Tag: Bavaria

I’ll preface this trip diary by saying this was not only one of my favorite days on this trip, but also one of my favorite days on any trip …

Art fan? Munich, Germany has enough art museums to keep even the most ardent museum-goer busy. While I previously wrote about my trip to the Haus der Kunst, on …

The first time I visited Germany, I was 15. I’d never been away from home before without my parents, much less to another continent. I went with a high …

If you’re looking to experience life as locals do when you’re traveling, one good way to do that is by attending a sporting event. Whenever I’m traveling in the …

I woke up the next morning with a cold. Or more accurately, I never really woke up, since just as I started to fall asleep my throat began to …

My time in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was over, so the next morning I headed to the train station to catch a lunchtime train to Munich. With Oktoberfest in full swing, the …

When I got back to the ATLAS Grand Hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen after Oktoberfest, I realized that I needed to do something about my sleeping arrangement there. My mattress there was the …

I was well-rested heading into my 5th day of the trip, and for good reason. I headed to Munich for the opening day of Oktoberfest 2014. As good luck would have …

Besides it being a picturesque mountain town, one of the main reasons why I chose to stay in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was its prime location in southern Germany for taking day …

With the nice September weather holding, I decided to spend my 2nd full day in Germany up in the mountains surrounding Garmisch-Partenkirchen, visiting the majestic Zugspitze & nearby Lake …

One thing that I love about going to Europe is just how well the public transportation systems are integrated. Munich has several levels of public transportation systems, ranging from …

Back in September 2014, I traveled to Germany to do some hiking in the Alps as well as attend Oktoberfest. During the first part of my trip, I spent a …