Welcome to Dresden, capital of Saxony! We left the lederhosen and “oompah” bands of Bavaria behind today and made our way by train to Dresden, some 470kms North-East of Munich. Dresden is the capital of Saxony and is only 70kms from the Germany/Czech border. The city is situated […]
A trip into the Bavarian country-side We wanted to get out of Munich today and see some of the Bavarian country-side; in particular we thought a day trip to Nuremberg might be nice. Nuremberg is just 170kms North of Munich, easily reachable by train, and has lots of […]
One pork sausage too many…. Guten abend loyal fans! Day 4 in Germany and we’ve already hit our pork limit. We’ve had it for lunch or dinner for 4 days now – it’s just too much! What really pushed us over the edge today was dinner at Munich’s […]
Show me more of Munich please…. We saw a bit of Munich’s altstadt (translation = old town) when we arrived on Sunday and thought we’d use today to see a bit more of the city. Like most touristy destinations they have a “Hop-on/Hop-off” bus here that you can […]
High in the Bavarian Alps there’s a fairy tale castle with an unpronounceable name…. At the age of 7 I discovered that Disney’s “Magical Kingdom” castle is real (or at least, based on a real castle); ever since then I have wanted it. Today I got to do […]
Wandering Soles 