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 ...

The first stop this morning was to reception. There they gave us the missing tickets and apologized for the inconvenience. The first place we wanted to see was La Sagrada Familia, so we set out in that direction looking for a cafe for breakfast. They had some great meals with bacon, eggs, and croissants, but I opted for the churros to see if they were any different than the little stand from yesterday. Nope. The chocolate was better, more like pudding once y...

 Yesterday we set off for our weekend getaway to Barcelona. We drove to Cologne-Bonn airport, flew into Girona, rode the bus to Barcelona, then (thanks to the help of some strangers) found the metro to get to our apartment. (We used two T10 cards which cut our metro ticket cost almost in half).  The boys did surprisingly well on the flight, but we almost got trampled getting form the terminal to the actual plane. We had to squeeze into a shuttle and when th...

My parents arrived in Germany yesterday, so today I tooke them to the pedestrian zone in Wiesbaden for lunch. We at traditional german food and had the best dessert of my life! The waitress called it a pancake (appfelflannkuchen?) and it had and apple and custard filling, with ice cream and whip cream on top. If Ben and I ever get date night again we'll have to go back there just to get the dessert.After lunch we stopped in the Market Church. The main chu...

First and foremost, traveling with ankle-biters can be horrible, but you have to do it anyway. So, in an attempt to make things a little more enjoyable (or to just let you know what you're in for), here are the top 10 things we've learned about traveling with a toddler and preschooler in 2012:10.) Research everything before you go. Read about the sights you will be seeing and plan out which hotel and restaurant you will be eating at.   Asking your hote...