All posts filed under: Europe

The Citadel of Dinant, TravelBloggers.ca

Top 10 Things To Do In Dinant, Belgium (only 90 minutes from the Spa-Francorchamps Racetrack)

Published by

If you have some more spare time before or after visiting the Spa-Francorchamps Racetrack, we highly recommend a trip down the road to the town of Dinant – birthplace of the saxophone! We’ve spend several days in the area and can assure you – it’s well worth taking more time to stay in the region because there is lots to see and do – even if the Belgian tourism people don’t want you to know about it, but we’ll help you out!

TravelBloggers.ca, Iain Shankland, Gail Shankland

Germany: A Day Trip To Esslingen am Neckar

Published by

On our recent trip to Germany, we visit the beautiful medieval city of Esslingen – or Esslingen am Neckar if you want its full name. From our base just outside of Speyer/Hockenheim in Germany, our day trip to Esslingen started at the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart before taking the short 15 minute drive to the centre of Esslingen. We’ve been to Stuttgart numerous times –usually for the Cannstatter Volksfest (Oktoberfest), but until recently didn’t realize Esslingen was so close or we’d have visited it sooner!

Schloss Drachenburg, Drachenburg Castle, Koenigswinter‎, Königswinter, Drachenfels Castle (Schloss), Drachenfelsbahn, TravelBloggers.ca, Iain Shankland, Gail Shankland

Germany: Day trip To Drachenburg & Drachenfels Castle, Königswinter

Published by

From our base just outside of Speyer/Hockenheim in Germany, we do day trips that are easy to get to and worth the journey and fuel to visit. This trip to (Schloss) Drachenburg Castle / Drachenfels Castle / Drachenfelsbahn was over-ambitious at first because there were so many things to see on the way there – it actually would have been a weekend trip instead of just one day.

TravelBloggers.ca, Iain Shankland

France: A Day Trip To “La Petite France” In Strasbourg

Published by

Strasbourg is one of those cities that has been on our list to visit for a number of years. After putting it off on one of our many trips to Germany, we finally made it a point to drive there and have a visit. Our base in Germany is nice and central to so many regions. Located close to Speyer/Hockenheim, we are only about 45-50 minutes from Strasbourg, so there’s no excuse NOT to go in reality…

Cannstatter Volksfest, Oktoberfest, TravelBloggers.ca, Iain Shankland, Gail Shankland

Day Trip To Cannstatter Volksfest (Oktoberfest), Stuttgart

Published by

We posted the video of our day at Cannstatter Volksfest in 2018, but forgot to add the article… oops. Well here’s the article, better late than never ;>) Oktoberfest…. It’s as German as high-quality cars, the autobahn and superb beer. In this instalment from our recent Germany trip, we’ve covered the beautiful medieval city of Tübingen and the amazing Lichtenstein Castle from our base just outside of Speyer/Hockenheim.

Michelstadt Germany, TravelBloggers.ca, Iain Shankland, Gail Shankland

Germany: A Day Trip To Heppenheimer & Michelstadt

Published by

During our most recent trip to Germany, we went there with only one thing in mind – relax, no crazy driving all over the country to see the sights. This was our “visit friends tour and chill trip.” But we HAD to see a couple of towns – it just wouldn’t be a trip without that! So, we agreed that we’d only do our “towning” on one day. With that in mind, off we went to Heppenheimer (birthplace of F1 driver Sebastien Vettal) and Michelstadt which is just up the road… sort of.