-Left Prague. -Long train ride. Had annoying delay. -Made it to Berlin, sadly, our final stop on this amazing journey through Germany before we return home. -Wandered the Mall of Berlin a bit, and the nearby Potsdamer Christmas market!

(Date of this entry: 12/5/2023) It happens all the time without warning! We saw it lots over our time in Prague in chunks of snow fall off tall buildings. Thankfully nobody we saw has been hit or hurt by it. At least additionally it appears mostly like soft chunks of snow, not hardened ice. I … More Beware of Falling Snow!

And it’s fun trying to figure out what they say. Today was a busy day after getting off to a bit of a late start, we took a Hop-On-Hop-Off bus and our first stop to hop off at was the famous Prague Castle. A large hilltop fortress, (like all the others of course.) We didn’t … More I Can’t Read The Signs

The day started off with a late morning check out from our lovely hotel in Dresden on the way to our next stop. The lovelt city of Prague, in the Czech Republic, which also goes by Czechia. The train ride there was absolutely stunning, as all along the tracks, the landscape along the Elbe was … More Jon’s Journey Through Czechia?

(Original travel date: 12/1/2023) Lots of organizing in the morning and making our way to the train station in the early afternoon for a 5 and a half-hour-long-cross-country-high-speed-train to our next destination. Dresden! Back in Florence on the Elbe. Except this time was a lot, Lot, LOT colder! Snow. Everywhere! And cold, so very, very … More Mostly A Long Travel Day

Yes. Real actual Worms. Yes, Worms. A diet of them. (Original trip date: 11/30/2023) Today was a busy day. It got off to a late start with some bad luck regarding the trains. We left Karsruhe to (on a day-trip) to the small town of Worms, famous for an event known as the Diet of … More A Diet of Worms. Oh, and Mannheim

The city name of Karlsruhe allegedly translates to something along the lines of Charles’ rest/repose/peace. And the city has a nice cozy vibe, especially in the soft snow flurries. The day started with a nice visit to the Karlsruhe Palace, as built in 1715 for Margrave Charles III William of Baden-Durlach. There is little of … More Resting With Karl

There was a just a little final tiny bit of shopping left to do at the Ulm Christmas Market, so my mom and I spent the morning going around checking out the shops, and picking up things we missed from the previous night. This morning: snow! And lots more snow! The whole morning was just … More Walking In A Badisch Wunderland

(Trip date: 11/27/2023) Sadly the Christmas Market in Augsburg was not possible for us to visit as it opened later in the evening, after we would be gone. But we did a little more touring around the city and came to see the Augsburg Cathedral. Per Wikipedia: The Cathedral of Augsburg (German: Dom Mariä Heimsuchung) … More One Tall Church