Category: German Adventures

Stumbling Stones are placed in front of homes that were taken from Jewish families who almost always were sent to concentration camps. I was honored to be able to observe the laying of stones for 5 families.

After getting my mountain bike serviced, I was finally ready to take it out for a spin.  I live on a fairly steep hill, so I brought my bike on the train to check out a park downtown near the train station (Schlossgarten).  I had great weather and the park was lovely – best told…

I spent the past weekend in a gorgeous traditional German town, Rothenburg.  I was invited to join my friend Natalie who met her brother and his boyfriend there.  I’d heard great things about this town, and I was not disappointed.  It was a medieval city which still has the surrounding wall.   Because I’m so…

An annual event in Stuttgart and a few other German cities is “Lange Nacht der Museen” or “Long Night at the Museums”, although I kept calling it “Night at the Museum” in hopes that everything would come alive at night.  (Spoiler alert:  no such luck)   On Saturday night, March 25, all museums in Stuttgart and the surrounding…

I am way behind on my travelogues, so I’ll start with an easy one which is mostly pictures. In March 2017, I  went to a conference that was held on a Monday through Friday, but decided to head down a day early to ski on Sunday.  Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a beautiful town in the Alps near the border…