For lovers of beer, hiking, and travel, Bhutan —the Land of the Thunder Dragon —represents one of the most unique destinations on Earth. This story features five obeer hikes made…

Bayreuth is a small city in the Franconia region of Northern Bavaria that has a long history.  Bayreuth’s beginnings are…

Walking into a brewery I’ve found you never know what to expect — every one has its own distinctive character…

“You are going rafting tomorrow,” Julia casually mentioned as we were driving between two of the great line-up of visits…

The Goldsteig is another of Germany’s and Bavaria’s long range hiking routes reaching from Marktredwicz in the north 660 km…

Another experience I had been looking forward to is staying at a youth hostel. I had heard that they are…

An elderly man speaks to me as I focus my camera on yet another beautiful building in the Czech Republic…

Keep in mind as you read this that I was only a daytripper to Prague. I visited twice for some…

In central Bohemia just South of Prague is an area of large rolling hills covered by farms and forests. Nestled…

When in Bohemia, you are in the cradle of traditional beer brewing. The beers here are outstanding I marvel…

This small city, situated on a steep, dramatic horseshoe bend of the Vlatava river is spectacularly scenic — no two…

Pilsen (Plzeň) was under construction during my visit, but that didn’t keep it from being a picturesque and interesting stop…

Kutná Hora, founded in the 1100’s, is yet another beautiful, small (population about 20,000) Czech city on the Vrchlice River…