Melanie comes on a solo trip after sharing the last three adventures in France, Ireland and Portugal with friend and colleague Sheila. This time James will show her the Rhein and Mosel Valleys, his home town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, and then a relaxing stay at a spa hotel in Berchtesgaden, with a visit […]
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Visiting Cousins in Grafshaft Veldenz, Germany
August 11 Give us 11 months to prepare for a family history trip and you just never know what you are going to experience. How about stepping foot into the house where your great-grandmother lived as a little girl? What about wine tasting with cousins, who by the way, also make that wine? What about […]
Toast to Ancestors in Wine Country of the Mosel Valley, Germany
August 7 Thanks to exhaustive research carried out by our partner Roland Geiger (far left) our guests from Missouri were able to toast ancestors in a vineyard above Veldenz that was owned by them before they emigrated to America. Making it extra special was the fact that current-day cousins are also wine makers. Barbara is […]
Wine Tasting on the Mosel River of Germany
October 3 The Day of German Unity is October 3rd and it seems as if on this gorgeous early autumn day everyone is touring around the Mosel River Valley. Including four Americans from Texas and one from Minnesota. We spent our final day of this tour visiting the medieval Burg Eltz, nestled in its protective […]
Lunch with a view in Beilstein, Germany
July 11 It’s always a highlight (even if you have been there, as we have, more than 100 times) to bring guests to the lovely Klostercafe above the miniature hamlet of Beilstein on the peaceful Mosel River. We love to share the not-so-secret hideaway at the top of the restaurant, the little room surrounded on […]