It was an easy drive out of the city on the Berlin ring road and […]
Easter in Berlin
Wanting to see something a little bit different in Berlin we spent two days using […]
An icy day out in Berlin
In the city by 9.30am and, passing the expensive fashion shops on Friedrichstrasse, we headed […]
An exodus to the East: Berlin
It was -5°c overnight in Magdeburg. The darkness hours had brought a thick blanket of […]
Magdeburg: The city of Otto
As we continued to head eastwards for Easter in Berlin our destination was Magdeburg, ‘City of […]
The Harz Mountains
Returning to the Harz Mountains we breathed in the chill, icy and clean air. At […]
Passing Through Industrial Germany
The drive through industrial Essen and Dortmund was made cheerful by bright blue skies and […]
Beginning a new trip: into the Easterly
Having berthed on the ferry to the sound of the bow doors closing, the crossing […]
Hello from Simon & Jo
The disaster of 2004s tsunami affected us indirectly. Our long-planned and meticulously researched holiday in […]
Covid-19: remembering our first trip
Housebound and country bound in the Covid crisis, we look back at our first trip away in 2011.