Partying, weekends away with mates – and lots of alcohol. That used to be my perception of Norderney back in the eighties when I was a teenager. This East Frisian island on Germany’s North Sea coast had a reputation of being a party island; late nights, and not always happy outcomes. Thankfully, this is no […]
It’s not long now until Ascension Day (Christi Himmelfahrt in German), which falls on Thursday, 30th May 2019 this year. It’s a bank holiday in Germany, and many Germans will take the Friday off work as well, so they get a nice long weekend out of it. We call this extra day Brückentag, which literally […]
With Christmas and the new year firmly behind us, many of us are starting to think about booking our summer holiday. For the organised planner, you may already know where you are heading off to this summer – whereas, if you enjoy the thrill of being spontaneous, you probably won’t know what awaits you until […]
I hope you enjoyed reading my last blog about our family holiday to the Bavarian Forest in the summer of 2014. The eastern part of Bavaria, close to the Czech Republic, is a stunning region, and you’ll find plenty of things to do with children. I’d like to share more from our 10-day holiday, and […]
As you may know, we’re a small family of three – my husband, my 8-year-old son and myself. Although, strictly speaking, we are four if you include my gorgeous west highland terrier Charlie! As a family, we’ve travelled to many places in Germany over the past few years. In this blog, I’d like to show […]
In my series of blogs about relationships and friendships between Brits and Germans, I’m also looking at twin city connections. You might already know that my home town is Düsseldorf, which is the reason why I was curious to know if Düsseldorf was twinned with a town in the UK. My research brought me […]
Are you a food or music lover? Maybe relaxing in a spa after spending the day doing a favourite outdoor activity is more your thing. Whatever it is, you should definitely check out my event recommendations in Germany. In my view, it’s a great idea to combine a city break or holiday with some events […]
In November 2018, I interviewed Tracy about her family holiday to the Black Forest. I was really interested to hear about her experience of travelling to Germany with her husband and two daughters, who were 7 and 9 at the time. In love with Germany When I asked Tracy what had made her decide […]
In December 2015, we decided to spend a week in Bavaria, in the small village of Lenggries. We’d been there several years earlier for a walking holiday and loved it so much that we decided to go again – this time with our son. We ‘sold’ him a skiing holiday, which turned out not to […]
This year, I’d like to create a series of blogs about the many relationships and friendships that have developed between the Germans and Brits since the end of World War Two. I’m certainly not going to be mentioning the War 😊 or the political turmoil around Brexit. Instead, I’ll be looking closer at the human […]
