Welcome to one of Europe’s premier cities! We’re in Berlin! We’re so excited to be here in Germany’s cosmopolitan, multicultural capital city – home to 3.5 million permanent residents and, in 2012, 9 million visitors. Divided for most of the 20th century, this city has had to reinvent […]
A marvellous day in Meissen… After spending the last couple of days in Dresden, learning about the history of this region, we have heard so much about Meissen, the little town that used to be the capital of Saxony. So we decided to take ourselves to Meissen for the […]
Delving a little deeper into Dresden’s history… Dresden is packed with people today! Overnight the city has morphed into a festival city of white tents, fun rides, portable breweries, whole animals on spit roast, and lots and lots of people…. We saw a few stalls […]
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 […]
Wandering Soles 