The Saar Loop lies in the border triangle, Germany, France, and Luxembourg. A year ago, we met Eithne Treanor on our trip to Tajikistan. Already at that time, we agreed that we wanted to meet again. Eithne is Irish but lives in Dubai. On the way to her homeland, she made a stopover in Luxembourg […]
Saarland
High speed train ride from Saarbrücken via Paris to Barcelona
Despite the rail strike by train drivers union GDL, the Intercity to Paris arrives on time at the station of Saarbrücken. We bought a Renfe Spain Pass which allows us to travel around with the high-speed trains in Spain. Therefore we have decided to take the train already from Germany to Spain. We booked the […]
Saarbrücken – an unplanned short visit
Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state Saarland, was originally not on our itinerary! We had planned a four weeks trip to Spain by train, but by the strike of the train drivers union GDL forced us to arrive a day early in order to catch our Intercity to Paris. So we take advantage of […]