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Heidelberg’s Atmospheric Weihnachtsmarkt

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Heidelberg Christmas Market - Market Square

Getting into the mood for the Yuletide Season at Heidelberg Weihnachtsmarkt: It's close to dinnertime when our coach pulls into Heidelberg. It's pitch dark and we're dropped off a little distance from the Christmas market as the coach can't get into the Old Town. It's brrrrh cold...and part of me wants to stay back in the warm coach. We stride quickly to the Old Town Market Square, not because we're in a hurry, but just to keep warm. Once at the Christmas market though, the colourful … [Read more...]

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Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Museum in Rüdesheim

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Siegfried Mechanical Music Museum

Siegfried's has the largest collection of mechanical music boxes: Rüdesheim is a popular stop on any Rhine River cruise and one of the sightseeing attractions in this riverside town is Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet Museum. This is the first museum collection of automated musical instruments in Germany and holds an impressive collection. Siegfried's Mechanical Music Cabinet Museum is housed in Brömserhof which was a noble court built in 1542. Our cheery guide takes us around … [Read more...]

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Travel to Cologne | Rhine River Cruise

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Cologne Cathedral

A city of towering spires: As our riverboat approaches the city of Cologne, the three landmark buildings that stand out boldly from the Rhine River are the towering spires of Cologne Cathedral, the Groß St. Martin and the Rathaus.  We hop into little green and gold trains which at first sight look and feel a little kitsch and touristy, but we soon learn to be thankful for them as the walk from our Rhine River mooring into the city is not a small one. Cologne Cathedral The mini-trains … [Read more...]

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Neuschwanstein fairytale castle

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King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein castle

Mad Ludwig's fairytale Neuschwanstein Schloss: Many people are familiar with the alluring fairytale Castle of Neuschwanstein as it has graced the cover of many travel brochures, been featured in airline advertisements and is the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty Castle.  It is also famous as the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang castle. Set against a picturesque mountain backdrop, on a rugged cliff, Neuschwanstein Castle (Neuschwanstein Schloss) is every child's fantasy of what a castle … [Read more...]

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Rüdesheim on the Rhine

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Rüdesheim, Rhineland's best wine village

A Night of Fireworks and Rheingau wines: Rüdesheim is one of the Rhineland's best known wine villages and has many attractions. This charming village is on the route of many Rhine river cruises and as passengers disgorge from their river boats, they are brought to Drosselgasse where they can stroll along the cobbled-stone streets and take in the village atmosphere, that is if they've not been snared into one of the many wine taverns and beer gardens. Drosselgasse is lined with many taverns … [Read more...]

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River cruises | Rhine river cruise

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Rhine river cruise

Independent Rhine river cruises: River cruises have become a very popular travel alternative these day and is a keen competitor to the coach tour holidays for people who prefer organised holidays. The Rhine is of course one of the the main rivers where river cruises operate as the scenery along the Rhine is simply spectacular.  All the major river cruise companies have boats that ply the Rhine.  From historic castles to beautiful church spires to endless stretches of vineyards, the … [Read more...]

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Oberammergau, Germany

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Oberammergau water-colour facades

Oberammergau's world famous Passion Play: Oberammergau, a small colourful alpine town in Germany is inundated by visitors once every ten years.  This town is world famous for its Passion Play, a play about the "Suffering, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ". Oberammergau began out of a desperate promise that the people made if their village were spared from extinction.  In the middle of the Thirty Years' War from 1618 - 1648 compounded by the plague of 1632 the entire village was … [Read more...]

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Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I (Emperor William)

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Kaiser Wilhelm monument at the Deutsche Ecke, Coblenz

Monument to Kaiser Wilhelm I (Emperor William) at the Deutsche Ecke, Koblenz See our Photos of Kaiser Wilhelm's Monument HERE RIVER CRUISE GUIDE Bank (Moselle) Left KM 592 Rhein Altitude m/ft Population N/A Archbishop Diether von Trier donated a small part of the landed estates of St … [Read more...]

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Travel to Germany

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Reichstag, the German Parliament in Berlin

Germany: a country that's a lot more than Beer, Lederhosen and Cuckoo Clocks! Most people associate travel to Germany with either big modern cities and Mercedes thrashing down autobahns or quaint wood-beamed houses, men in lederhosen and buxom barmaids holding gigantic steins of beer in each hand while cuckoo clocks chime in the background. OK, I'm exaggerating, but sometimes Germany does seem to have a split personality (especially when tourist organisations are involved). Travelling in … [Read more...]

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