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Fête Nationale: What’s on in Paris on Bastille Day 2021

July 10, 2021 By Helen Page

Bastille Day

Bastille Day Parade, Concerts, Fireworks and Concerts – Paris: The Bastille Day celebrations in Paris is one of the largest and most important event in the French calendar. On July 14th, the Fête Nationale celebrations kick off with a huge military parade on the Champs-Elysées. This parade has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: bastille day, fête nationale, july 14, national holiday in france, the bastille

Happy New Year – 2021

January 1, 2021 By Helen Page

Happy New Year 2021!

Seasons Greetings: Wishing everyone Peace, Happiness and Good Health for 2021 and may we all get to travel again soon! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: happy new year, new year greetings

Berliner Festspiele – MaerzMusik 2020

March 1, 2020 By Helen Page

MaerzMusik

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 … [Read more...]

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

German Wine and Beer Festivals 2020

February 27, 2020 By Helen Page

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 … [Read more...]

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

Metz Cathedral Lightshow – 800th Anniversary 2020

January 8, 2020 By Helen Page

Metz Cathedral Lightshow

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...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Cathedrale Saint-Etienne de Metz, Metz Cathedral, Metz Cathedral 800th Anniversary

SNCF Strike – Une Catastrophe!

January 6, 2020 By Helen Page

SNCF Strike

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...]

Filed Under: News & Events Tagged With: French strike, French train strike, SNCF strike, train travel in france

Famous Vienna Classical Concerts to Usher in the New Year

December 31, 2019 By Helen Page

Vienna New Year Concerts

Vienna Classical Concerts - A Classical Way to Usher in the New Year: For classical music lovers, a dream post-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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: classical concerts, classical vienna, concert vienna, konzerte wien, mozart vienna, music vienna, vienna festival, vienna new year concert, vienna philharmonic, vienna strauss, vienna symphony

The Best Feuerzangenbowle – and it’s in Berlin!

December 26, 2019 By Helen Page

Feuerzangenbowle

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...]

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

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 … [Read more...]

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

Chinese Tower Christmas Market

December 20, 2019 By Helen Page

Chinesischer Turm Weihnachtsmarkt

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...]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Chinese Tower Christmas Market, chinesischer turm weihnachtsmarkt, englischer garten, munich christmas market

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We're Helen and Tony Page, and we love travelling - lucky as we've been doing it for the last few decades!

Tony has long been a professional photographer and writer, but Helen now writes most of the posts and takes a lot of photos herself!

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