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September 26, 2020 The Orient Express is in Munich – as a hotel

September 19, 2020 How the Weisswurst was born (Recipe)

September 5, 2020 German Gulasch (Goulash)

August 15, 2020 Homemade Schinken or Prosciutto

July 11, 2020 Kaiserschmarrn, a traditional Austrian dish

July 11, 2020 Angie’s Zwiebelkuchen

June 27, 2020 Three days in Salzburg, Austria

June 20, 2020 Eierweck, a German sweet yeast roll

June 13, 2020 Käsespätzle, or Cheese Spaetzle

June 6, 2020 Tafelspitz, or Franconian Wedding Dinner

May 22, 2020 The Steckerlfish, a Mackerel on a Stick

May 16, 2020 A German Murderer who died defending General Robert E. Lee

May 9, 2020 Drachenburg Castle, an elegant Palace with a magnificent Terrace

April 25, 2020 A Kaiser, his mistress and a Gugelhupf

April 18, 2020 Leipzig claims to fame of J. S. Bach, but also a darker time

April 15, 2020 Spargel time in Germany

April 11, 2020 Trier, the most impressive ancient city in Germany

April 8, 2020 Why call it Easter Bread?

March 28, 2020 Versailles on Wheels, two glorious Wagons of King Ludwig ll

March 21, 2020 Maultaschen, a typical Swabian Dish

March 14, 2020 The Aachen Cathedral, a place of Pilgrimage and Royal Coronations

March 7, 2020 Eat a Yoghurt-Fruit Cheese cake without the Guilt

March 7, 2020 The largest Wine Barrel in the World is in Heidelberg

February 29, 2020 The Bronze age comes to life at the Bodensee

February 22, 2020 Schinken Stangen or Prosciutto twists

February 15, 2020 Feel like a Royalty at the Lieser Castle, now a Luxury Hotel

February 12, 2020 Small Bretzenheim has a historic treasure

February 8, 2020 Faschingskrapfen – German Carnival Donuts

February 1, 2020 Nuremberg Albrecht Dürer Haus

January 22, 2020 Sandkuchen, a German Pound Cake

January 18, 2020 A German town built on a “Crater”

January 15, 2020 Puff Pastry twists with Walnut paste

January 11, 2020 Reichsburg Cochem is one of the most admired castles

January 8, 2020 A teenager named Sacher created a famous Torte

January 4, 2020 Germany’s highest Waterfall is in the Black Forest

January 1, 2020 Mein Bauernbrot, a no-knead German crusty Bread

December 28, 2019 New Years Lucky Charms

December 21, 2019 The Munich Christmas miracle

December 19, 2019 Käsesahne Torte, or Cream Cake

December 14, 2019 A Christmas Goose

Day: March 7, 2020

Yoghurt-Fruit cheese cake with blueberry and raspberry

Eat a Yoghurt-Fruit Cheese cake without the Guilt

If you miss the German cheese cakes and think it’s not good for your hips, then bake it with Quark, in this case Greek-Yoghurt with Fruit. To make it easy, you can use Graham crackers as a crust. When you reduce the sugar, add the Fruits like Mandarines, Cherries and/or dark Berries. It will complete […]

Groesses Fass, Heidelberg 1886, per Wikimedia

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The largest Wine Barrel in the World is in Heidelberg

After taking a two hour boat ride on the Neckar, we disembarked and walked towards the Heidelberg University. On a steep incline to the Schlossberg we saw the funicular “Bergbahn” to the ruined Heidelberg castle. We decided to jump on and take a short ride up to see the largest Wine barrel in the world. […]