Sadly, the last day of Christmas Markets. We took today pretty easy as the only thing we had on the agenda was to see the markets. We got to the first market just after it opened at 11AM. The medieval market is quite a bit smaller than the one in Esslingen but still a nice…

Not many photos today as this was another transition day. We left Nuremberg this morning and got to Munich before noon. After leaving the car we headed off for a quick lunch before hitting the Deutsches Museum, a science and technology museum. I don’t usually find museums the most photogenic but I do have a…

I can’t believe it’s already day six! This was the first day we did not have to drive anywhere before we could start wandering around a location. We started the day just exploring Nuremberg itself. We eventually made our way to the Nuremberg Castle. We eventually made the Christmas Market. With it being a Saturday…

Sadly, left Tubingen to head off to Nuremberg today. On the way, we made a stop in the town of Rothenburg. When looking at it originally, it looked like a neat medieval village with a walkable city wall to check out. We did not know that it also has its own Christmas Market but found…

Stuttgart is the largest market we have been to and the largest market on the trip so far. We got very lucky with parking and only had a three minute walk, at most, to get to the edge of the market. As we had arrived at around 11:30AM the market was not overly crowded which…

Instead of Christmas Markets, today was a day of castles. To start off the day we headed a short ways southwest to Castle Lichtenstein. Perched on a cliff over looking a long valley Lichtenstein Castle was built on the remains of an older medieval castle and was built after the owner read a book about…

Christmas Market! Today was the first Christmas Market of the trip in the town of Esslingen. However; it was not just a Christmas Market but also a Medieval Market. This meant that, while it may be smaller than some of the other markets, it offered a wider diversity of items. Most importantly it offered some…

After the success of last year’s trip to France’s eastern Christmas Markets, we have come back to Europe to try more of Germany’s Christmas Markets. The big markets we are hitting this year are Stuttgart, Esslingen, Rothenburg, Nurnberg and Munich. But before that, our first day will be spent visiting the fairy tale castle of…

Turned out to be a lucky day today. It was originally supposed to rain all day and ended up with only an extremely light sprinkle first thing and then settled into a grey day. After grabbing a quick breakfast, I headed over to the Krakow Underground museum. Similar to the Archaeological Museum in Montreal, this…

I received a pleasant surprise today and ended up with a sunny day! I had planned for two rainy days in Krakow so to get even one sunny day was fantastic. I spent the first part of today at the Wawel Castle, one of the must sees of Krakow. There are several different tickets you…