Coming to Europe and wondering how to use the train system in Germany? Train travel in Germany is huge. As a German expat I use trains pretty much every time I visit friends and family […]
Tag: Germany
Have you ever searched for a place to get away from it all? A small town in the country where the world is still going at a normal pace? Where you can smell the pine […]
7 cities in 7 days – how to get around in Germany I started 2019 with a week-long backpacking trip in Germany. There I saw 7 cities in 7 days: Schwerin, Cologne, Leipzig, Greiz, Erfurt, […]
Origins of German winter traditions Imagine a mining community in a German around 100 years ago. Winter meant the men working in the mines would not see daylight for weeks on end, spending all daylight […]
Everybody makes resolutions for the next year. And I suppose champagne and fireworks are pretty common too on New Year’s. But did you know about these New Year’s traditions in Germany? Pouring lead They melt […]
On the shores of the Elbe river that was once the border between the two German countries lies the town of Dömitz. After the German reunification a bridge was built again, across the river to […]
Recent Comments