Last Week of Vacation

During the last week we visited briefly the following places:

France: Strasbourg - We loved this city and wished we had planned to stay longer than one night there. Strasbourg has many quaint streets, beautiful old buildings, and a great Cathedral. Our Servas host took us to a beautiful lights-music-fountain show in the evening. We have never seen anything like that before - it was amazing! Then, we saw a lights show on the Cathedral! We also visited European Council building and saw where European Union meets.

Germany: We spent one day in Baden-Baden (southern Germany), where we went to the baths that are built to model Roman baths. It was a relaxing 2-hour experience. The next day, we took a train to Bovaria, the southern region of Germany that has Bovarian Alps and the Neuschweinstain Castle. We spent two nights in a beautiful setting (Pfronten-Weissbach community), where our patio faced hills and the Alps. We took a day trip to the Neuschweinstain Castle and loved it. This is the castle that Disney castle is modeled after.

We hoped on the train and went to Salzburg (Austria) for one day. It’s a nice city but too many tourists. We explored the city, saw great flower garden, and strolled along the river. We did not have time to do day trips out of the city. Next, we headed to Budapest (Hungary), before returning to Ukraine.