Those who know me know that I did a TON of research for our trip to Paris! This post will focus on getting to and getting around Paris France. I wanted it to go well and it did…minus Mr. B getting sick, but hey we’re used to rolling with the punches thanks to the military lifestyle 😉 We had 2 days in Paris and the third day was spent at Versailles. I wanted to make sure we could get as much in as [Read more…]
Since Paris is so large with so much to do I’ve broken down my posts into Paris Day 1, Paris Day 2, & Versailles where I share our itinerary and how I planned our trip. Then for some of the larger sites where I have several photos, like Notre Dame, I’ve also given them their own post as well with more pictures and detailed info. This is the first of my Paris posts so keep checking back for the [Read more…]
On our way drive to Paris we decided to make a stop in Metz, France. It’s only 1.5 hours from Spangdahlem and has the gorgeous Saint Etienne Cathedral as well as many other things to see and explore. Note if you plan on seeing the museum, Centre Pompidou-Metz, it is closed on Tuesdays. This is one of the Day Trips listed in the Panther Paws book so I wanted to stop and cross it off the list on the [Read more…]
Saint Etienne Cathedral was built from 1220 to 1552, it has one of the highest Gothic edifices in Europe. I was way more impressed with this cathedral than Saint Martin’s Cathedral (The Dom) in Mainz that everyone says is a must see. While walking through Saint Etienne the enormity of this cathedral from its vaulted ceilings to the endless panes of stained glass left me in awe. Definitely one of [Read more…]
So everyone here has been raving about eating Eis (ice cream) at Eiscafe Dolomiti in Speicher so we had to go try it out. They even offer ‘spaghetti’ ice cream that looks like spaghetti noodles. It’s located at Bahnhofstrasse 3 in Speicher right before City Grill. It’s open daily from 10 am to 10 pm!
Just look for the blue sign, there is also a large ice cream cone outside the door as well.
Bea [Read more…]
A couple weekends ago we decided to go check out the Manderscheid Castle ruins, it is side-by-side ruins of two castles that were owned by a family. (The link is to a page that is in German, use Google Chrome to view and it will translate it for you) It’s only about 25 minutes from Spangdahlem AB so it’s an easy day trip in the local area. It’s also listed in the Panther Paws under the Day Trips [Read more…]
Phantaisaland is an amusement park in Bruhl, Germany which is just outside of Cologne, Germany. It’s about 1.5 hours from Spangdahlem AB. It’s a neat park with themed areas; China Town, Mexico, Mystery, Fantasy, Africa, & Berlin. There are attractions, shows, food & shops in each area and are themed to that area. Our favorite areas were Mexico & Berlin. I will say that if you have problems [Read more…]
During our recent stay in Mainz, Germany we decided to visit Saint Martin’s Cathedral aka the Mainzer Dom or ‘the Dom’ located in the city center. It’s one of the ‘must see’ churches in the Mainz area. We only had time to see one with it’s 1000 years of history, and it has burned 7 times during it’s history!
The Cathedral is located in the Mainz city walkplatz, there are several parking [Read more…]
While traveling in Europe we have found that it is often cheaper staying in an apartment instead of a hotel! For our trip to Wiesbaden for the basketball tournaments I priced a few places before deciding to try out an apartment. I checked billeting at Wiesbaden but it was $160/night (for the first person)! That’s crazy! Hotels in the area were running around €100+/night! I decided that we would give [Read more…]
We decided on a recent day trip to stop by Darmstadt, Germany. I really couldn’t find a whole lot about it in the ‘tourist’ books but did managed to find a few things online to go check out. It’s probably not a really ‘touristy’ town but we were in the area visiting Burg Frankenstein so we decided to check it out.
During my internet search I found a few interesting things to check out on Darmstadt. [Read more…]