Heidelberg Castle was turned from a mighty fortress into a ruin because of the hubris of Frederick V, the “Winter King”, who became king of Bohemia over the advice of many (including ...

This castle is one of several in the Rhine River Gorge in Germany. The gorge is the narrowest spot alone the waterway and an area filled with castles like this one that ...

Rüdesheim is a beautiful little town along the Rhine river in Germany. This is one of the wineries in the area. Odds are that the vines are for white wine as 90% ...

This mural is part of the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany. This section of the Berlin Wall was preserved and turned into an art exhibit. This mural shows a ...

If you are ever asked what is the longest art gallery in the world guess the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery. This art exhibit was created for the 20 year anniversary of ...

I admit, for a 23-year-old, my travel life so far has been weird. I never did the backpacking thing. Family holidays were vetoed in my teens. In fact, the majority of my ...

In the ground at Bebelplatz, which is a central square in Berlin by the opera house, is a curious site. There is a window that looks down on a room with empty ...

I talk about my recent trip to Berlin and Prague in December. This trip was just after the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and 20 years after ...

If you don’t remember the Trabi (or Trabant), it was a car manufactured in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It tended to belch smoke and was comically small. ...

This is the famous Checkpoint Charlie (behind the festive tree) that used to be the gateway from East Berlin to the American Sector of West Berlin. It is not the real checkpoint ...