Well here we are, our last day in Europe for this trip. We spent most of the day in Berlin then trained to Frankfurt, slept there and flew back to the US in the morning. We started our day by walking to the spy museum and spending a couple hours there. We then ate one…

Today we had a tour guide meet us at our hotel and show us all around town. We went to Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Berlin Wall Memorial, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the site of Hitler’s bunker (which is a parking lot now). Our guide Jan was very informative, had several…

We had the morning in Prague before catching a train to Berlin. We spent the time strolling, walked in some gardens, the kids played in a park. Just enjoyed our last few hours in Prague (away from crowds). Then as we were walking by McDonald’s, the kids saw that they had Grimace shakes…which is something…

We started our day exploring the Prague Castle and all the sights around it – towers and churches…strolled through some gardens, passed an impromptu parade and finished our time in Prague off with by taking in Swan Lake. The only thing without a crowd was Swan Lake. We finished tonight again with the highlight of…

Today we traveled from Vienna to Prague. After dropping off our luggage, we went out to explore the old town. Prague is full of churches and towers, very pretty. But also very crowded and touristy, not quite the same appeal/romantic beauty as Vienna. While we did get to watch a hobo throw his bag to…

Today we explored all around the old town of Vienna. It is very big and well maintained. Lots of nice shops. The old buildings are still very well maintained. All in all – I would say, even though Vienna is a pretty big city, it’s really nice. We went to the Hofburg Palace where the…

Today we traveled from Salzburg to Vienna. Dropped our luggage at the hotel and headed to Schonbrunn Palace. The Estate is huge!! Along with the enormous palace, they have the one of the biggest gardens we have ever seen. A whole zoo is in there (oldest in the world). A children’s museum, normal garden stuff…

Today we woke up to sunny skies and took advantage!! We walked all around the old town again this morning, a new take in the warm sun. We stopped in a few old churches. Most notably, we took in an organ concert at the Cathedral of Salzburg. We stopped by the oldest bakery in Salzburg…

Today we traveled from Munich to Salzburg, a pretty easy train ride. When we got here…it was raining…big shock…I know. We are getting used to managing in the rain. After we got into town, we dropped our luggage at the hotel and went out to explore with our umbrellas. We walked through Mirabell Gardens where…

Today we were part of a tour group that took us to (mad) King Ludwig II’s infamous castle (the one Disney modeled his after). After hearing the whole story, I am not so sure he was mad, more just a guy that wanted to build (several) extravagant castles far away from people and be left…