Spread across an area of 10.000 m2, with a total exhibition space of around 5.000 m2, the BMW car museum in Munich attracts thousands of visitors each year. While being a car enthusiast certainly helps when visiting the museum, it is not a necessity as we discovered. The “bowl” shaped museum is just across the street from [...]

Seeing fairytale-style castles is something I always enjoy and when I was near Stuttgart, local friends took me out for a hike one day without telling me there’d be a castle at the end of it. You can imagine the pleasant surprise I got when, huffing and puffing, I turned a corner in the woods [...]

As you know, I’m in the midst of Europe travel planning for a trip to Germany with my four month old baby, and right now I’m busy with booking some hotels. Luckily, we can stay with family most of the time, but I still need to book a few nights in hotels. Now I have [...]

Home to the world renowned brand of BMW cars, there are lots of Munich attractions to satiate the “travel” buds of tourists. Amongst all of them, the Olympia Park stands out because of its sheer grandeur and is therefore my Europe travel tip for Munich. Constructed for the 1972 Olympic Games, the Olympia Park consists of the Olympic [...]

I’ve got a new Europe travel planning challenge coming up: organising a trip to Germany with my new baby to introduce him to his relatives. At the time of our trip he’ll be about four months old (hopefully an ideal time to travel) and over the next few weeks I’m going to use this experience [...]

I’m afraid to say that my usual opinion about the German city of Frankfurt is that it’s a place you can’t really avoid if you’re flying in to Germany from outside Europe, but beyond that there’s nothing too special about it. That’s why I was surprised the other day to see that a touring art [...]

Many people may wonder if my geography is correct when I speak of Europe and the World Cup. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about “Getting ready for the World Cup through European travel” and with the World Cup kicking off  this Friday June 11 in South Africa, one of its biggest, most passionate [...]

When I lived in south-west Germany and my friends came to visit and asked for my Europe travel tips, I got a little tired of sending them off (or accompanying them) to Heidelberg or Rothenburg, the standard touristy cities to visit nearby. These are great places, but sometimes it’s much more fun to get off [...]

Today in the US, Memorial Day is being celebrated all over the country to remember the sacrifices that many men and women have made in service to their country. Flags will be flown, many memorials will be held, and tears will be shed to remember the veterans and soldiers who have served in wars involving [...]

I don’t do well with graffiti. The history nerd in me comes out and I end up being shocked that someone could deface such a beautiful building. Wall. Bridge. Of course, the more I travel, the more I have learned to differentiate between graffiti, and forms of artistic expression. Traveling through Berlin, the East Side [...]