Juist music festival is a real must if you’re into open-air music festivals! I went to the festival for the first time in 2017 and I can highly recommend it. Juist Island is located in the north of Germany and is a perfect spot for a family holiday or for couples looking for a relaxing […]
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 […]
In my last blog, I spoke about the winter holiday we took to Juist, on Germany’s North Sea coast. In this blog, I’d like to share more of that wonderful winter holiday to this very special island – also known as Töwerland, meaning wonderland. On two feet or two wheels? During our Juist holiday, […]
We, as a family, love visiting the small islands on Germany’s North Sea coast. We particularly enjoy the fresh, salty air, the wide, sandy beaches and wonderful dunes. In our view, they are beautiful all-year-round. I should know because I’ve been there in January, March, May, June, July, August, September and December! One of our […]
If you didn’t read my last blog about why we decided to go to Büsum for our summer holiday this year, you can read it here. We absolutely love being by the North Sea and we always come home feeling completely relaxed after spending one or two weeks breathing in the healthy, sea air. […]
With weeks of temperatures reaching way over 25C, no one can argue that we haven’t had a good summer this year! Even in the UK we’ve all enjoyed the warm evenings and being able to sit outside without needing to wrap up. We, as a family, always love eating alfresco – both at home and […]
Have you ever heard of the tiny islands dotted along Germany’s North Sea coast? They are known as the East Frisian islands, with all of them providing the idyllic location for a stress-free holiday. I’ve been a huge fan of them for more than 20 years and have been fortunate enough to have visited most […]
