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Outside Berlin   Berlin

Outside Berlin, Berlin

 32 Reviews  I'ts a trip to dispair. You can see the quiet within the madness that a concentration camp used to be. The place around looks so peaceful it's hard to believe the horrors that went on in there. Take a... 

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Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp   Munich

Dachau and Dachau Concentration camp, Munich

 22 Reviews  Being a history major, I had been interested in seeing things from the other side. I met up on the bus to the site with a tour guide who was in training and they were trying to gather people for a... 

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Skyscrapers   Frankfurt am Main

Skyscrapers, Frankfurt am Main

 15 Reviews  Here is part of the Frankfurt skyline as seen from another unusual vantage point, namely from the Camberger Bridge, which connects the Gutleut and Gallus discticts by crossing over the railroad tracks... 

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Blankenese   Hamburg

Blankenese, Hamburg

 9 Reviews  Blankenese is a small village in the outskirts of Hamburg and it is well known for lovely villas facing the river Elbe. Rich and wealthy people build their regular residence or summerhouses there. You... 

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Kaiserswerth   Düsseldorf

Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf

 4 Reviews  This old stretcher is quite different to those we know by watching 'Emergency Room' on TV. It was used in 1850 in Diakonissenanstalt Kaiserswerth on the Rhine. I wonder about the cover on top. Was it... 

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Around Stuttgart   Stuttgart

Around Stuttgart, Stuttgart

 7 Reviews  hallo, i live in Germany for a half year and i've been in most of the places in Baden Wurtemberg by now. And i take all my friends who come here just for a weekend to Esslingen. Esslingen is a small... 

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Saxonian Switzerland   Dresden

Saxonian Switzerland, Dresden

 16 Reviews  This is a wonderful side trip to see something not usually found in Germany. The rock formations are about 600 feet above the Elbe river and formed over one million years ago resulting in jagged rocks... 

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Expo Memories   Hannover

Expo Memories, Hannover

 9 Reviews  Mongolia represented itself with a Jurt village. These are big round tents. I entered one and found a photographer and a rack full of Mongolian clothes. There was nobody around save the photographer... 

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Leaving the highway   Koblenz

Leaving the highway, Koblenz

 2 Reviews  Burg Lahneck is in a distance of just 6 km from Koblenz and you will see it already from the highway, when driving along the river Rhine. Lahnstein was built high above the place, where the river LAHN... 

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Castles Around Leipzig   Leipzig

Castles Around Leipzig, Leipzig

 4 Reviews  Just 45km east of Leipzig is the town of Torgau. Torgau is well known for its Elbe-Bridge on which Soviet and Allied troops met the first time in World War Two on April 25th, 1945. But the landmark... 

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Excavation Sites   Mainz

Excavation Sites, Mainz

 3 Reviews  As you can see, the excavation site begins right next to the platform of track 4, where an InterCity Express is going through (without stopping, of course). There is only a wire fence separating the... 

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Things to do   Berlin

Things to do, Berlin

 25 Reviews  The Mauerpark Flea Market is located in Prenzlauer Berg. Vendors vary from artists selling paintings and prints to antique dealers to people selling random junk. This large outdoor Flea Market is... 

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Schloss Neuschwanstein   Munich

Schloss Neuschwanstein, Munich

 16 Reviews  Schloss Neuschwanstein is one of the most beautiful 2nd set of seven wonders of the world. King Ludwig spent the Bavarian empire into bankruptcy to build this and other castles in the proximity area.... 

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Zoos and Parks   Frankfurt am Main

Zoos and Parks, Frankfurt am Main

 15 Reviews  Most cities, especially those associated with big business, tend to emphasize just how green and liveable they really are. I suppose that Frankfurt doesn’t feel that necessary, as I have had a rather... 

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Around St. Pauli and the port   Hamburg

Around St. Pauli and the port, Hamburg

 13 Reviews  In the port of Hamburg you may see and visit one of the largest non-atomic-submarines in the world : the Soviet spy-submarine U-434 ! In times of the cold war it was impossible to even see such... 

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Schloss Benrath   Düsseldorf

Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf

 3 Reviews  We did it as kids in the afternoon, adult-visitors do the same. The Ballet-school is in the big main-building of the Orangerie. The other door leads you to the public librairy if you want to warm up... 

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Outside Stuttgart   Stuttgart

Outside Stuttgart, Stuttgart

 16 Reviews  We could see this big thing on top of a hill that looked like a castle or fortress. So we decided to drive up there. It's a big fortress with a beer garden inside. There are events there all the time.... 

