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Franconia | Mainberg Castle

Martinshotel Near Mainberg Castle, Germany
ByMaria January 9, 2023

This Christmas holiday, while visiting my four siblings in my hometown area of lower Franconia, we decided to stay in this newly renovated historic building, which was turned into a hotel in 2021. The hotel itself is in the center of the village (Mainberg, a district of Schonungen), and the castle sits up on the…

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Alsace

Places to Visit in the Alsace Region: Mittelbergheim
ByMaria May 15, 2016February 3, 2019

If you leave Oberursel (Taunus) early in the morning, you can make it to Straßbourg within two hours. From there, via bee line, it is only another 30 km to Mittelbergheim. On LinkedIn, I found Jean Paul Krebs’s blog post Alsace Wine Route: open wine cellars in Mittelbergheim. Thanks to his photos, plans have been…

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Riquewihr/Alsace

Review on Les Remparts de Riquewihr Apartment, France
ByMaria October 12, 2014March 22, 2015

We had booked this self-catering studio apartment for three days in Riquewihr. With 35 qm and two adults, this was a perfect choice. Although it is located in the middle of the town, on main street, Rue du Général de Gaulle, the apartment is beautifully insulated against any noise from the street. I’m a kitchen…

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Restaurants in the area

Sabai Sabai Thai Restaurant Review, Oberursel
ByMaria September 28, 2014November 29, 2025

A couple of weeks ago before our son Thomas flew back to England to resume his studies, we went to Sabai Sabai * Thai Restaurant for dinner. It was our son’s idea as he had just returned from a two-month teaching stint in Thailand and wanted to compare Thai food made for the German palate….

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Margo Brooks on Schweinfurt Military Housing – Askren Manor: “You must have lived there same time frame as I did. I went to the school in 7th and 8th…”
Margo Brooks on Schweinfurt Military Housing – Askren Manor: “We lived on big oak second floor. Last building before little oak. Around 67/68. Friends Elizabeth Taylor. Cindy Lezite. .…”
Margo Brooks on Schweinfurt Military Housing – Askren Manor: “I lived there around 67/68. Lived on second floor on the end of Big Oak Street. Cindy Bowman lived on…”