We had found this hike to the “Seven mills valley” on a Rother guide, and decided to use the good weather to enjoy this beautiful valley just south of Stuttgart. We are now on the way back to Belgium, where we will drop our camper at the harbour of Antwerp in a couple of days, …
We were back at ORC, south of Stuttgart, and spent the day waiting for our new transmission by visiting the surroundings. We first went to the abbey and castle of Bebenhausen near Tübingen, before we visited the town where Kepler was born. The Cistercian monastery of Bebenhausen is one of the most beautiful and best-preserved …
First some trucks we had admired at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, later some of the Unimog we saw at the museum in Gaggenau. With this LO 1112, Hector Prieto began a career as bus operator in Buenos Aires in 1969. As was customary in many private bus companies in the Argentine capital, his vehicle …
Actually, we had stopped at Hirsau just to use the service station for caravans, but then we had spotted the remains of the Hirsau Abbey and decided to have a look. We learned that Hirsau was once one of the most important Benedictine abbeys of Germany. In the 11th and 12th century, the monastery was a centre of the Cluniac …
The Lichtenstein Castle in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany is a Gothic Revival castle which was built in 1840–1842. The owners are the Dukes of Urach, connected to the royal family of Württemberg. We managed to go there during a last revival of winter, which transformed everything into an enchanted landscape. At the bottom of the castle …
It was a rainy and cold day when we came past Stuttgart, and what would be a better idea than to visit a museum. We had been to the Porsche museum before, so this time we visited the Mercedes-Benz museum. Here some of the most beautiful cars we saw there. There are more cars to …
Heidelberg lies at the river Neckar shortly before it flows into the Rhein. The town is very well known for its university and dominated by the ruins of the castle. We had parked near the castle and walked from there through the park into the centre. Due to the opening hours we visited the castle …
In the morning the weather looked promising so we went on a hike along the Nekar, on the way back thunder and lightning together with heavy rain made it a little bit uncomfortable, but in total it was a nice tour. River Nekar and the village of Dilsberg in the distance Our hike started in …
The weather was still a pain, but we managed to use a dry spell to visit Ulm and its impressive churches. Gargoyle overlooking Ulm Ulm lies at the Danube and belongs to the State of Baden-Württemberg, but the other side of the river is still Bavaria. Entering the centre from the Danube where the city …
“Münster zu Ulm” – impressive gothic architecture Read More »
We followed the Danube upstream to a region where the river has formed a magnificent valley over the centuries. Our hike took us up onto the cliff and to one of the many castles which flank the river. Schloß Werenwag – from the 11th century The Danube has dug a deep valley through the rock …
