Germany

While in Munich, Germany Samantha and her husband stayed at an Airbnb with the most amazing Koi pond in the back yard.

Germany's ADAC auto club has been compiling the big numbers for jammed traffic on Germany's roadways.

Munich's great park has a surprising history—and a beer garden at its heart, as well as urban surfing!

For nearly 900 years, Marienplatz has been the scene of much of Munich's daily life, history and sometimes turmoil.

Hamburg's harbor world of huge ships, containers and cranes also has space for a wide variety of smaller craft and a lot of history.

Munich, like all big cities, is a great place to wander and to take note of interesting sights and sites, PHeymont finds.

Marilyn Jones recalls her cruise down the Danube in December and visiting the Christmas markets along the way.

Hamburg's whole existence is bound up with its port, and it has kept the port closer to its heart than most major ports. Well worth a visit!

PHeymont notes that Munich has quite a variety of ornamental sculpture, from the whimsical to the classical to the simply amusing, or even puzzling.

ProfessorAbe visits the largest cold-water geyser in the world.

From Day One of our visit, it was clear that Hamburg is a city with lots of interesting buildings and outdoor art to reward a walk anywhere in the city.

Experts are unsure if Hochvogel will collapse suddenly or in slow motion, but the signs are that it will be soon.