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: Prora – Hitler’s Butlins on the Baltic Coast
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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: 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. …
ALECSA Hotel am Olympiastadion, Glockenturmstraße 30, 14055 Berlin Review
Budget Hotel in West Berlin We stumbled across the Alecsa Hotal am Olympiastadion whilst looking for somewhere cheap to place our heads. We just needed …
Travel To Do: Stasi Museum, Berlin
The Stasi Museum in the Friedrichshain area of Berlin is worth a visit (indeed is the whole of Friedrichshain!) This building housed The Ministry for …
Travel To Do: BierPinsel, Berlin, Germany
Bierpinsel Berlin Getting off at U9 Schloßstraße station gives you a bit of advance warning of what to expect at Bierpinsel. The garish colour scheme …
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 …
Food Review: Konnopke’s Imbiss, Schönhauser Allee 44 b, Berlin, Germany
Currywurst under the Bahn A part of Berlin food culture since 1930, Konnopke’s Imbiss is still a Berliner favourite. Everyone and anyone come here for …
Holiday Inspiration – Berlin, Germany
Berlin break ideas Now Mrs Foodie loves Berlin a little too much. If only she had stuck in at school and passed that Higher German …
Volkswagen transparent factory ( Gläserne Manufaktur) Dresden, Germany
The transparent factory in Dresden is worth a visit to see the assembly of Volkswagen’s luxury sedan, the Phaeton, and to admire some modern architecture. …
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 …
Say Cheese, Kleine Fleischergasse, Leipzig, Germany Review
We’re big fan of hostels for budget travel, especially those with a central location, a short walk from the main train station, in a nightlife area where you can …
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 …
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 …
Huettenpalast, Hobrechtstrasse 66, Berlin, Germany Review
Whimsical, budget accommodation at Huttenpalast The “Palace of the Hut” (Huttenpalast) is located in the Neukölln district which appears to be up and coming since …
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, …
Review – Cafe am Kamin, Falckensteinstraße 18, 10997 Berlin, Germany
Friendly, local cafe We stumbled across this neighbourhood cafe wandering through Kreuzberg catching some sun. As it was hot and sticky we decided some refreshment …
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 …
Heißer Wolf, Potsdam Station, Berlin – December 2012
After a bit of a journey we were famished and just had to have food, now. The Heißer Wolf looked busy, cheap and filling so …