Itzehoe, May 2022: Only A Short Visit
Last month I enjoyed my first visit to Cirencester’s twin town – Itzehoe, in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany – in almost four years. Continue reading
Germany
Ein Tolles Wochenende in Frankfurt
Letztes Wochenende bin ich nach Frankfurt gefahren – um meine Cousine zu besuchen. Frankfurt ist die letzte der großen Städten Deutschlands, die ich (bis jetzt) noch nicht besucht habe. Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Stuttgart
The capital of Baden-Württemberg and Germany’s 6th largest city, Stuttgart has many interesting places to visit. I went for a short stay 4 years ago and really liked it. Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Rüdesheim
I first visited Rüdesheim on a school trip in 2006, and returned during my first road trip to Germany in 2017. (It is really only 3 years I’ve been routinely driving abroad!?) Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Munich
When I started full time work in December 2014, Munich was my first holiday – in February 2015 (yes, 3 months at work and I wanted to go away again…. the pattern hasn’t really stopped since!) Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Jena
As far as I can remember I’ve not been anywhere beginning with J. So instead here’s a place I’d like to visit: Jena. Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Hamburg
The second largest city in Germany – and one where I’ve spent a lot of time as it is only 45 minutes by car from Cirencester’s German twin town. Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital of the German state of Thüringen (Thuringia), part of the old GDR (or DDR in German). Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Cochem
My first visit to Germany was a school trip to the Rheinland in 2006. One of the towns we visited then was Cochem, in the Moselle Valley. Continue reading
A-Z of My Favourite Holiday Destinations: Berlin
I’ve only been to Berlin once – 5 years ago in November – but as I was originally planning to spend a few days in Berlin in June (before the Coronavirus hit) it seemed appropriate to make it the second destination in my A to Z. Continue reading