Oberammergau’s world famous Passion Play: Oberammergau, a small colourful alpine town in Germany, is inundated by visitors once every ten years. This town is world famous for its Passion Play, a play about the “Suffering, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ”. The Passion Play was the result of a desperate plea by the people of Oberammergau when […]
Cuvilliés Theatre – An Opera House for Bavarian Royalty
The Cuvilliés Theatre in Munich was built by Royalty for Royalty: The Cuvilliés Theatre in the Munich Residenz complex is one of the most beautiful Rococo theatres in the city. The Cuvilliés was commissioned by Elector Maximilian Joseph III when fire destroyed an earlier theatre room in the Residenz. Built from 1751-55, it was named after […]
Fighting a Pirate at the Cologne Harbour Christmas Market
The Kölner Hafen-Weihnachtsmarkt (Cologne Harbour Christmas Market) has a maritime theme: The Cologne Harbour Christmas Market (Kölner Hafen-Weihnachtsmarkt) is one of the many Christmas markets in this historic Rhine River town. As the name implies, this Christmas market is set on the banks of the Rhine and has a maritime theme. Maritime Christmas Market The […]
A Trip Back in Time at the Esslingen Medieval Christmas Market
Esslingen’s Medieval Half-timbered Houses Make a great backdrop for their Medieval Christmas Market: Before coming to Stuttgart, we didn’t know anything about the Esslingen Medieval Christmas Market or Esslingen town for that matter. Tony came across information about their Medieval Christmas Market by chance and so we take time out from Stuttgart to visit Esslingen. […]
Live from the Stuttgart Christmas Market
Stuttgart Christmas Market claims to be one of the largest German Christmas Markets: The Stuttgart Christmas Market (Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt) claims to be the “biggest and most beautiful Christmas Market in Europe”. Before coming to Stuttgart, we didn’t know too much about this city, except that it is the head office and manufacturing hub of Mercedes […]
Live from the Frankfurt Christmas Market
Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt – Our Frankfurt Christmas Market Visit: The Frankfurt Christmas Market is the first of our series of German Christmas Market visits this year. Naturally we’re excited to be in Frankfurt again to see what Germany’s financial powerhouse has in store for Christmas this year. The extensive Frankfurt Christmas Market (Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt) stretches from […]
The Elusive Blue Danube
Why is the Danube River referred to as the Blue Danube?: The Danube River has many aspects and features, but the colour Blue is certainly not one of them. On my first Danube River cruise from Vienna to Budapest many years ago, I kept hoping that we would come to a stretch where I might […]
A Danube River Cruise that does not break the bank
An affordable Danube river cruise on a Swarovski crystal ship : As the City of Three Rivers Passau offers many opportunities to enjoy cruises on its rivers. The town is a regular stop for many of the luxury Danube river cruises. But you don’t have to pay for an expensive river cruise to enjoy a […]
The Great Passau Floods. Think metres, not inches.
Passau Floods – at the confluence of three rivers, Passau is susceptible to flooding: Passau sits at the confluence of the Danube, the Inn and the Ilz and markets itself as the “City of Three Rivers”. Unfortunately, being the City of Three Rivers also means that it is prone to being flooded. And when they […]
Visiting The Grand Budapest Hotel in Görlitz
Visiting The Grand Budapest Hotel or the Görlitzer Warenhaus in real life: When we told friends and relatives that we were going to Görlitz, “where?” was the common reaction. The truth be known, we too hadn’t heard of Görlitz until we started noticing the name of the town cropping up in a number of film […]
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