Monday, December 29th we woke up in Munich, ate breakfast at the hotel, then boarded a train to Nuremberg at around 11AM.  The train we took was the first one to show us a speedometer.  Most of the ride was around 180 km/hr, for a little bit it did reach 250 km/hr. We arrived in Nuremberg around … Continue reading Tour de Germany Day 4 – Munich, Nuremberg →

Sunday, December 28th we spent the day in Munich and Dachau. We had a long list of things we wanted to see in Munich, but decided to start our day by traveling to Dachau concentration camp since we didn’t know how long it would take to see and didn’t want to miss it. Getting to … Continue reading Tour de Germany Day 3 – Munich, Dachau →

Saturday, December 27th  we started the day in Stuttgart, with lots of snow! We hadn’t seen any snow (besides what’s on the mountain peaks) since we left Minnesota, so we were excited.  Little did we know that it would go on to snow for the next four days we were in Germany. Our hotel in … Continue reading Tour de Germany Day 2 – Stuttgart, Ulm, Munich →

From December 26th to January 3rd, Melissa and I went on a train tour all across Germany.  The university where Melissa works was closed from Christmas Eve until January 5th and she wasn’t too deep into her work yet, so we figured it would be a good time for our first big European vacation.  I … Continue reading Tour de Germany Day 1 – Freiburg, Baden-Baden, Stuttgart →

Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noel! With a mix of comfort and homesickness Phil and I attended Christmas Eve mass here. Instead of English, the service was in French, and instead of a small country Lutheran church, we were in a stone, centuries old, Basilica. Despite these differences, the small children still dressed as angels and … Continue reading Joyeux Noël →