Having had many trips on the German autobahn on this holiday we decided that the 'avoid motorway' function on the sat-nav maybe a good idea. It was a wet Wednesday and the appeal of driving through small town Germany, on back roads appealed much more than dealing with lots of spray and heavy traffic. It would take longer, but it would also allow us to enjoy the passing scenery at a more sedate speed. After a coffee stop here, a lunchtime snack there, we chanced ...

Our drive from Freyburg to Kronach allowed us to visit the Goltzsch Viaduct, the largest brick built bridge in the world. This impressive structure carries the Nurnberg to Leipzig railway across the valley at a height of 78m. The bridge itself, built mainly of bricks, is 574m long, took 5 years to build and was completed 1851. We arrived into Kronach at around 13.30 on Monday afternoon, hopefully this would allow us to have a light lunch and also give us a chanc...

Having dropped hire car #1 off at Frankfurt Airport, and collected hire car #2 on the Friday morning it was time for our second week in Germany. This was to be an unplanned week - something we have never done before, so we would just be booking hotels as we travelled. Heather had found a hotel in a town called Freyburg, it looked like a nice place, and the town seemed to be a good base for exploring the surrounding area, plus it was in Germany's northernmost win...

Arriving at the Rossano Boutique Hotel in Sachsen bei Ansbach we immediately knew that we had made a good choice. The hotel was very modern, super clean and very spacious. The hotel restaurant, where we would dine on our second evening, looked very good as well. After a walk around the village we headed to the only other restaurant available nearby at Gastehaus Landische. It provided good quality, simple, food at very competitive prices. It was a pleasant evenin...

Germany isn't quite the trip that we originally had originally planned to celebrate our silver wedding anniversary - that was supposed to be Sri Lanka, Maldives and Dubai. Although, sometimes you do feel like you have dodged a bullet and our 'Plan B' trip seems to have been one of those moments. Travelling at this time, with Coronavirus seemingly at every turn, is a real challenge and when government restrictions can change at the drop of a hat. You either have ...