December 09, 2014

The Rest of Speyer

December 09, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

Last week we showed you the Cathedral in Speyer. It is impressive, and easily the most popular attraction in Speyer. After leaving the Cathedral, we walked around the rest of the town. Since it was Sunday, nothing else was open, and the Christmas markets were not yet open. However, we were surprised to see how busy the city was!

I had been to Speyer a couple of weeks prior with coworkers, and we did a guided tour. I showed Aaron a couple of the spots that we went to on the tour. One of them

December 05, 2014

The Speyer Cathedral

December 05, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

Five years ago, when Aaron and I vacationed in Germany after graduating from Michigan Tech, we visited a lot of cathedrals and drank a lot of German beer. We have since dubbed that trip ''The Beer and Cathedral Tour of Germany.'' On the Sunday after we returned from the Philippines, the tour continued. We visited the town of Speyer (pronounced Schpi-er), known for being an ancient city (founded by the Romans) and for having a very impressive Cathedral. Thankfully, it was close to home (only about 20 minutes from Mannheim). A few weeks ago, I had visited the city with work colleagues. I thought it was really cool and wanted to go back with Aaron, so we did.

October 10, 2014

Castle Ruins and Mountain Tops

October 10, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

Although it was difficult to drag ourselves away from the spa (just kidding ... kind of), we did manage to do a couple of things besides relax when we were in Baden-Baden. This post shows just how much there is to do in this region (and this is only a tiny fraction of what is available), but we only managed to get to two of them - taking a Bergbahn up to the top of Merkur Mountain, and visiting the castle ruins of the Altes Schloß Hohenbaden.

October 08, 2014

Friedrichsbad - 10 Tips for Taking a 17 Step Bath

October 08, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

How elaborate and awesome does a Roman style 17 step bath sound? Pretty awesome? Yup, it is. We got into Baden Baden early Friday afternoon and after checking in at the hotel, we headed across the street for the first of our spa experiences for the weekend.

This is the one that had me nervous. How can basically taking a bath make someone nervous? Well, because it's...

October 06, 2014

Things to do in Baden-Baden

October 06, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

Last week, Aaron and I celebrated our third anniversary. While it isn't anywhere near a 50th, a 20th or even a 10th, I still can't imagine being married to anyone else and I am so glad that we are experiencing this whole living-in-a-completely-different-country thing together. To celebrate our first anniversary abroad, we booked a weekend in the town spa town of Baden-Baden not too far away from Mannheim. It's one of the most famous spa towns...

October 01, 2014

10 Tips for Attending Oktoberfest

October 01, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

On Monday, I recapped our trip to Oktoberfest this past weekend. To say it was an experience is an understatement. Today, I'm going to give you 10 tips for attending Oktoberfest. This way, if you are contemplating or planning your own visit, you'll have a leg up on us.

September 29, 2014

Ein Prosit!

September 29, 2014/ Meghan Oaks

This weekend we checked another item off our European Bucket List - celebrate my birthday at Oktoberfest! While it wasn't technically my birthday, I'm going to roll with it. A month or so ago, I saw a Groupon for a girls weekend on a party train to Munich for Oktoberfest. Further research revealed that I could book it for myself, and so I did. We boarded the party train at 10:15 on Saturday morning and were off to Munich!