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Germany Unfiltered
Well, our three weeks in Germany has ended and what a great time we've had. If you haven't been to this part of the world, I highly recommend that you do.
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Bodensee
Lake Constance (known as Bodensee in German) is a 63km-long central European lake that borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Fed by the Rhine River and ringed by resort towns, it's a summer destination for sailing, windsurfing and swimming.
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Freiburg im Breisgau
The Black Forest is a mountainous region in southwest Germany, bordering France. Known for its dense, evergreen forests and picturesque villages, it is often associated with the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. It's renowned for its spas and the cuckoo clocks produced in the region since the 1700s.
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Rhine River Valley & Baden Baden
We drove the The UNESCO-listed stretch of the Rhine River (also known as The Rhine Gorge, The Romantic Rhine Route and the Upper Middle Rhine Valley) en route to Baden-Baden on Sunday.
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Romantische Straße
Southern Germany's Romantic Road (Romantische Straße) is a picturesque 350km route through the forests and mountains of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
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Nuremberg
Nuremburg, 2nd largest city in the state of Bavaria, home to the Imperial Castle (since at least 1050) as well as the Nazi rallies and the Nuremburg trials that took place after WW II.
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Danube Cruise
The Danube Gorge has high limestone cliffs and caves rising up to 70m along the narrow section of the Danube valley. The trip goes to Weltenburg Abbey where you can find a Biergarten and the world’s oldest brewery.
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Regensburg
Spent a few days in Regensburg, partly because it came up as a recommended city in our research but more importantly to catch up with some friends from Costa Rica
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Dresden
Dresden, capital of the eastern German state of Saxony, is distinguished by the celebrated art museums and classic architecture of its reconstructed old town. Completed in 1743 and rebuilt after WWII, the baroque church Frauenkirche is famed for its grand dome. The Versailles-inspired Zwinger palace houses museums including Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.
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Berlin
I was expecting Berlin to be just "another city" - probably choked with traffic and pollution but it is actually quite pretty and sociable :)
Tales of a Mother-Daughter Gap Year
