Germany and Austria (and a bit of France) 2024 In late September and early October we explored Germany and Austria. We flew into Frankfurt and promptly drove to Heidelberg to start our trip in the state (or Bundeslander) of Baden-Württemberg which also included the resort town of Baden Baden in the Black Forest. Since this was along the Rhine River, we popped across one day to take in Strasbourg and Colmar in France before leaving the Black Forest region for Stuttgart where we visted the Porsche Museum. Next we traveled to Bavaria where we breifly visted the Neuschwantstein Castle near Fussen before spending several days in Munich during Ocktoberfest. Finally, we crossed the border into Austria to visit Salzburg with some side trips to the lake villiage of Hallstatt and Berchtesgaden to see the Eagle's Nest before ending our journey in Vienna. See below for a day by day selection of photos from our trip... Or jump to a specific place: Heidelberg Rothenburg Baden Baden Strasbourg and Colmar Stuttgart (Porsche Museum) Neuschwanstein Castle Munich Salzburg Hallstatt Berchtesgaden Vienna Germany and Austria (and France) 2024 Select Highlights from each day of our Europe trip Berchtesgaden, Germany (The Eagle's Nest) Day 14 Another day trip from Salzburg back across the German border to Berchtesgaden and the historic Eagle's Nest retreat used by Hitler and where he hosted many world leaders of the day. Also featured in Band of Brothers as the real Easy Company occupied this area in the last days of WWII.       The elevator to the Eagle's Nest...                                                                 The tunnel back to the outside world...         The town of Berchtesgaden...                   Vienna, Austria Our last stop on this vacation is the city of Vienna, the cultural, economic and political center of Austria and one of the Eruopean centers of culture and power over the centuries. Too much to see in just 3 days, but we made a good dent. Day 14 Visting the incredible Schonbrunn Palace, the summer home to the Habsburg one of the most power dyanastic familes in the history of Europe and all of Western Civilzation. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was occuipied by Habsburgs for over 300 years and after that Habspurgs sat on the thrones of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Lombardy, Venice and more. In the latter years, the palace was used by Franz Joseph and his famous wife Elizabeth, aka 'Sissi'. Day 15 Exploring the downtown/old town area including St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Sisi Museum and Hofburg imperial palace complex. In the evening, we took in classical music because Vienna. St. Stephen's Cathedral...     Day 16 More explanation of Vienna, including various cafes and the Lipizzaner Stallions training facility...     Visiting the Demel cafe...

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• Heidelberg
• Rothenburg
• Baden Baden
• Strasbourg and Colmar
• Stuttgart (Porsche Museum)
• Neuschwanstein Castle
• Munich
• Salzburg
• Hallstatt
• Berchtesgaden
• Vienna