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Oberpfalz

Exploring Regensburg

March 16, 2010

The city of Regensburg, located in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, is well worth a visit.  The first settlements of the area date to the stone age, and it was the location of the Roman fort Castro Regina. It’s intact medieval old town is a Unesco World Heritage site, and there are even some Roman [...]

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Weekly Winners – Bavarian Landscape – 3 May 2009

May 3, 2009

April 26 – May 2, 2009

The woods near our house

Sunday hike with friends

Fire hydrant in Bad Abbach

Horse farm and rapeseed fields in bloom

A rock and a hard place

Old barn in Bad Abbach

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Off the Beaten Path: the Oberpfalz

September 26, 2008

The Oberpfalz, or Upper Palatinate in English, is a region in the German state of Bavaria. Regensburg, Amberg and Weiden are some of the larger cities of the region. Here are five things worth doing if you happen to find yourself in the area:

Hike along the Jurasteig – the Jurasteig is a 230 [...]

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