The Mosel region in Germany is known for two things - picturesque countryside and delicious white wines.The purpose for our trip to the Mosel was to visit Cameron's extended family and to get away from the big city environment. Our previous three weeks had us travel through Cologne, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, Prague, Budapest and Bucharest - we were in need of some simplicity and fresh air. We were in search of 'the other side' of Europe. We boarded a DeutscheB...

Having traveled to Deutschland in past years, and having already toured Berlin just a few weeks prior, our reasoning for re-visiting western Germany was simple - to visit family during the holiday season. We left our boutique hotel and bused our way to Amsterdam's Central Station. Luckily we left ourselves plenty of time because our intended departure wasn't running during the winter season. Fortunately Europe's train network is quite extensive and efficient s...

It's hard to imagine that only a short two decades ago the city of Berlin was still divided by a wall. Berlin is an intriguing and resilient city that kept coming up in discussions with other travelers. It was not originally on our European itinerary, but how could we pass being in Berlin on its 20th Anniversary since the fall of the wall.Traveling to Berlin was quite easy from Prague. A short 5-hour train had us in the German capital by early evening. We took th...