Tag: Germany
Let there be space for the Victuals in Munich
Any food connoisseur who wants to enjoy a good Lager with live music as a backdrop needs to visit Viktualienmarkt in Munich. In summertime this place is bustling with activity…
Exploring the Ardennes
In Belgium, France and Luxembourg you will find a region with rolling hills and forests. This is the Ardennes region and it has retained many parts of the wild landscape…
Head for Munich and onward to Austria for a winter adventure
Munich is the capital of Bavaria. It is also the gateway to the Alps from Germany. From here you can reach the Austrian as well as the Italian Alps with…
Eating and drinking on a budget when zigzagging around Europe
Take a look at this picture. On the left hand side you see what I purchased in a super market in a German city. On the right hand side you…
Three random road trip blunders – Challenging weather, multitasking and glass door obstacle course
It’s May – Let’s go hiking in Bavaria I had been counting the days, weeks and months until my next train hike. The plan was to go hiking in Bavaria.…
Train adventure to Berlin and Prague
The journey started with no certain plan on where to end up. After all, train hiking allows you to go wherever there is rail, and we have a lot of…
The retired sleeper services in Europe – And the new ones
This spring France said buh bye to night trains from Paris. The explanation is that they are too expensive to run and so the French government has withdrawn its financial…
A farmer’s market in Munich and medieval alleys in Salzburg
The first stop is Munich. I’ve got my hotel reservations, not one but two. There’s quite a bit of enjoyment to be had chatting up hotel staff. So two hotels…
Hamburg for a day and Travemünde the second
It’s difficult to pinpoint the charm of Hamburg. The harbour district is huge and shows plenty of traces of active trade and the historical status of Hamburg as one of…
We are all searching for fun..
It can take a person, a place or a lost memory that we are able to reenact. On a train platform in Amsterdam this seems so obvious as it has…
Five Days InterRail Through Spain, France, and Germany
There is plenty to discover in Europe. And one of the most exhilirating ways to do it is by train, especially regional trains. With regional trains you can discover villages…
Amazing Italian Food And Pieces of History In Cologne
Cologne is under construction. At least if you would draw your conclusion from gazing at the cathedral which has scaffolding up along one of its towers, or, if you would…