The Wadden Sea, Cologne Cathedral and the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen have one thing in common: They ...

Shoot an arrow in Germany, and more often than not ... Many castles have become luxury five-star hotels, but Altena Castle, 40 miles northeast of Cologne, houses a youth hostel that dates from ...

This section is the most important and vital part of Germany ... place where the castle now stands was an Abbey built around 765 CE, which served as the religious center of Cologne.

It was time to cross the border again and feed our minds on an excursion to Heidelberg, Germany ... and majestic castles sitting on outcrops. At our final destination of Cologne we turned ...