We had so much fun in Munich, primarily because we met up with Laura and Lam and they showed us around the beer gardens / beer halls / lots of beer locations. We had so much fun with them we didn’t do a lot of touristy things. We spent one night at a music [...]
If you like castles and coats of armour thousands of years old, twilight markets on cobblestoned streets and beautiful green beer gardens then definitely a visit to the beautiful walled city of Nuremberg is a good place to start. If you like hostels with any form or security, atmosphere or staff who actually talk to [...]
Dresden is a gorgeous city that reminded me of what I had dreamed Europe to be before we even started travelling. We stayed in the New Town however due to the controversial bombing of the Old Town in 1945 by the Allies it is now technically the oldest section of town as the Old [...]
I’m finding it hard to sum up our visit to Berlin. It is, of course, a fascinating city. We got there and I had quite large expectations. Most people we met on our travels rated Berlin as one of their top European cities and unfortunately I didn’t feel that. I feel slightly guilty, as though [...]
Cologne was our first stop in Germany and there are two things that stand out from our few days there. 1. A giant cathedral. The Dom is one huge cathedral; the tallest structure in the world for a brief period; and dominates downtown Cologne. On one of the hottest, most humid days we [...]