Whenever I’m travelling in Bavaria I make a point of stopping off in its second largest city, Nuremberg (or Nürnberg as it is known in Germany). What I like about Nuremberg is the way that the medieval and modern co-exist, particularly in the Old Town (Altstadt), which was faithfully rebuilt after the Second World War. […]
Frankfurt is well known as a major business centre, but when I spent two days there earlier this year, I was pleasantly surprised by the different side of the city that I found. How to get there? Well Ryanair flies from London to Frankfurt-Hahn and prices can be as low as £35 return, but this is […]
Would you like to see the sights of Hungary – from its majestic capital Budapest on the Danube, to the holiday resorts on Lake Balaton, from the beautiful university city of Sopron in the north to the historic city of Pécs in the south? If so, and if you would like to travel free of […]
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Munich in October – Short Break
Think of Munich and October and you’ll probably get an image of thousands of people sitting at benches swilling down large quantities of beer, interspersed with roast pork, ham hock and pretzels. And that was the case a week or so before we arrived, as Munich celebrated the Oktoberfest along with millions of visitors. Fortunately, by the […]