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  • TravelerSlovenia and Istria hopefully!
    2
    Day 3

    It's a long drive to get there ay it?

    June 15, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Hi there muckers, Bertie here to tek you through their latest trip, and a whopper it is as well. Lots of miles to stretch me rubbers and wim off to the tunnel as usual. Wow, we bombed down the motorway, got there 2 hours before time, and got put on the earlier train, so them pleased. Exit to France and did a couple of hours stopping at an oss farm for the night in Belgium . Great pitch in a quiet village. Next day onward, using free motorways, topping up with cheap diesel in Luxembourg and into Germany where, again, a peaceful night on a wine farm but a bit of a rainy night. So, five countries so far, potentially another five to go. On we go again to reach the start really of our tour at Fussen and the start of the German Alpine route, we hope to drive to Salzburg in Austria.
    Stopping at a stelplatz in Fussen town (bit of a car park really but handy for a visit tomorrow). Got free bus passes at the park, so he is well happy and cor wait for tomorrow. Two fairy tale castles and a lake here, so lots to see. But rainy, so they am reviewing the route for the next few days.    Read more

  • TravelerTake Me Out to the Ballgame!
    2
    112
    Day 15

    A Rain-out to Remember

    May 30, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 63 °F

    Well, not unexpected, but planned games today were cut short by thunderstorms. We made it as far as the bottom of the 4th inning in the 1st game - just enough to make it an official game with the Atomics losing 4-2. Unfortunate, as Atomics had a real chance to win that game despite the score at the time. And the day started out so nice!

    The second game, which would have been the one that Scott would have pitched in, will apparently be re-scheduled and played at another time. Scott did go 1-3 hitting in the first game and scored the Atomics first run after hitting a 2-out single, then advancing to 2B where he spent a bit of time dancing around and drawing pick-off throws and (I think) getting their pitcher a little rattled, and eventually being plated by a double from the Atomics big hitter.

    I had an enjoyable and relatively brief trudge in the rain back to my hotel where I could start my shoes and clothes to drying and get a hot shower and a nap. Scott rode back to Garching with Stefan.

    Grabbing some dinner as I write this at an Italian place, La Perla, near the hotel; dining al fresco, and by “fresco” I mean chilly. Only outside tables were available as I didn’t have a reservation for an inside table. The restaurant I chose is in appreciation and honor of the Royal Bavarian’s baseball team, as it is a major sponsor of their club as you may notice if you look closely at their uniforms.

    Pix from the field today are attached.

    Tomorrow I make my way to Zurich, my last stop and point of departure back to Honolulu in a couple days.

    And the hard rain has decided to come down again. Brrrrr….    Read more

  • TravelerTake Me Out to the Ballgame!
    11111
    Day 14

    Cows and Swans and a Cat

    May 29, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

    Departed Garching this morning (no sleeping in) after meeting Scott at the Garching Bahnhof. Made our way to Munich Hbf then jumped a regional train and then a bus to eventually arrive on the northern foothills of the Alps in Füssen. Enjoyed seeing the pastoral scenery and many healthy looking dairy cows along the way, not to mention other livestock and a couple free-range swans visible out the train window (they were huge!).

    Dumped bags at the hotel, I did some work and Scott explored, then we headed to Schloss Neuschwanstein via more buses. Did our tour then walked back down from the schloss in the rain to await our final bus of the day back to town. Four separate trains and four (six for me) buses today.

    The castle tour was interesting and though not the very aged medieval type of castle that Scott and I prefer, it was still interesting to see first hand and the surrounding landscape was stunning despite the cloudy and rainy weather. Apparently King Ludwig II had a thing for swans (and knights in search of the holy grail among other things…), so we saw them in the artwork everywhere inside the schloss and in many locations around town.

    Got back to our hotel and swapped out wet socks and shoes for slippers (Scott anyway) and roamed about the town for a place for dinner. Ended up at this medieval-themed restaurant serving up tourist fair, but we got the Bavarian food we wanted. Not much was open at 8:30p on a Wednesday. Scott had this amazing encounter with the restaurant house cat that came over to him for licks and scritches. After a few minutes of that it curled up on a seat pillow and fell asleep next to Scott.

