A Quick Look at Schloss Schwerin
Seeing Schloss Schwerin in real life was another one of those pinch-me-please moments. I saw it floating around Pinterest before we even arrived in Germany, and thought how cool it…
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Explore Burg Satzvey in Germany
Burg Satzvey was one of the cutest little castles that we’ve seen in Germany, and it’s less than an hour from two popular cities, Bonn and Cologne, making it a…
A Pink Castle in Germany: Schloss Benrath
I almost couldn’t believe my eyes the first time I saw Schloss Benrath, an actual pink castle in Germany. To be honest, it doesn’t look like a traditional castle, but…
A Weekend in Münster, Germany
My husband was away for work back in May, 2021, and with Covid restrictions lifted a little bit and a nice weekend (finally) ahead of us, I decided that the…
Checking out Schloss Marienburg
We needed a place to stop to stretch our legs on our way home after leaving Wernigerode. I looked up a few places and one caught my eye: Schloss Marienburg….
Visiting Schloss Wernigerode in Germany
My daughter spotted Schloss Wernigerode before anyone else did as we were driving into town. “Look, Mama,” she exclaimed from the backseat of the van, “There’s a castle on that…
A Quaint, Fairytale-Like German Castle,
Did you know that there are more than 20,000 castles and castle ruins in Germany? Twenty THOUSAND! This weekend we saw our first castle, the Paffendorf Castle, and while it…
Neuschwanstein Castle aka Cinderella’s Castle {Germany}
I know we all say it, but I’m baffled at how fast time goes by the older we get. It seemed like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant,…
Salzburg, Austria: A Christmas Market
One cool thing about living overseas because of the military is that we can take advantage of base programs. Take ITT (Information, Tickets, and Travel), for example; it’s like their…