Katie Wells

Katie Wells is a writer and mixed media artist with an MFA in Creative Writing. She is passionate about nature, travel, and yoga. When she’s not writing or getting lost in new hobbies, you can find her cuddling up with a latte and her two dogs Zuko and Baymax and Fern the cat.

wells.katelyn@stripes.com

a painterly style web graphic of the city of Speyer with the River in the forefront.

Rhine River cruises: a day in Speyer

Speyer is a beautiful city along the Rhine River and a great stop for cruises. Just under an hour from Kaiserslautern, my spouse and I met my relatives at the docks and strolled the city for the day.

a metal structure stands tall on a hill with a wide-opened sky background

Your Snapshot: Saarpolygon

Man is cooking food on grill, assortment sausages and meat steaks cooking on grill, on circular barbecue, food street market. Assorted grilled sausages on barbecue, outdoor street food market stall

Send-off summer at the autumn Dippemess in Frankfurt

Glass of wine at tasting area of annual city festival Tbilisoba with crowd of people around. Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia country

Visit the Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt, the largest wine festival in the world

A young family of four sitting down to enjoy the bands at an outdoors music festival.

Listen to music at Lab Fest in Stuttgart

Enjoy different genres of live music at Lab Fest in a castle garden in Stuttgart.

Take a day trip to Bernkastel-Keus for the Middle Moselle Wine Festival

Enjoy this wine festival set along the river and stroll through the charming town of Bernkastel-Keus.

A photo looking up at a giant yellow spinning carousel with swings flying around in a circle .

Celebrate the Dachau Volksfest in Bavaria

Watch beautiful fireworks, brave fair rides or cheer on participants of an international bike race at the Dachau Volksfest in Bavaria.

Come to the cultural festival, Museumsurferfest in Frankfurt

Museumsuferfest, although a mouthful to say, is a large cultural fest along the Main River to celebrate culture, museums and welcome Fall!

Visit the Nibelungen Festival in Worms

This festival keeps the story of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer alive!

Visit the medieval town of Dinkelsbühl

Picturesque Dinkelsbühl is full of charm, colorful historic homes and rich history. Visit during July to attend the Kinderzeche which honors the child who saved the town!