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Schloss Moritz is another gem from the former East Germany waiting for your discovery, just outside Meisen. Leave a Comment
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Wander the cobbled stone streets of Quedlingburg and enjoy some of the narrowest of half-timbered houses. In the former East German district of Saxony-Anhalt. Leave a Comment
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I spotted a trainload of tanks or 'panzers' somewhere between Munich and Nuremberg and took a quick photo. Leave a Comment
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The Surf World Cup for the world championship in windsurfing, is the sports highlight of the year, and takes place at the end of September.
Another great attraction is the 7 km long beautiful white sand beach where the kids can run and play and the grown-ups relax in a canopied beach chair.
For the sports enthusiast there is surfing, tennis, bowling and miniature golf, an well as the 'Sylter Welle' which promises the ultimate in bathing delights and relaxation! Leave a Comment
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With its 200 km network of roads along dikes, dunes and fields, hikers and bicyclists will find Sylt the optimal setting for their excursions in the iodine rich, nearly pollution- free air. Just wait until you see the reed-thatched homes grouped about the village church, in a place that seems forgotten by time! Here on our island the harmony of nature suffuses the whole being and restores the soul. Leave a Comment
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Off the Beaten Path:
When you have more time in Hamburg during the summer you should make a weekend or daytrip to the island Sylt in the northern sea. I used to do this with friends nearly every summer at least once. The German Railway has a 'weekend tickets' for 35,- DM that you can use with more than one person ( I think max is 5 people, so everyone 5,- DM) and the train takes ~3 hours one way.
You arrive in Sylt 10 minutes walk from the beach and you have time to swim in the sometimes huge waves and lay on the beach or what we used to do is rent a Strandkorb 'Beach-Basket' so that you are protected from the sometimes strong wind. (See the picture below) We have lots to eat for a picknick and I always enjoy these days very much. Leave a Comment
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This little village,Ober Kollnbach, would be missed by most visitors. It is near Landshut and has a wonderful small hotel. Gasthaus Lehner. Owned and operated by Herr and Frau Lehner. She prepares great food and he is liable to beat you at the game of pool.No tourist traps here. Just great people and relaxation. Walk to an Abbey too.Oberkollnbach is not on any map I have seen of Germany,so you may have to contact me if you want to go there. It is really 'off the beaten path.'
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Zwiesel. A very small town not too far from the Czech. Rep. border. The hotel was first class, and the restaurant fabulous. Rather expensive, but with every luxory.
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The traditional and ancient form of Fasnet (which would be wrongly translated with 'carnival') is something that has nearly died out even in the Southwest, where it originated. You can still experience it in some small towns in the Black Forest or Schwäbische Alb.
It lasts only 2 - 3 days, depending on the town. The date varies with the full moon - it starts always on sunday or monday seven weeks before Easter and lasts until tuesday midnight.
A good place to see it could be Rottweil or Oberndorf, both on the Stuttgart-Singen train southwest of Stuttgart. Note: You'll have to get up early for the main events start usually on monday morning at 7 or 8 o'clock...
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Close to Neuschwanstein is the town of Fuessen. It has a genuinely old castle overlooking the town. It is fun and much less crowded than the castles at Schwangau.
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