Well, it has been about three months since we returned from our last trip, a cruise that departed from the Port of Los Angeles, where we visited Hawaii, Samoa, American Samoa, Bora Bora, Moorea, Tahiti & before returning to Los Angeles. With winter time setting in, we are getting the itch to plan another journey.
It had always been our plan to try and resume the trip we made in October 2010, that was cut short when we had to return home a week early due to the passing away of my father. We did not have the chance to complete the portion of that trip scheduled for visiting southern Germany, the Black Forest and Switzerland. Although we were able to see Triberg in the Black Forest of Germany, our one day in the Black Forest region was well short of the original plan for that visit.
We are contemplating starting this “return trip” in Paris, France, then heading to Munich, Germany by train to pick up the original trip 2010 trip route. Since it will once again be Oktoberfest time in Munich, we are planning on a couple of nights there before heading back to Rothenburg ob der Tauber and the Romantic Road. Although we did stay two nights in Rothenburg on the first trip, the weather was rainy, so we are planning to return there for a couple of nights and hopefully experience the colorful medieval town in sunshine. From Rothenburg, we will truly restart the uncompleted journey, heading south to the area around Fussen, Germany to see the Neuschwanstein Castle, then returning to the Black Forest area, before eventually heading into Switzerland, and then heading back home.
Since we are planning this new adventure for a duration of around 21 days, we will have more days planned for visiting the locations we missed on the 2010 trip for the areas in southern Germany and Switzerland. This will also give us the opportunity to expand the itinerary to also include additional cities we plan on visiting during this trip. Our initial flight routing for this trip will be to fly into Paris, France and fly out of Zurich, Switzerland.
Below is a map of the planned route for this trip. As we gather additional information on the areas we plan to visit, the map route will most likely change as we refine the trip.
Trip Route Map
Preliminary Map Route – Listed Cities
- A – Paris, France
- B – Munich, Germany
- C – Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
- D – Fussen, Germany
- E – Constance, Germany
- F – Simonswald, Germany (Black Forrest)
- G – Freiburg, Germany
- H – Strasbourg, France
- I — Berg, Switzerland
- J – Lucerne, Switzerland
- K – Zurich, Switzerland