2 Nights in Baden-Baden
My partner Bonnie loves spas and Baden-Baden has been on her travel wish-list for a while. A UNESCO historic site, Baden-Baden is just one hour north of Strasbourg and definitely a worthy tourist destination. Although we had to cross over to Germany to visit Baden-Baden, we hardly noticed. Sure the language changed from French to German, but almost everyone spoke English so it didn't make much difference to us. The most notable difference was the speed limit on the Autobahn -- there was none! It's obvious that Germans enjoy driving fast and cars zoomed by us so fast we didn't dare enter the left lane. We're here for the baths, so we booked Hotel Römerhof which was two blocks from the spa. It just so happened that our hotel was also a few blocks from the town center, so we were surrounded by restaurants of all types. We had a really nice dinner at a Vinami Kitchen , a Vietnamese restaurant that went pan-Asian just to keep the tourists happy. The real surprise was find...