Germany

Germany 2018: Coburg

Sunday, the 13th of May was the International Museum Day. Admission to the museums was free. We used this opportunity to see Coburg, a small town with a big place in the European history. The same day, Coburg also happened to host an Old Timers show. Vintage car enthusiasts from all over the area drove […]

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Germany 2018: Lautertal

Getting from Koblenz to Coburg by public transport was somewhat cumbersome. It was not a great distance, but the fact that I had to take 4 trains. Some connection times were very tight. I bet on German punctuality and bought a ticket to Coburg where my friend and a fellow translator Oksana was going to

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Germany 2018: Koblenz

I left Luxembourg at 9.33 am and 2.5 hours later was in Koblenz. It was easy to find accommodation near the train station. The hotel National had a high-sounding name. In reality, it was a small cozy place, the kind that I like. A single room was $77 per night with breakfast. After a few

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Three days in Bavaria: Augsburg

Day 1, Munich Day 2, Füssen The jet lag caught up with me and I only slept until 3 am. After a blissful sleep on the previous night in Füssen,” I thought that my body clock already switched to the local time. Well, it did not. I tossed and turned hoping to get another hour

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Three days in Bavaria: Füssen

Day 1, Munich Day 2 I opened my eyes with a start. My phone showed 6.58 am, time to get up. Füssen is the home base for visiting two castles that were built by the royal Bavarian family. After reading travel reports about people standing for hours in line to buy tickets to the castles

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Three days in Bavaria: Munich

As it often happens before a trip I did not want to leave home. It was a little over one month since I returned from my last trip to Bulgaria and I was flying to Europe again, this time to Munich. The night before the departure I checked if everything was packed. The backpack felt

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