Encouraging women to try adventurous travel
The Residenz Munich is a enormous palace complex, which served as the home of the Bavarian kings for over four centuries. As a visitor today, you can visit 130 rooms and marvel at the variety of decoration styles and general opulence exuded. You will see …
When searching for accommodations on Airbnb in Munich, I clicked on over to the Airbnb experiences and discovered an “experience” to Learn How to Bake Apple Strudel. I could not have picked a more darling mini-class, where we learned to bake this traditional Bavarian/Austrian dessert. …
Once serving as the capital of Bavaria, Munich blends its history of beer in lederhosen and drindls with a cosmopolitan city. With a little searching you can enjoy both by having a beer at the Hofbräuhaus, walking over to a royal palace, then jump on …
Nymphenburg Palace is much more than a summer home for the royal Wittelsbach. It is an expansive palace and garden that has stylistically changed during the 17th-19th centuries. Once a palace surrounded by countryside, Nymphenburg is now surrounded by careful English garden which becomes more …
“While in Germany, one must visit a biergarten.” The phrase should be set in stone because the biergarten is such wonderful piece of German culture. A biergarten or beer garden is an outdoor area with tables, where you can enjoy a beer and some food …
Visiting Dachau Concentration Camp was an emotional experience. It was not an exciting, thrilling, or beautiful location like everything else we did in Southern Germany, but it felt necessary. It felt necessary to recognize the effects of war and what people are capable of doing …
It can be tough to decide which small town to stay in when visiting the castles, Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau. We opted for Füssen and were not disappointed! The size of the town is small, cute, and walk-able, but big enough to have a variety of …
Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau are the most castle-looking castles I have ever seen. Well, that is beyond the Disneyland castle, which Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for. I am not the first to compare not only the castles, but also the crowds to Disneyland and I won’t …
We headed to Garmisch-Partenkirchen with the hopes of paragliding, but with back-up plans to hike or explore. The stars must have aligned because everything worked out and I’ll come right out and say it: Paragliding Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany was incredible. For the following couple days, …
After the exhilaration of paragliding in the German-Austrian Alps, we needed a slower, relaxing activity. Luckily Eibsee Lake is right outside Garmisch-Partenkirchen and also on our way to Füssen. Eibsee Lake is a gorgeous vibrant blue color and a treat to the eyes. You can …
Schloss Linderhof is unlike Ludwig II’s other castles, specifically in size. But do not let the small stature of this palace dissuade you from making a trip into the German countryside for a visit. The interior is like walking into a Harry Potter camping tent, …
Königssee is technically in Germany, but only about a 45-minute drive outside Salzburg, Austria and we decided to make a day trip to see the beautiful lake. Königssee or the “Kings Lake” is a stunning alpine lake with steep mountainous walls. There are no hiking …