SANDEMANs Free Berlin Guided Walking Tour: Yea or Nay? Germany December 31, 2016 2 9291Until our most recent trip to Berlin, we’d never gone on a guided walking tour of a city – paid...
Christmas Dinner: Deutsche Din-din vs Yankee Yum-yums Expat Life in Germany December 25, 2016 4 5713A dilemma of monumental proportions hit us a few days before Christmas. What the heck were we going to do...
Experience the Magic of the Goslar Christmas Market Germany December 16, 2016 0 6708Bigger isn’t always better, especially when it comes to Europe’s Christmas markets. The smaller villages in Germany offer fewer crowds...
Ludwigsburg, Home of the World’s Largest Pumpkin Festival Germany October 16, 2016 4 8517In the US, our infatuation with pumpkins at Halloween borders on the religious. Long gone are the days when carving...
Imhoff Schokoladenmusuem: Chocolate, Git In Mah Belly! Germany September 9, 2016 2 6604For chocolate lovers the world over, a visit to the Imhoff Schokoladenmusuem in Cologne just might be in order. The...
Marche Bastille, From Revolution to Farmer’s Market France May 15, 2016 0 7146On the morning of July 14th, 1789, a crowd of angry townsfolk stormed the Bastille, a fortress that had stood...
Sacred Snails of Sacre-Coeur France May 14, 2016 0 8802One thing that always strikes me about Paris is that, like many of the larger cities in Europe, it’s flat...