The East Side Gallery open-air art gallery – Berlin
Berlin is a city I’ve visited twice now. Once on a school A-level trip back in 1992 and once just last month as we watched the Berlin Marathon. It was on day 1 of our sightseeing that we introduced ourselves to the city with a 35 minutes walk from the Brandenburg Gate down to “Checkpoint…
Visit Berlin in 35 minutes!
Of course I’m not advocating rushing around a city in 35 minutes and certainly not somewhere as deep and meaningful as Berlin. However while plotting a route on our 2nd full day in Berlin this blue-spotted route appeared in front of us on Google Maps, one which you could easily turn into a full half…
Eating original Black Forest gateau in Triberg
I always found Black Forest gateau (or Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte to give it its proper name) to be a little bit “full on” as a child. I can’t actually remember the last time I had one, until a few weekends ago that is when we made a 50km detour while driving around Germany’s Black Forest to…