A little departure from previous days, today did not involve a Christmas Market. Instead we headed to the Ecomusee d’Alsace; a museum dedicated to the preservation of historic homes from the region. Containing around 80 buildings from the region, the museum tries to show pieces of the day to day lives of historic Alsace. Fun…

Germany. That’s right, today we traveled to the German city of Heidelberg! The two draws were a ruined palace on the hill and a German Christmas Market instead of a French one. We got going a bit later so didn’t arrive until noon. Not that big of a deal for two reasons. First, the markets…

The entire day today was spent in the city of Colmar, know for its canals and picturesque streets. Colmar is also home to another series of Christmas Markets. We spent the day wandering the streets, once we were finally able to get to the town. Traffic was not fun. The town was filled with people…

Bit of a slow start today. We were to pick up our rental today but the wait was long and the first car we received had a malfunctioning GPS. This took a half hour to resolve, by switching cars, before we could even begin the journey to our first sight of the day. Due to…

This trip has me going to the Alsace region of France for several days as well as the heart of the country, Paris. For the first time in a while, I convinced some people to come with me on this trip. Mostly, by lying about how much walking would be involved. The three of us…

Today was my last full day in Italy and it started with a long drive from southern Tuscany down to the airport near Rome. Thankfully, I did have one last touristy thing to do in Italy. I got to visit the ruins of Ostia, a former port city just west of Rome at the mouth…

I really wanted a win today with a guarantee of seeing something interesting. So, today was the city of Siena. Famous for a horse race that they run in the main piazza in front of the town hall. I’m not real sure how much of a race it can be given the space but they…

Day 10 kinda sucked. Nothing I wanted to do worked out so the best parts were the castle in the morning and dinner at night. So, I’ll show the highlights of those and get onto day 11. Day 11 started off better. As the only person staying last night they brought my breakfast to my…

Sadly, today I had to leave Costello Di Giomici. It was a little out of the was but really excellent lodging at a very good price and the view were awesome! As I was a bit ahead of the schedule of places to visit I kinda winged today. I headed off for the medieval town…

I had sun today! Orvieto is a popular day drive from Rome and for good reason. The town has a little to offer most everyone. There is an ornate cathedral, several museums, man made caves and some really excellent restaurants. I had purchased an all inclusive card, the previous day, that let me get into…