1. AACHEN
Charlemagne's throne is in this Cathedral. You have to go on a special tour to see it ...and I didn't.
2. BAMBERG
I visited Bamberg three times (!!!) this year with visitors. I may need to go back and take better pictures, though. My photos don't do it justice.
Above: Bamberg in May, and below Bamberg in December
3. BERCHTESGADEN
This one should go back on my list...the trip was too short. I want to go back!
4. FREIBURG
Sunny stop for lunch on the way to France last summer
5. KÖLN
I need to do a blog post just about Köln!
6. NUREMBERG
I cheated a little by having this one on the list, since I knew I would be going there on the school trip.
7. PASSAU
Amazing view from the hostel in the Oberhaus fortress...I highly recommend it, if only for the view!
8. QUEDLINBURG...I did manage to blog about this one here.
I was close to my goal, but I didn't make it...so, that means I have to try harder this year! I've decided a new goal is for me to have visited all of the 16 states in Germany, and I don't need that many (Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saarland, Thüringen). I also found out about some cool places on top of the other cool places I didn't get to visit last year, so here is my revised list for 2013:
1. Bastei
2. Bremen*
3. Dessau
4. Eisenach* (Wartburg Castle)
5. Garmisch
6. Hildesheim
7. Lübbenau
8. Lüneburg
9. Mettlach/Saarschleife*
10. Rüdesheim (during the Christmas market)
11. Rügen or Stralsund*
12.Sylt or Amrum
13. Weimar*
*These cities represent states that I must visit!
I'm going to try to make it to at least ten of these places this year. Another of my new year's resolutions is to average three blog entries per month...so far, so good!
Wow, you've done pretty well! Besides Berlin and a quick evening in Frankfurt, I haven't really been anywhere north of Bayern so there are a lot of places I need to get to!
ReplyDeleteWow I've never even heard of many of these places on your new list, impressive! I need to work on more of Germany for sure
ReplyDelete@Heather--you live in Bayern, so you have lots of cool places close by...Frankfurt is, well, is more of a jumping-off point. :)
ReplyDelete@Alex--It's hard to get started on a German list when it is so easy to get to other countries from Frankfurt!
Great list and wonderful pictures, especially of the Aachen cathedral. None of mine turned out as nicely as yours, which is pity, because those mosaics are stunning.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sarah! I had to lighten them up a little. It was so dark in there!
ReplyDelete::adds a bunch of these to my own list::
ReplyDeleteI've been to a couple of them, but not all. You should check out the Domplatz in Erfurt. Neat town.
I can absolutely recommend to go to Amrum! If you like hidden places, scenic landscapes, an almost authentic Frisian scene, a wide horizon and a huge beach, then choose Amrum.
ReplyDeletePlease don't let Wittdün, where the ferry brings you ashore, fool you.
Wittdün is not nice, but has some nice spots though. Süddorf, Steenodde, Nebel and Norddorf are really nice places.
A lot of Amrumers emigrated to the US, btw.
If you like to see lots of porsches and lots of German Jet-Set people - or those who think they belong there - then go to Sylt.
Two different Islands and two different worlds.
Enjoy!