Europe trip - Berlin, Prague, Salzburg, Zurich, and Paris

After 3,000 miles driven and 76 hours spent in the car our whirlwind Europe trip is over. It's good to be home. Where the road signs are in English. People aren't passing us on the Autoban going 100 miles an hour (at least). Having to pay for toll coupons to stick in the window to drive through the country. Oh and the language barrier. What an experience!
We really did have a fantastic time seeing all those places you grow up learning about in history books. We spent a day sightseeing in Berlin.

This is the Brandenburg gate and the Reichstag (Parliament)

Here is what remains of the Berlin Wall, and Checkpoint Charlie.


We took a quick drive through Prague. We didn't get there until 5pm and it was heavy with traffic so we didn't get any pictures in the city center. We were more worried about getting out of the country to find somewhere to camp back in Germany! We stopped in Salzburg and got some pictures though.


From there we went to Garmisch, Germany right in the heart of the Bavarian Alps. It was beautiful! We stayed in a cabin at the Edelweiss Resort, a military recreation area. We drove through the Alps and into Lietchenstein and then Zurich. This castle is Neuschwanstein which was the inspiration for the Disney castle.

We stayed a night at Ramstein Air Base in Germany and then drove to Paris. We saw the Eiffel Tower that evening. We didn't go up it because of the lines but we waited around until it was all lit up when it got dark.
We didn't realize how much of a tourist trap Versailles is but it was on the top of our list of things to see. We waited in line (outside in sunny 78 degrees) 2 hours and 45 minutes to buy tickets and get in to the palace. It was packed with people but this was fulfilling my childhood dream so we had to see it! This place is huge and very ornate and the gardens are spectacular! Since this was our last day we didn't have time to see any other sites in Paris. We had to get to the ferry.