I just did Munich (Oktoberfest), Paris, and Amsterdam in 10 days. Lot of travel but very doable.
Thursday overnight flight to Munich. Spent a day traveling Franconia by car. Visited Bamberg and spent the night in Rothenburg. Drove back to Munich day 2 and spent two days at the Fest and exploring Munich a little. Day 4 hopped a 90 minute flight to Paris and had 3 days there, then took a 3 hour train to Amsterdam and had 3 days there. Caught an early flight to Copenhagen and spent the day there before flying back to Florida. It all depends on how much time you need in each place whether a trip like this is better for you or focusing on fewer cities and having more time in each place.
I'm going to Munich just before Christmas with the wife and no kids and am trying to plan an overnight to Rothenburg. Would love any highlights from that portion of your trip.
Take the Nightwatchman's tour in Rothenburg. No reservations needed, just show up in the town square at 8. I think it was 7 EUR a person. He walks you around town and talks about the history of it. Pretty interesting stuff. Zur Holl is a cool place to get a beer and a snack after its over. It's 1 EUR to climb up to the wall and walk around the town. At that time of year, they'll have Christmas markets all over the place up there too. Bamberg is a beautiful town about 90 minutes away if you're so inclined. The whole altstadt is a UNESCO World Heritage site. See if you can grab a table at Aecht Schlenkerla brewery and get a rauchbier and a Bamberg Onion. Smoky beer and porky goodness.
Thanks, out of likes for the day. We have the Nightwatchman Tour on the list glad to hear it wasn't too corny. Any must see things in Munich? We are figured checking out the Christmas Market one day and walk around the city then have another full day there.
Nightwatchman's tour is occasionally hokey but still interesting. I didn't spend a ton of time exploring Munich because most of my time was spent at the Wiesn, but you'll likely end up around Marienplatz a lot. Hofbrauhaus is a short walk from there. Englischer Garten is one of the largest urban parks anywhere. Lots of beer gardens around. The area of Sendlinger Tor has some dining and drinking options to offer as well. Viktualienmarkt is a big outdoor farmers/artisan market with lots of good stuff to buy. Right near there is Cafe Frischut, pop in for schmalznudel. In case I haven't made it clear, my entire time there was based around eating and guzzling beer. We did go into the church with Satan's footprint, but the name eludes me at the moment. Don't know if you and the wife are beer drinkers but that whole city seems to revolve around it.