Currywurst at the Zoo There are two things you must eat in Berlin, currywurst mit soße is one of them, the other is a doner …
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Drink: Eiskeller Bar, Düsseldorf
Learn about (and drink) wine at Eiskeller in Düsseldorf First stop on our foodie tour of Düsseldorf was Eiskeller (“Ice cellar”) which was voted “Best Classic …
Travel: Prora – Hitler’s Butlins on the Baltic Coast
Mein Camp – the Nazi Butlins A few years back on a holiday to Berlin we took the train up to the Hanseatic city of, …
Travel: 24 hours in (East) Berlin
What to see and do in 24 hours in (East) Berlin Could you get the essence of Berlin in 24 hours? It’s a tough call …
Travel to do: Berlin Breweries
Berlin Breweries on a map Visiting Berlin and not trying out at least one of the cities fine craft beers would just be rude, we …
Travel To Do: Gleis 17, Grunewald, Berlin
The dark history of Platform 17 Located in the Grunewald area of Berlin is the railway station Berlin-Grunewald with its castle gate building and forest …
Food Review: Cafe Sibylle, 72 Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin, Germany
Classic East Berlin brunch spot to watch the world pass by Open since 1953 this was, and still is, one of Berlin’s most popular cafes. …
Food review: The Palm Tree, 87 Portobello High St, Edinburgh EH15 1AW
Sunshine on Leith, Sonnenschein am Porty! Oktoberfest is a big thing in Germany, not so much in Portobello…until now perhaps!? I’d actually never been to …
Top 5 things to do in Bamberg, Germany
If you like history, and all within walking distance as well as shopping, drinking beer and eating, then Bamberg in Germany is an ideal place …
Beer drinking in Germany’s oldest railway station
The historic city of Leipzig in Saxony is a much neglected tourist spot. Where else can you find the starting point for the fall of …
Backpackers Bamberg, 4 Heliggrabstrasse, Bamberg, Germany Review
Situated in the picturesque UNESCO World Heritage centre of Bamberg, Backpackers Bamberg Backpackers Bamberg is handily located for both the old town and transport links. With …
25 years – Berlin Wall
Food Review – Burgermeister, 8 Oberbaumstrasse, Kreuzberg, Berlin
Under the U-bahn on an upturned beer crate This is slow “fast” food – the queue is immense, the heat stifling and we are sitting …
Ostel, Berlin Review. ** Closed **
Located in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin and a 5 min walk from Ostbahnhof is Ostel, a nostalgic hostel ideal for backpackers, young couples …
Three Course Taste of Travel Menu
We have been asked to take part in Taste of Travel competition by creating our very own three-course travel menu.Winners will get the chance to …
Street Food Thursday
Markthalle Neun Street Food Thursday Street Food Thursday is a weekly food event in the Markthalle Neun building and gathers together a gaggle of street …
Bamberg – a city of smokey beer
This tastes just like bacon My first thought when trying some Bamberg beer last year. As everyone knows bacon is a food of the Gods, …
Holiday Diary – Day 1 – Berlin
Berlin Arrived safely to an overcast but humid Berlin. Our accommodation for the night was Huettenpalast. Quirky, friendly and retro came to mind as we …
Deutsche Bahn Travel Tickets
As we are doing a bit of travelling when in Germany we have teamed up with Deutsche Bahn to utilise their group travel tickets. These …
A holiday with good food
When people think of holidays and good food going together they tend to think of places like Paris (or France in general), London, Italy, Spain, or …
CLOSED. Rickenbacker’s Music Inn, 194b Bundesallee, Berlin – June 2011
Popular music venue with beer garden outside. Serves a wide variety of beers and food ranges from traditional German food to Nachos. …