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Meißen   Dresden

Meißen, Dresden

 9 Reviews  This is a very nice place to come and visit, possibly during the off season to avoid all those pesky tourists gawking around and tour buses dropping off their flock. Many shops are around to buy... 

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Burg Eltz   Koblenz

Burg Eltz, Koblenz

 1 Review  Muenster-Maifeld is just a tiny detour on your way to Burg Eltz. It is a lovely little town of maybe 8000 inhabitants that has a lot of interesting half-timbered houses and a church that looks a bit... 

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Hidden Architectural Gems   Leipzig

Hidden Architectural Gems, Leipzig

 6 Reviews  From my room I had a perfect view of the area north of old town that was developed in the late 19th century. In the centre of this area is the Nordplatz, a beautiful square which is dominated by St.... 

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Wiesbaden   Mainz

Wiesbaden, Mainz

 1 Review  when you're in Mainz, don't forget to visit Wiesbaden, the capital of the state of Hessen, as well which lies just on the other side of the Rhine. In my opinion Wiesbaden is even much nicer than... 

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River Spree, Wannsee and Havel Lakes   Berlin

River Spree, Wannsee and Havel Lakes, Berlin

 19 Reviews   IMPORTANT: Berlin's Higher Administrative Court has ruled on April 3, 2009 that the FIRST PART of the walk (pic 1) IS PRIVATE. Residents will no longer grant the general public access to the lake! ... 

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Locations in the Alps   Munich

Locations in the Alps, Munich

 25 Reviews  About a 2 hour drive south of Munich, in the heart of the Bavarian Alps, is the village of Ettal. The primary attraction is the monastery. While this monastery also brews beer and its famous... 

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Main River   Frankfurt am Main

Main River, Frankfurt am Main

 4 Reviews  Every Saturday from 8-14 is along the Main Riverside at "Museumsufer" Frankfurt's biggest flea market, where you can everything. It's very international flair from Turkey to Russia you find dealers... 

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Outside Hamburg   Hamburg

Outside Hamburg, Hamburg

 11 Reviews  I have been obsessed with the sport of team handball for years. Most Americans have no idea what it is. It is NOT handball as most people know it (bouncing a ball against a wall). It is a very... 

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Tittmoning, where Benedikt XVI spent his childhood

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Tittmoning in Bavaria is a small town, where the pope Bededikt XVI spent a few years of his childhood. The village directly at the border between Bavaria and Austria has a great baroque townsquare and an interesting castle and parts of the medieval townwall and the moat ahead of it can also be seen nowadays.You may combine a visit to Tittmoning with Laufen and Oberndorf bei Salzburg (where Silent Night originated) with Burghausen, the largest castle in Germany, with Braunau in Austria or also with a small village called Fúcking, just in case that you love to go to places with funny names !!

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Mechanisches Musikkabinett in Ruedesheim

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Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett in Ruedesheim is one of the largest collections of automatic music-instruments and musicboxes in Europe. Go inside, even when you will have not enough time to see the museum, the exhibits shown here on my page are shown in the entrance hall, BEFORE you get to the cashier.You will find Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett inside of Broemserhof ,a lovely castle with an interesting half-timbered facade, not far away from the famous Drosselgasse.I did not dare to put in some coins, but I may imagine that most of the machines are still working fine that way, and performances of these musicboxes are also part of every guided tour through the museum. The vintage-car, that you will see in my pics belongs to that museum and you will see it driving around Ruedesheim quite often ! The entry fee is 5,50 Euros and 3 Euros for students and children.Im...

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Burg Lahneck

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Burg Lahneck is a really interesting castle, built high above the place, where the river Lahn flows into the river Rhine.The castle dates back to 1245 and you can visit it with a guided tour only. Tours are daily 10.00a.m. - 05.00 p.m. between easter and end of October.Unfortunately I did not go inside, as for the next tour I would have to have waited 1,5 hours :-((Just a few meters from the castle, you may see a great restaurant with a lovely terrace facing the Rhine-valley and with a great view on castle Kapellen-Stolzenfels, at the other side of the Rhine-valley. There is also a camping-site close to Burg Lahneck.--- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---Lahneck is in the village of Lahnstein, on the right bank of the river Rhine. Lahnstein is about 5km upstream from Koblenz

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an interesting church in Muenster-Maifeld

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Muenster-Maifeld is a small town that I found accidentally when driving from the Mosel-valley to Burg Eltz. The small town has around 8000 inhabitants and you will find a lot of interesting half-timbered houses and a church that looks a bit strange and very un-usual, also inside ! The church-tower looks more like a fortified castle-tower and the church has many great details inside as well, - see my photographs 3-5 . You may enter the church freely and without restrictions during the day, a large parking is next to it and free of charge !--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---Muenster-Maifeld is on the way from Hatzenport in the Mosel-valley to Eltz castle - about 12 km off the river Mosel.

