To or not to plan, that is the question

Since returning from Amsterdam we've been lying low here in Rotterdam,  planning our next moves. Rick Steves has been our over the shoulder guide and trip participant thus far, but I can't remember ever inviting him. We've easily spent the better part of 2 days, mapping out the next 20 or so, the highlights will hopefully include:

1. Koblenz, and a Rhine cruise to see the valley and castles
2. Fussen, to see the black forest, Ludwig castles, and maybe luge
3. Regensburg, as a base from which to day trip to Oktoberfest in Munich, and the Schneider brewery in Kelheim
4. Berlin, for 2 and a half weeks of relaxing in an awesome German city and scouting the next leg of our journey

In our initial paling for the trip, we concentrated on our exit logistics (apt, insurance,  jobs, family, money, etc...) and did a modest amount of trip reasearch. Basic high level of mapping of potential places to go, customs to understand, access to food, money, lodging, etc, but not nitty gritty specicifics. More than 20 days into our trip, we're still trying to find the balance of planning and not planning, because when you don't plan, some times you're free to bump into summertime snow tubing and rock and roll themed Dutch block parties with delightful child bartenders.

It was over 70 degrees

There goes Jim in the red lane

Speeds of up to 50kph

There's a sort of lift, bust basically you have to haul the tube up the hill yourself

Bartenders in training