Author Archives: Uncle Jack

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site – 2024.

On Wednesday, May 29, 2024 to pay respects to the innocent victims of Hitler’s Nazi regime I participated in a guided walking tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. I walked to the München Hauptbahnhof train station and took the S-2 commuter train, 21 minutes to the city of Dachau and then the publicContinue reading “Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site – 2024.”

Nördlingen, Germany, 2024.

11,700 BC, Area was inhabited.260 AD, A Roman villa was present.898, first mentioned in recorded history.1215, was granted city rights by Emperor Frederick II.1327, present-day city circular wall was built.1427, construction of Saint George’s Church was started. 1589-1598, Modern witch trials.1849, Royal Bavarian State Railways arrived.1945, WWII air raid killed 33 people.1970, The ending scenesContinue reading “Nördlingen, Germany, 2024.”

Dinkelsbürl, Germany, 2024.

I drove around 30 miles from Rothenburg ob der Tauber on the morning of Monday, May 27, 2024, to Dinkelsbürl, Germany. This should have been about a 40 minute drive. I was down to 5€’s and stopped often trying to find an ATM that would accept a US Credit Card. Many of the small shopsContinue reading “Dinkelsbürl, Germany, 2024.”

Bad Windsheim, Germany, 2024.

On Saturday, May 25, 2024 I drove 25 miles from, Röttingen to Bad Windsheim, Germany in about 40 minutes on the way to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany for a couple days. First, a German town with the name “Bad” indicates this is a town with a spa, usually from a natural mineral spring. IContinue reading “Bad Windsheim, Germany, 2024.”

Röttingen, Germany, 2024.

FYI; I had lunch of beer and wine with several bicyclers which had just peddled into Röttingen. These were not athletes preparing for the next big race! They were men and women of every size and shape having a good time peddling on the Romantische Straße paved bicycle route. Copyright © 2024 JACK L. WINEGARContinue reading “Röttingen, Germany, 2024.”

Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, 2024.

Brezel is the German word for “pretzel”. It refers to a traditional leavened dough pastry that’s beloved throughout Germany.Pretzels are made from yeast dough that’s been enhanced with butter for softness. After proofing, it’s divided and rolled into 30 cm long strands which are then shaped into traditional pretzel form.Before baking, the strands are boiledContinue reading “Lauda-Königshofen, Germany, 2024.”