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The main road is running through an old castle

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Kobern-Gondorf is a small village in the Mosel-valley not far from Koblenz and it has some great castles to offer : One of them is in my main photograph, it is called " Schloss von der Leyen " , an old castle, and there was no other way to build a road, than to lead it through the innercourt of the old castle.You may get out of your car and take a look around that castle, it has plenty of great details to be seen.Not far from "Schloss an der Leyen" is another castle, Schloss Liebig (the small pic of my picture-combination). Inside Schloss Liebig you will find one of the best and most exclusive restaurants (Tel.+49 (0)2607-966 90) of the Mosel-valley - click on my link below or take a look at my restaurant-tips for more pics and details !!

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The Schultheis-Haus in Karden-Treis

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Karden-Treis or Treis-Karden is a small village about 25km downstream from Cochem in the Mosel-valley. My favorite building in Karden-Treis is this old building that dates back to the year 1562. At that time it was the seat of the "Schultheis of Kurtrier" Schultheis was an expression for a judge and "Kurtrier" was the old province belonging to the city of Trier.The house is situated next to the trainline and maybe for all the many vibrations every day the foundations of the building sank partly down a bit and you have the feeling the house is falling apart.Karden is situated on the left bank of the river Mosel / Moselle and it has its own train-station and also a bridge across the river to the village of Treis with 2 castle-ruins.see Karden-Treis on the link below !

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Kroev & a wine called N@ckt@rsch

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Kröv is a tiny village at the left bank of the Mosel-valley and it has some great half-timbered houses, BUT mainly it is well known for a funny name for one of its great wines : Kröver N@ckt@rschThere is a little story about that funny name, explained on the bottle :Once upon a time the children of the village went down into the cellar in order to drink some wine ! They were caught, and their n@cked @ss had to pay for it ....a n@cked @ss is a Nacktarsch in GermanThe word @rsch is really very rude, and you certainly should never,never use it !but when you quote the name of the wine and bring it home as a souvenir, everybody is smiling and having fun also because of the funny label !When driving through Kröv you will see many places, where the vintners have windows, where you can taste the wine and buy the bottles of the famous wine (see my 3rd pic)see Kröv here on the map by...

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A museum of coffee-mills in Beilstein / Mosel

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In Beilstein, in the Mosel-valley you may visit an interesting "Museum of Coffee-mills" inside a cafe with the funny name "Cafe Klapperburg". They are showing 366 different coffee-mills made of wood, iron and brass.The collection even includes a tiny mill made for a doll's-houses. The museum is inside the cafe and you may enjoy also some cake and a coffee there.The museum and cafe is open daily 10.00a.m. till 06.30p.m. You have to step up to the 1st floor (USA:2nd floor!) they are also renting some rooms -take a look at their webpage below !Beilstein is a small village on the right bank of the river Mosel - it is situated about 10km upstream from Cochem !

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Automobile Welt Eisenach

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Automobile Welt Eisenach is an interesting and rather new museum about the long tradition of the car-production in Eisenach. The first car was built there in 1899, it was the famous Wartburg-Motorenwagen with 5 HP. More pupolar cars that were built in Eisenach : BMW Dixi, the BMW Roadstar 328. After WW II BMW Eisenach had to change its name into EMW and finally Wartburg became the 2nd most popular car in DDR after the more popular Trabbi.I enjoyed that car-museum very much, one of my favorites was a so called camping-edition of a Wartburg, that was even exported to Great Britain ( my last picture)The museum of Automobile Welt Eisenach is open for visitors Tue-Sun : 11.00a.m. - 05.00p.m.entrance-fee is 3 EurosD-99817 Eisenach - Friedrich-Naumann-Straße 10

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Festung Koenigstein

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Festung Königstein is 29km south of Dresden and you can get there easyly by train or by cruise-ship. Koenigstein is the biggest castle in Europe - with more than 1700 meters of walls surrounding it.The castle was built on the very top of a rather flat mountain above the river Elbe, and it was used as a prison and fortification untill 1922.NO enemy was ever able toget into the castle......BUT in 1848 Sebastian Abratzky was able to climb up one of the steep rocks and get into the castle. His profession was to clean chimneys and so he knew some tricks of climbing.He was set into prison for a few weeks as well...On the castle you may still see plenty of great cannons, like on my picture, you may see the old castle and prison-cells, there are various restaurants and exhibitions about the old times and so you may spend almost the whole day there, when you like to see everything.You may go to...

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