Last night, we arrived in Munich at around 5:00pm and had a walking tour around the city. The tour guide was a young Canadian guy who showed us landmarks and explained some history of the city, and he was really funny too so it kept the tour interesting for the hour and a half (even in the -5 degree weather). I did not know much about Munich aside from Oktoberfest and lederhosen, so I was very pleasantly surprised to see a beautiful, regal-looking city. The arch...

Last night, we arrived in St Goar, Germany around 6:30. The drive in was very beautiful along the Rhine valley. There were vineyards and lots of hilltop castles. The Rhine valley is the area that Riesling wine comes from. So after our dinner of beef and spatzle, we headed down the road to a 17th century wine cellar for a wine tasting. We had five types of wine going from a dry Riesling and ending with a very sweet ice wine. The man working there talked about the...