    Just about pau for the night. Grabbing a drink at a hopping place next to our hotel and then on to bed. It’s still game day tomorrow as far as we know though the weather is looking very dodgy still.    Read more

  • WoMo-Trip Italien
    2
    Day 2

    Hopfen am See bei Füssen

    April 2, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    Heute war ein langer Tag…zuerst neue Wohnmobile angeschaut 😅😳, dann einiges eingekauft und dann……herrliche Fahrt über Wiesen, Berg und Tal, klasse Bergpanorama und nun einen superschönen, jedoch etwas teuren Stellplatz, direkt am See⚓️🚤⛴️Read more

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  • JG TRAVELSEuropean road trip
    Day 34

    34. Neuschwanstein

    March 9, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Instead of driving to the car park closest to the castle and paying a hefty parking fee , we decided to park a couple of miles away and cycle to the start of the footpath up to the famous castle . James towed Maddy in her little dog trailer , which is always comical and good fun - James did very well towing Maddy up the hills , considering she is 23 kg !
    The walk up to the castle was very steep , but didn't take nearly as long as what we thought it would . Once at the entrance of the beautiful castle , we discovered that it was only 18 euros each to complete an audio guide of the castle . We were under the impression that it was going to be 50 euros each when researching the night before ! We were absolutely gutted we didn't know this sooner as we couldn't enter the castle with Maddy.
    None the less , we enjoyed walking around the grounds of the majestic castle and stopped off for a picnic before walking back down .
    After all that walking and cycling , we made the decision to drive back to the campsite we had stayed at the previous night so we could shower and chill .
    We spent the evening planning our next moves and decided that we were going to visit the romantic old town of Füssen before going back to Neuschwanstein castle to complete the tour . We had a chicken and veg sir fry in preparation for another active day tomorrow !    Read more

  • TravelerEurope - Fall 2023
    1111
    Day 13

    King's Castles

    October 8, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F

    Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein, "Mad" King Ludwig's famous castles. The first is actually the older one, where he actually grew up. The second is his more famous "fairytale castle project," and was the inspiration for the castle in Sleeping Beauty. Although newer, it was built over the ruins of an older medieval castle (Hohenschwangau was also built on top of an older site). Pics also include famous Mary's Bridge viewpoint (also shown from afar, at the castle) and hike to nearby higher (and less crowded) overlook.Read more

  • TravelerMeer geht immer
    2
    Day 163

    Geocachen

    March 27, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Schon oft habe ich vom Cachen geschrieben. Vielleicht weiß nicht jeder was wir da treiben, deshalb jetzt mal eine kleine Erklärung.
    Irgendjemand versteckt einen Behälter, der ein Logbuch enthält, ihrgend wo auf der Welt und meldet diesen sogenannten Geocache auf www.geocaching.com an.
    Nun kann sich jeder interessierte Geocacher die Beschreibung des Caches und die Koordinaten aus dem Internet herunterladen und mit seinem GPS Navigationsgerät oder Smartphone, mit einer entsprechenden Geocaching App, auf die Suche machen. Hat man die Dose gefunden, trägt man sich in das Logbuch, welches sich im Behälter befindet, ein. Zusätzlich sollte man seinen Fund auch in der Logliste des entsprechenden Geocaches auf www. geocaching.com dokumentieren. Das nennt man loggen.
    So rennen wir also im Wald herum, immer auf der Suche nach versteckten " Schätzen".    Read more

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  • TravelerMeer geht immer
    2
    Day 159

    Gestrandet an der Wertach

    March 23, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C

    Da sich die Coronakriese noch weiter zugespitzt hat und wir unsicher sind, ob das Reisen im WoMo in Deutschland auch eingestellt werden soll, sind wir auf einem Stellplatz in Marktoberdorf stehen geblieben. Hier werden wir mit Strom und Wasser versorgt und können auch entsorgen. Zumindest war das bis gestern so. Dann wurde das Wasser wegen Kälteeinbruch abgestellt.😏 Mal schauen wo wir jetzt Frischwasser bekommen. Die Gegend ist sehr schön. Man kann super spazieren gehen.
    Klopapier gibt es hier aber auch nicht 😥.    Read more

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  • TravelerMeer geht immer
    Day 152

    Flucht nach Deutschland

    March 16, 2020 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Hurra, nach 4 Tagen Autobahn sind wir gesund in der Heimat angekommen. Es war eine ganz schöne Tortur. Zum Glück kamen wir aber super gut voran, denn die Straßen waren wie leergefegt. Abends haben wir uns dann zum Entspannen einen ruhigen Stellplatz in der Nähe der Autobahn gesucht. Über die Grenzen ging es problemlos. In Österreich mußten wir schriftlich erklären im Land nicht anzuhalten und an der Deutschen Grenze gab es ein Schild " Reisen sie aus einem Kriesengebiet ein, halten sie 14 Tage Quarantäne." Ok, machen wir jetzt. Geplant ist eine Allgäuer Rundreise mit überwiegendem Aufenthalt im Wald.🌳🌳🌳Read more

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