Travel to Germany

Germany: a country that’s a lot more than Beer, Lederhosen and Cuckoo Clocks!
Most people associate travel to Germany with either big modern cities and Mercedes thrashing down autobahns or quaint wood-beamed houses, men in lederhosen and buxom barmaids holding gigantic steins of beer in each hand while cuckoo clocks chime in the background.
OK, I’m exaggerating,
but [...]

Oktoberfest – A Royal Beginning

How Munich’s Oktoberfest Started:
Millions of people attend the Munich’s Oktoberfest each year, but how many know that it all started from a royal wedding in 1810?
On October 12, 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria (who later become King Ludwig I), married Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The citizens of Munich were invited to attend the wedding [...]

On the Trail of White Gold – North Bavaria and Thuringia

890 km of Porcelain Trails:
Visitors to the Northern Bavarian and Thuringia regions can travel along two scenic tourist routes which links places of interest associated with the manufacture of porcelain or White Gold as they were referred to 300 years ago. As early as the beginning of the 13th century, European royalty had been [...]

German Wine and Beer Festivals 2010

German Wine and Beer Festivals, Germany
For connoisseurs of wine and beer, summer is a fantastic time to be in Germany. From Berlin to the Rhineland, there is a great choice of festivals to attend, depending on whether you prefer to conduct your wine-tasting in one of the small towns along the Mosel or in Rudesheim [...]

Pfund Molkerei – The World’s Most Beautiful Dairy Shop

The Guinness Book of Records has Pfund Molkerei as the World’s Most Beautiful Dairy Shop:
Porto in Portugal has the most beautiful bookshop in the world, but Dresden certainly has the “most beautiful dairy shop in the world”. But don’t take my word for it – check it out for yourself in the 1998 entry [...]

Airport Transfers – Munich Airport (MUC)

Ground Transportation from/to Munich Airport:
Munich  Franz Josef Strauß Airport is 28.5 kilometers north-east of the centre of Munich, capital of Bavaria.  Munich is the second-busiest passenger airport in Germany and ranks seventh among Europe’s ten leading airports.  There are good ground transportation options for passengers arriving at Franz Josef Strauß Airport.
By Bus
From the Airport to [...]

An Elbe River Cruise in a Historic Paddle Steamer

The Oldest and Largest Paddle Steamer fleet in the world:
Long before the Elbe River became home to the very popular European river cruises of today, steamships have been plying the Elbe transporting goods and passenger traffic. In fact, it has been 174 years since royal assent was given for paddle-steamers to operate on the [...]

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