Monthly Archive: June 2025

We took a day trip to the Golden Circle on Friday, June 27. The Golden Circle is a loop containing First our guide drove to the National Park: Þingvallavatn is a rift valley lake...

Thursday, June 16, was our first full day in Iceland. As you know, we love taking a food tour on our first day in a country. One thing we learned about Icelandic food is...

We transitioned from Germany to Iceland on Wednesday, June 25. As transition days go, it wasn’t so bad. The train ride from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Munich was pleasant. The train wasn’t crowded, and we got...

We wandered around Garmisch on Sunday, June 22 to Tuesday, June 24. Another view from our Airbnb. Sorry, if this blog has been heavy on the mountains recently, but mountains really defined our stay...

St. John’s Fires is the annual celebration of the summer solstice in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (and other German towns). The practice has been going on since the 14th century, although it’s probably the continuation of an...

On Saturday, June 21, we took a bus to Partenkirchen to see the Brunnenfest, a celebration of its fountains. But first, we went to the center of Garmisch to view its fountain. A hotel...

The Zugspitze is 2,962 m (9,718 ft) above sea level, the highest mountain in Germany. On Friday, June 20, the first day of summer, Gail and I visited this magnificent sight. First we took...

We left Regensburg on Wednesday, June 18, and made our way south by train to Garmisch-Partenkirchen via Munich. On the first leg of our journey, we sat in a small compartment with a very...

This was the view from the terrace of our Airbnb. We never found out what that tunnel was. We also never found out why people stopped on the bridge over the tunnel and pointed...

On Sunday, June 15, we said “until we meet again” to Ken and Cathy, and took a bus with Lynn and Scott from the ship in Passau to Regensburg. Before we left, we saw...