Metz Cathedral's Spectacular 800th Anniversary Lightshow: 2020 marks the 800th anniversary of Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Metz, the city's main cathedral. There are many events throughout the year to celebrate its anniversary and one of these is the spectacular videomapping of the cathedral's … [Read more...]
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SNCF Strike – Une Catastrophe!
Chaos in France as the SNCF Strike Makes History: We had a rather challenging day yesterday trying to get from Cologne to Metz (in France). Our train trip was to be Cologne - Mannheim - Saarbrücken and from there to cross over into France to Metz. I found out while checking the Oui.SNCF website a … [Read more...]
Famous Vienna Classical Concerts to Usher in the New Year
Vienna Classical Concerts - A Classical Way to Usher in the New Year: For classical music lovers, a dream Christmas present would be some tickets to one of the many famous New Year's Day Concerts in Vienna. The Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Day Concert at the Wiener Musikverein is one of … [Read more...]
The Best Feuerzangenbowle – and it’s in Berlin!
Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market Still Has the Best Feuerzangenbowle https://youtu.be/PJCi5e75P1o 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 … [Read more...]
Trouble at the Gedächtniskirche Christmas Market
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 … [Read more...]
Chinese Tower Christmas Market
A Chinese Tower Christmas Market Set in a Beautiful English Garden: https://youtu.be/xTKTTY8ufXM 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 … [Read more...]
Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt
The Augsburger Christkindlesmarkt Claims to be the Most Beautiful: https://youtu.be/8kwaRd3dQnY 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 … [Read more...]
Dallmayr Has Food, Glorious Food
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 … [Read more...]
Flammlachs – Our Favourite German Christmas Market Snack
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, … [Read more...]
A Shivering Start to our Munich Christmas Market Visit
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 … [Read more...]
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