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Lake Titisee Black Forest Day Trip. Freiburg is the gateway into the Black Forest. And since Freiburg is connected to the High-speed “ICE” Rail system in Germany, it is pretty easy to arrange a day trip by rail into the beautiful Black Forest and to scenic Lake Titisee from Frankfurt or Heidelberg for example. So

Eagles Nest Daytrip. The Kehlsteinhaus, in English-speaking countries known as the “Eagles Nest”, was built for Adolf Hitler for his 50th birthday. It is an architectural masterpiece: the building on a rock on top of the mountain, a road cut into the mountain ending in front of a tunnel leading to a golden brass elevator

The Memorial Site can easily be visited from Munich by taking the commuter train “S2) (“S-Bahn”) to the Regional train to Dachau Station. The regional train only takes 11 minutes, the “S2” 21 minutes to get there. A local bus line (726) takes you from there to the entrance of the Memorial Site – the

Nazi Rally Grounds. Nuremberg is widely known for its Christkindlesmarkt, but it also has many sights which are worth visiting such as the impressive Imperial Castle, medieval St. Lorenz Church or the Toy Museum. But Nuremberg once was “Stadt der Reichsparteitage” (City of The Party Rallies) – a fact which was not easy for the

The Alps Zugspitz Daytrip by Rail. Times are very busy in Munich with the Oktoberfest taking place and I decided to take some time out in the Alp Mountains. The Zugspitze is Germany´s highest mountain (9,718 ft.) and the area around Garmisch-Partenkirchen is known for some of the best skiing slopes in Germany. Now it