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Ireland: Left Tight, Right Bites
We closed our visit to Dublin with a little memorial to those who fought in the Irish rebellions the early 1900s. Ireland finally won their independence from Great Britain in 1922, but many lives were lost in the process. We made our way to the Dublin airport to rent a car so we could explore Read more
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Double Dose of Dublin
Day 48 ended in Dublin, with a trip to “The Church.” We broke bread together in beautiful, joyful surroundings, but that is where the similarity to church ended. The Church is now a bar and grill. It’s a good thing there are lots of other churches in Dublin, Ireland. Our hotel was only a block Read more
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Open the Munich Box
It was difficult, but we finally forced ourselves to leave our air conditioned haven to explore Munich. Bill does a great job of finding lodging close to the Old Town of each city, and Munich was no exception. We walked to the palace where the Bavarian kings resided when they were doing business in the Read more
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Munich: The Struggle Is Real
Another drive through the German countryside led us over beautiful rolling hills and views of the Alps we were once again leaving. Our drive ended at the tiny Memmingen Airport, where we returned our car. Unfortunately, we weren’t flying out, and there was no way, other than a taxi, to get to the train station Read more
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Fussen, Germany: Hiking in the Alps
Set in the middle of the bustling town of Fussen was a little bit of forest that had not yet been cut down, and in that forest was Villa Toscana, a hotel owned and run by a convent of nuns. They had cared for an old man until his death, and he left them his Read more
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3 German Towns: Back Door Bavaria
Everybody who comes to Bavaria probably goes to see at least one of King Ludwig’s dwellings, especially his fairy tale castle. We’ve checked that off our list, so today Curtis took us through the back door, first by showing us the basilica in his own town, Weingarten. The Basilica St. Martin was amazing! Built Read more
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“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
– St. Augustine
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