Germany

As the days get shorter, and the evenings longer and colder, my mind turns to Christmas and the wintry travel that this time of year … Read more

I could say that I came to Cologne to see the Cathedral, the most popular sight in the city. I could say I came to see the Medieval Old Town or the remains from the city’s Roman Empire era. I’d be lying. No, I came for chocolate, the chocolate museum. While I was there, however, I found chocolate and much more.

“I want to see Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. You know, the one built by the crazy king.” I told my friend.

“You say that like there was only one crazy king in history,” was her reply. She had a point. Not knowing how to get remotely close to correctly pronouncing Neuschwanstein Castle, I thought I could explain it in Disney terms and references to mad kings to get my friend to understand me.