Wiesbaden has some pretty sites with the casino and the cathedral.

Burg Eltz is a medieval castle sitting in the hills above the Mosselle River about an hour away from us here in Wiesbaden.   It is still owned by a branch of the same family that lived there in the 12th century, 33 generations ago. The Rübenach and Rodendorf families' homes in the castle are open to the public, while the Kempenich branch of the family uses the other third of the castle. It is one of the only castles on this rive that has never been destroy...

Today we took the boys to a nature park near Wiesbaden. They enjoyed walking through the forest, feeding the deer, and playing on the playground. We also got our first gelato of the season! Yum!!

I have many fond memories of growing up, but my favorite always seem to revolve around traditions and special activities we did year after year. Some of those include trekking through the "woods" to find the perfect Christmas tree, decorating it with music playing while having punch and cookies, Memorial day picnics, and hunting Easter eggs in the house or the back yard when it was warm enough. It's been hard to recreate those traditions with my boys due to...

For today's trip we are driving down the Rhein River (castle road) to show my parents all the beautiful castles along this scenic route. We started by driving to Diez to see the family castle. After a quick walk around the town we drove to Koblenz to have lunch at the Ehrensbreistein Fortress.The fortress we visited was built in the early 1800's, but there is evidence of fortifications on the spot that date back to 1,000 B.C. It was used as a military ...