On Monday, I went to Poland. This was a slightly harder journey than the one I’d originally planned and took four trains instead of one. I started planning this journey in about March, choosing my cities, calculating how many nights to spend in each so that I could get from London on one Friday to… More Eras Train Tour: Berlin to Poznan
Sunday dawned sunny with a hint of a cool breeze, just a pleasant hot summer day rather than the oppressive pre-storm heat of Saturday. I’d “done” the important expected sights; I could just go off into Berlin and please myself. Breakfast would be a good start. Being Sunday, all the little supermarkets were closed except… More Eras Train Tour: Sunday in Berlin
If you’ve been following the tale of my Eras Train Tour – London to Warsaw by train – you’ll know by now that I’m in Berlin. I was going to do a post per day following my eleven-day journey but a couple of things in Berlin demanded their own post so this is a roundup… More Eras Train Tour: Saturday in Berlin
By Sunday evening, I was supposed to be packing up to move to Poland after a quick weekend in Berlin. But I felt kind of unsatisfied, like I was missing something in Berlin. Well, I was – I would have liked to see Brandenburg Gate without all the fences and portacabins blocking my view. I… More Eras Train Tour: Liquidrom, Berlin’s spa that thinks it’s a techno club
My parents love Berlin but it’s never appealed. That’s more a lack of a positive feeling than the presence of a negative one. I knew I’d get there one day but it wasn’t sitting there glowing, going “gotta see me, come see me” like some places do. But when I planned my train trip from… More Eras Train Tour: Badeschiff, Berlin’s floating pool
This is the first part of a series that’s going to go on for quite a bit – I’m just back from what I’m calling the Eras Train Tour and I have so much to write about! In short, I went to see Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in Warsaw and decided to go by train… More Eras Train Tour: London to Berlin by train in one day
And here we are, on Christmas Eve, on the Christmassy post from my trip to the German Christmas Market! I’ve covered two swimming trips, one indoor and one outdoor, a Christmas light trail and a trip to Cologne Cathedral but at last we come to Frankfurt Christmas Market! There are four or five separate sections.… More What to do in Frankfurt: Christmas Market
This is the fourth post of the Frankfurt series and I think this is the first time I’m taking you into actual city centre Frankfurt! It’s winter, it’s cold, I’ve done the market a couple of times and I’m tired. So where do I? I go for a swim! I like swimming. I like wallowing in… More What to do in Frankfurt: Titus Thermen
One thing I knew I wanted to do while I was in Germany was take the train up the road to Cologne and visit the cathedral. It’s only a little over an hour from Frankfurt and I’d heard rumours it’s a pretty good cathedral. I did balk at the price. I went to the ticket… More A Day Out of Frankfurt: Cologne Cathedral
I started this little series of Germany blogs yesterday with “what to do in Frankfurt” and not actually talking about Frankfurt. But today we are going to Frankfurt. Kind of. In fact we’re going to a park on the outskirts, next to the stadium and sponsored by Deutsch Banke. This is Christmas Garden. It’s a… More What to do in Frankfurt: Christmas Garden Light Trail