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Cities and Castles

Our final destination on our tour of Germany was the large metro and capital of Bavaria, Munich. It has so much history and tourist attraction options, it's tough to summarize what your options are. This is the second time I've spent 3 or 4 days in Munich and mostly saw all new stuff this time and still haven't run out of things to check out. This time included a couple day trips a little further outside the main city center.

We went north to check out the Dachau concentration camp memorial site. Another day we headed south to check out some of the most well known German castles and their local small villages.

Highly recommend:

• Marienplatz
• Christmas markets
• Dachau memorial
• Linderhof castle
• Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles
• Theresenweise / Oktoberfest grounds

Other sites to check out:

• 1972 Olympic site
• Nymphenburg palace
• BMW museum
• Royal Residence & theater
• Hofbrauhaus and other brew pubs
• several local churches, universities, museums, markets, and parks

Trip Map

Pictures

Munich Christmas markets

Bavaria countryside & Oberammergau Passion Play site (only happens once every 10 years since the 15th century)

Linderhof castle

Hohenschwangau castle

Neuschwanstein castle

Videos

The Hofbrauhaus beer hall

Linderhof castle

Neuschwanstein castle

Links

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MurkTravels Instagram - my attempted at artistic travel images
MurkTravels Travel Map - all the places that I've been and the things that I've seen

Castles and Cars

We spent a few days checking out the main towns of Heidelberg and Stuttgart. Heidelberg is a cozy little university focused town, but is also know for it's picturesque castle. Stuttgart is a larger metro that is the birthplace of the automobile (Daimler, Mayback, Benz, and Porsche) and has a few lesser known castles of it's own.

Highly recommend:

• Heidelberg castle
• Heidelberg Christmas markets
• Stuttgart Christmas markets
• Stuttgart Königstraße (King's Street) pedestrian area

Other sites to check out:

• Philosophers Walk
• Heidelberg old bridge
• Stuttgart new and old castles
• Mercedes Benz museum
• Porsche museum

Trip Map

Pictures

Heidelberg markets and some food you can get there:

Heidelberg castle, views from across the valley and by the old bridge:

Heidelberg castle up close:

Stuttgart Mercedes musuem, from the original modal to older cars to new expensive cars and fast racing styles:

Videos

Running down some stairs across the river from the town and castle:

Links

MurkTravels Vimeo - videos of my trips
MurkTravels Facebook page - pictures, posts, and regular updates
MurkTravels Facebook photo albums
MurkTravels Instagram - my attempted at artistic travel images
MurkTravels Travel Map - all the places that I've been and the things that I've seen

German country tour

In one day, and a couple hours worth of train rides, we left Luxembourg and checked out a few cities in the south western part of Germany: Saarbrucken and Mannheim. Saarbrucken is the capital of the smallest German state, Saarland, and within shouting distance of the French border. Mannheim is the "city of squares" in Germany, since it's main city center area is set up in grid pattern. Each block has a number and letter designation (like R4) and their address is based on that since there are no street names.
The people were friendly and sites were interesting. However, we didn't find anything that would be considered Must-See, knowing that we did rush through both areas in a day.

other sites to check out:

• Saarbrucken castle, church, and gardens
• St Johanner Market
• Mannheim Wochenmarkt
• Planken pedestrian mall

Trip Map

Pictures

Saarbrucken castle and church

Saarbrucken modern art museum display

Mannheim palace

Links

MurkTravels Vimeo - videos of my trips
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MurkTravels Instagram - my attempted at artistic travel images
MurkTravels Travel Map - all the places that I've been and the things that I've seen

oh the places I've been

Below is a list of the places I've been (35 countries and counting). For each country, there are links to the planning and information that I've curated and used. It includes maps, recommendations, articles, and more. For each city or region listed behind the countries are links to blog posts and photos that I have recorded on this site. This is still a work in process, and will be in the future as I continue to travel.

Country (and region) List:

• AUSTRALIA - Melbourne - Sydney
• BAHAMAS - Nassau
• BELGIUM - Antwerp - Brussels
• BELIZE - Belize City - San Pedro
• CAMBODIA - Siem Reap
• CANADA - Thunder Bay - Toronto
• CHINA - Hong Kong - Macau - Shanghai
• COLOMBIA - Bogota - Cartagena - Medellin
• COSTA RICA - Jaco - La Fortuna - Quepos - San Jose
• CZECHIA - Prague
• DENMARK - Copenhagen
• Ecuador
• EGYPT - Cairo - Taba
• FRANCE - Paris - Strasbourg
• GERMANY - Dachau - Heidelberg - Mannheim - Munich - Neuschwanstein castle - Oberammergau - Saarbrucken - Stuttgart
• ICELAND
• IRELAND - Dublin
• ISRAEL - Jerusalem
• ITALY - Amalfi - Capri - Naples - Pompeii - Positano - Rome - Sorrento
• JAPAN - Kyoto , Nagoya , Osaka , Tokyo
• LUXEMBOURG - Luxembourg City
• MALDIVES - Male
• MEXICO - Puerto Vallarta - Sayulita - Yelapa
• NETHERLANDS - Amsterdam - The Hague - Leiden - Rotterdam
• NORTH MACEDONIA - Ohrid - Skopje
• NORWAY - Lofoten , Oslo
• PANAMA - Panama City
• PERU - Arequipa - Chachapoyas - Chiclayo - Cusco - Huacachina - Ica - Lima - Machu Picchu - Mancora - Nazca - Puerto Maldonado - Sacred Valley - Tingo Maria - Trujillo - Urubamba + 1 Year in Peru Video
• QATAR - Doha
• SWEDEN - Malmo - Stockholm
• TURKEY - Goreme - Istanbul - Kayseri
• UAE - Abu Dhabi
• UNITED KINGDOM - British Virgin Islands - London
• UNITED STATES - 14ers - California - Colorado - Florida - Iowa - Minnesota - Montana - Nebraska - New Mexico - Oregon - US Virgin Islands - Utah- Wyoming + National Parks
• VATICAN - Vatican City
• VIETNAM - Ho Chi Minh City

Other fun activities and experiences:

• 14ers - my first climb of mountains in Colorado over 14,000 feet in elevation
• Borderless Labs - interactive art in Tokyo
• Dali - art exhibit
• Hot Air balloons - Colorado mountain festival
• ice castle
• Meow Wolf - Denver, Colorado version
• Meow Wolf - Sante Fe, New Mexico version
• Robot Restaurant - in Tokyo
• sailing - above the arctic circle
• scuba
• skiing
• snorkel
• Ultras - long distance running
• Velorama - bike and music festival

Links

MurkTravels Vimeo - videos of my trips & entertainment
MurkTravels Youtube - videos of my trips & entertainment
MurkTravels Facebook page - pictures, posts, and regular updates
MurkTravels Facebook photo albums
MurkTravels Instagram - my attempt at artistic travel images
MurkTravels Travel Map - all the places that I've been and the things that I've seen