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Category: Germany

Christmas markets Cologne

Indulging the Christmas spirit in Cologne

Posted on 1 September 2019 by Els

There are a few things Germans are better at than everybody else: technology, punctuality, beer (as a Belgian, I must say this one is debatable) and Christmas markets! I was never one to fully embrace the Christmas spirit, but I had to admit defeat after visiting the Christmas markets in Continue Reading

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Cold War tour Berlin

A Cold War tour of Berlin in 10 stops

Posted on 22 October 2017 by Els

I was 13 when the Berlin Wall came down. While I was counting the minutes to the next break, my history teacher went on about “big changes” and “huge impacts”!  I couldn’t care less about it at that age… Fast forward 28 years and I find myself at the Brandenburg Continue Reading

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Oktoberfest without reservation

Visiting the Oktoberfest: the atmosphere, the camaraderie and the beer!

Posted on 18 September 2014 by Els

We arrive at the Hackerbruecke hostel at 11am. The reception is full of people and empty beer cans, a forerunner of what awaits us a few miles further on the Theresienwiese. Two days of Oktoberfest in Munich, that is the plan. Hopefully. We didn’t make any reservations for the beer tents Continue Reading

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