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About Helen Page

Helen Page is a prolific blogger and ardent traveller; she runs Travelsignposts with her professional writer and photographer husband Tony.

Berliner Festspiele – MaerzMusik 2020

March 1, 2020 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Berliner Festspiele Haus

MaerzMusik 2020 – The Berliner Festspiele’s 15th Festival of Contemporary Music: MaerzMusik 2020, the Berliner Festspiele’s International Festival of Contemporary Music, takes place from March 20 to 29, 2020. This is the 15th edition of MaerzMusik and concert-goers can look forward to an eclectic mix of contemporary music. MaerzMusik Concert Venues MaerzMusik concerts will be […]

Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: berliner festspiele, festivals in berlin, maerzmusik

German Wine and Beer Festivals 2020

February 27, 2020 By Helen Page 30 Comments

German Wine and Beer Festivals

FAMOUS GERMAN WINE AND BEER FESTIVALS FOR 2020: German wine and beer festivals are great occasions not only to enjoy a variety of wines and beers, but they also provide an opportunity to observe local traditions, sample local foods, as well as to mingle amongst a nice cross-section of people. For connoisseurs of wine and […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Aachen Wine Festival, Bavarian beer, Berlin Beer Festival, German Beer and Wine festivals, German Wine and Beer Festivals, Mainz Wine Festival, Mosel Wine Festivals, munich frühlingfest, Oktoberfest Munich, Rudesheim Wine Festival, Stuttgart Beer Festival, Stuttgart Wine Festival, Weinfeste, wine and beer festivals

The Best Feuerzangenbowle – and it’s in Berlin!

December 26, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Feuerzangenbowle

Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market Still Has the Best Feuerzangenbowle Well, we made it to Tony’s favourite feuerzangenbowle stall at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market in Berlin. In spite of the little scare last Saturday night, the resilient stallholders were back there in full force and it was quite busy as well. Showmanship in Feuerzangenbowle The feuerzangenbowle tent […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Berlin, christmas drink, feuerzangenbowle, gedächtniskirche christmas market, Germany, glühwein

Trouble at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market

December 23, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Berlin City Weihnachtsmarkt

No Feuerzangenbowle at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market Tonight: Tony’s favourite feuerzangenbowle is at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz and so that’s where we headed for on Saturday night. As we were walking towards Breitscheidplatz, we saw streams of people walking away from the Christmas market. I then became aware that there were a […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: berlin christmas market, city weihnachtsmarkt, gedächtniskirche weihnachtsmarkt

Chinese Tower Christmas Market

December 20, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

A Chinese Tower Christmas Market Set in a Beautiful English Garden: The last time we were at the Chinesischer Turm Weihnachtsmarkt (Chinese Tower Christmas Market) in Munich we came across a stall full of Räuchermännchen (German incense smokers). The owner of the stall, Peter Wittman, was a very nice and friendly guy so we thought […]

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Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt

December 20, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt on the Rathausplatz

The Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt Claims to be the Most Beautiful: We first visited Augsburg a couple of years ago at the end of our Romantic Road trip. The lady in the tourist office said that we should visit their Christmas market. According to her, the Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt is one of the most beautiful in Germany. I […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: augsburg chriskindlmarkt, augsburg christmas market, augsburger christkindlesmarkt, german christmas markets

Dallmayr Has Food, Glorious Food

December 15, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Dallmyar Munich

Dallmayr is the Place to Go for Gourmet Food in Munich: If you love good food, Dallmayr is definitely the place to visit in Munich. This upmarket delicatessen has food that tantalises your senses. Food, Glorious Food We first came across Dallmayr years ago when we were looking to buy coffee in Munich. Being finicky […]

Filed Under: Shopping Tagged With: dallmyar, food in munich, munich delicatessen, munich food shopping

Flammlachs – Our Favourite German Christmas Market Snack

December 11, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

German Christmas Market Food

Flammlachs is now a Popular Snack Food at German Christmas Markets: Flammlachs is our favourite snack food at the Munich Christkindlmarkt. We came across the flammlachs stall when we were wandering around Rindermarkt. In a meat-oriented Munich Christmas market, there are plenty of sausages, beef and pork available. You can imagine our delight at finding […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: flammlachs, german christmas market food, woodfire roast salmon

A Shivering Start to our Munich Christmas Market Visit

December 10, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Munich Christmas Market

Munich Christmas Market is the Start of our German Christmas Market Tour: Munich is the start of our eight city German Christmas market tour and this year the Bavarian capital failed to put on a warm welcome for us – in fact it was freezing! A Freezing start to our Munich Visit A cold snap […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: german christmas markets, munich christkindlmarkt, munich christmas market, munich marienplatz

Dresden Striezelmarkt 2019 – Germany’s Oldest Christmas Market

November 25, 2019 By Helen Page Leave a Comment

Dresden Striezelmarkt

DRESDEN STRIEZELMARKT IS THE LARGEST OF THE CITY’S CHRISTMAS MARKETS: There are many Christmas markets in Dresden (including a Medieval Christmas Market), but the largest of them all is the Dresden Striezelmarkt.  The Dresden Striezelmarkt is also Germany’s oldest Christmas Market. This year (2019) marks the 585th anniversary of this historical Christmas market and we’re glad that we’ll […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: christmas in dresden, dresden christmas market, dresden striezelmarkt, german christmas markets

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