A Whirlwind Football Getaway

It seemed like a crazy idea when we first thought about it, getting tickets to one of the biggest rivalry matches in the Bundesliga, spending less than 48 hours in Germany and flying home. It was good fun though! We made it to the airport after work on Friday with no major delays and boarded…

We Survived Oktoberfest!

After 3 years of thinking about it, Lucas and I, along with a group of friends made the trek to the world’s largest beer festival.  It was everything we hoped it would be, amazing beer, lots of singing and standing on tables, making new friends and delicious food. We arrived in Munich on a Thursday…

Warnemunde and Rostock

The first stop on our Baltic cruise was Rostock, on the north German coast line. Having just been to Berlin, we didn’t want to take the 7 hours of driving and 5 hours of sight seeing tours offered by the cruise line, so it was off to Rostock the port city and Warnemunde, the beach…

A Weekend in Berlin

We had gorgeous weather for our long weekend in Berlin, perfect for the ‘friend-cation’ it was. I posted earlier about our adventures in food and beer, but we did also manage to see quite a bit of the city as well. We took an excellent walking tour, which I’d recommend to anyone visiting Berlin, as…

Eating Berlin (and a bit of beer too)

They say Berlin is the new Brooklyn, and that expats from America flock to hipster neighborhoods here. The entire city is a hipster’s paradise, with one off shops and vegan restaurants and second hand markets selling vintage 80s track jackets. Despite this, and the well known history of the city it is a place I…