Author Archives: detoprod

Our own game of “Beat The Clock” started when we left the Audi Driving Experience and pointed the nose of the Q5 toward Nidda, Germany. We’d been invited to a birthday party and promised to be there. Fun as it was, the driving instruction ran over and we left at 6:30 PM, The party was … Continue reading »

We returned from Salzburg to another of Astrid’s typical Bavarian meals. I guess that’s true if spinach quiche is really Bavarian. Never got a picture because we ate it all. On the following day she surprised us again with another typically Bavarian dish based on potatoes. We asked the name she said, “It’s Astrid’s Special … Continue reading »

  The first view of Salzburg is an impressive one since the city is bordered by huge mountains that seem to spring from the ground and soar skyward. No foothills here. Using Rick Steve’s handy “Germany” travel book, we checked into the Bergland Hotel, a modest, family owned hotel that features 18 recently modernized rooms … Continue reading »

On Monday, 7 September 2015, a lifelong dream of mine was fulfilled. On that day Louise and I traveled to Ingolstadt, Germany, to take delivery of our new car from the factory that built it. Some might not understand my craving but it goes back to watching my grandfather peeling the paper from the fenders … Continue reading »

Let’s take some time out to tell you something more about our “Bavarian Bachelor Pad.”   It’s in the house that Astrid and Alexander call home which is located in Neuhaus, a part of Schliersee, some 50 miles southeast of Munich. Alex describes it as a typical ’50’s home that has undergone a recent makeover … Continue reading »