen from the 17th century with a detailed description of the “life cycle” of the house brought us to the medieval town of Wassertrüdingen.
Nuremberg Christmas Market - Corona closed it down
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Christmas time is coming but due to Corona most of the wellknown Christmas Market are closed. So this is a short story from the past. After some busy and hectic days in the run-up to Christmas, Brita had taken the afternoon off to drive with us from Iphofen to Nuremberg to the Christkindlesmarkt.
Short city trip to Passau - the town shows signs of autumn
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We had already completed the already mentioned visit of our main sponsor and supporter Fendt-Caravan within the project "A journey of Intimacy and Culture along the Roman Roads" due to the upcoming TUV appointment and the gas prove of the project caravan, and fixed further intermediate targets for the return journey to the south.
Water cures in the spa of Bad Camberg
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Bad Camberg is the heart of the Goldener Grund, the second largest city in the Limburg-Weilburg district and the oldest Kneipp spa in Hesse.