Dresden is only two hours away from Berlin by train, but do try to find time to spend at least one night in this beautiful Saxon city. Here are 11 reasons why: 1. Altstadt (Old Town) and Brühlsche Terrasse Until World War II, Dresden was [...]
Behind Martin Luther and the Reformation was a strong woman, Katharina von Bora. Come with me and explore their legacy in Dresden, Leipzig and Torgau.
Germany’s second largest city has lots to offer and a weekend is not enough to see and do everything. But if that’s what you’ve got, that’s what you’ve got. Here are my tips for a Hamburg weekend break - Friday lunch to Sunday lunch: Friday: [...]
If you enjoy visiting sites of outstanding universal value - UNESCO World Heritage sites, that is - you will know that a few countries dominate the prestigious list by the sheer number of sites. Some would even say that some countries are over-represented, and that the value of [...]
Germany’s newest UNESCO World Heritage site is in Hamburg. As you walk along the city's harbour, passing the futuristic architecture in Hafen City on the way, you'll notice a row of Gothic redbrick buildings just across the canal. That's Speicherstadt, the old warehouse district. Speicherstadt [...]
I'm about to become blind, so this is the only photo you'll find in this post. And it's appropriately blurry. I’m at the enigmatically named Dialog im Dunkeln – Dialogue in the Dark – about to have one of the more eye-opening (no pun intended) experiences I’ve [...]
Thinking about visiting the Rhine Valley? There's a long, winding river, delightful villages, cliffs with mythical maidens and more castles than anywhere else in the world. And that's just a few Rhine Valley highlights. You can take a hotel boat, aka river cruise ship, up (or down) [...]
