That’s right, Rust! Rust makes the list because it is the home of Europa Park, an awesome amusement park that is part Kings Island/Six Flags and part DisneyWorld – with an animated mouse and an Epcot ball to boot. Before we came here, I anticipated spending most of our time checking off the ‘big stuff’, but we have so much fun just spending time around the locals, doing local things, that I have turned into a convert – we’re just as likely to have fun hanging out at the pool and riding rides as we are to visit the biggies. Of course, we’re lucky just to get to do any of this, but our visit to Rust and Europa Park is a weekend we all continue to talk about!

20 Days, 20 German Towns: Bad Nauheim – Rüdesheim – Königstein – Travemünde – Cologne – Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Bad Soden – Mainz – Wiesbaden – Berlin – Schwangau – Frankfurt – Bad Homburg – Hamburg – Rust