Europe
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Discovering the World’s Oldest Restaurant | Regensburg, Germany
| The World’s Oldest Restaurant, A Pipe Organ, and a Medieval Stone Bridge | On our Viking River Cruise to Budapest, we made a stop in Regensburg, Germany. Located in Bavaria, this city of approximately 150,000 residents has a rich history dating back to Roman times. The city boasts the oldest restaurant in the world, which once served Roman soldiers (more about this later in the post!)
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Ice Cream in Europe – the Prettiest to the Yummiest
| Ice cream treats and gelato in Europe | After having become slightly addicted to gelato while we were Europe, the debate began – which country had the best gelato? We tried it in Germany, Italy and France and the winner is…. Germany.
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Wine Tasting in Alsace, France
As part of our European adventure, we made a three-day stop in the Alsace Region of France. We made our base in Colmar, a small town loaded with charm. Unfortunately, when we were there, it was very rainy and damp and we were unable to enjoy many of the charms of Colmar and the surrounding area, but we made the best of the situation. One of the things that we wanted to do was to embrace the Alsace wine experience and see how it compared to that of wine touring in Canada. The local Tourism Information Offices, which are usually found in the centre of the towns or villages, were…
