I've seen many places and sites.
Major cities that I at least spend a night; Cochem, Brussel, Brugge, Luxembourg, Numberg and Munchen



I was in local area but never stayed in that city. Too many other places to visit.

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So first morning hotel breakfast! It's pretty much same from hotel to hotel.

But first view from hotel.






So this is, what it seems, a typical breakfast. An egg, some meat and cheese with bread. Fresh and tasty.


A castle in the back ground

That breakfast looks scrumptious. Nice looking hotel too!

Heidelberg? It looks familiar.

Totally agreed on the German rail system. When I was stationed there with the Army, I took the train pretty much everywhere I went on my free time. Even took the train a couple of times down to Austria to visit RSColonel_131st.

The American passenger rail system looks pathetic by comparison.

Looks like the Moselle river, so it's probably Cochem.

I agree, the river is too small to be the Neckar I also don't recognise any part of Heidelberg in that picture...

You shouldn`t use it, if the outside temparture is above around 35°C, this Summer the AC on several ICE quitted, leading to some trains being stopped `cause some passengers collapsed in the overcrowded trains. The "excuse" of the DB was, such hot summers weren`t expected when the trains were constructed in the 70ies. SURE!

Yep Yep




Here's another angle.


(I'm enjoying this SimHQ-pictures....I wonder how much abuse by me it can take?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Eltz

This is a very nice place to visit to;Burg Eltz.


Unfortunately, they were doing some restoration so I couldn't get a full view of caste.



Entrance door.


Defensive position.

Over-viewing main wall.

Inside courtyard.

Look at this interesting water drain thing. Picture captured water drip.




They didn't allow photography during castle tour. But not in armory / family jewels. They have a lot of old weapons. Since this castle is the only survived castle around this area, all of weapons are original. Most are looking brand new even though they may be 300+ years old.


WTF is that? Devil egg?

Ahhhh Germany...my wife was "aus München" and , believe it or not, i've spent EVERY Christmas in Bavaria since 1991...but the Germans I know are really "begeistert" with where I live: the Provence, Southern France.

Hey, we should organize a mini-SimHQ meeting here in Munich in December. We can start off with Weißwurstfrühstück (white sausages and Weißbier at a late breakfast/early lunch), do some sightseeing, then hit some of the better Christkindlmärkte (the Medieval one, for examle; I bet Bones would enjoy that one) for Glühwein, Jagertee and Met.