Bike, bus, boot or banger: 4 great ways to see Berlin For me, one of the joys of a city break is ditching the car. And in Europe, where parking charges can be astronomical, and traffic terrifying, I wouldn’t dream of taking my own vehicle. While doing without a car can feel like you’ve lost an arm [...]
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Trabi Safari: the Berlin Wall Ride in a Trabant
A Trabi Safari in Berlin One of the quirkier ways we saw Berlin on our recent Expedia Blogger Shaped Berlin weekend was by taking a Trabi Safari. Trabant cars (or Trabis as they are fondly known) were the most common cars in the East while the Berlin wall separated East from West. Waiting lists were [...]
Berlin Cabaret: Loft at the Chamaleon Theatre
Berlin Cabaret: Loft at the Chamaleon Theatre Berlin has been called the Capital of Cabaret and a top priority of our Expedia Blogger Shaped Travel trip was to take in a live show. But even as we picked up the tickets, we had no idea how much we’d be drawn into the spectacle of the [...]
Looking for the Brothers Grimm in Berlin
Not so Grimm in Berlin There can be few children or adults that haven’t heard the words of the Grimm Brothers or come across one of their archetypal characters wither in books or real life. After all, who hasn’t met an ‘evil stepmother’ and we’re all very familiar with the plight of a lonely Princess. [...]
5 Romantic UK Family City Breaks!
Valentines Day is coming and of course you’re going off together for that five star champagne spa break in the most romantic city on the planet. ”Yeh, right!” I hear you cry, “Who’s going to have the kids?” Well, why not take them with you? Family and romance are not incompatible. In fact going somewhere [...]
Samsung’s Life’s a photo Berlin challenge
Samsung’s Life’s a photo Berlin challenge Is it possible to photograph a historic city in a day? On our Fairy Tale trip to Germany I joined forty nine other euro bloggers to see if we could take and share a snapshot of Berlin, said to be one of Europe’s most photogenic cities. With temperatures reaching minus [...]
Once upon a time in Berlin: Berlin stories
Once upon a time in Berlin: Berlin stories All childhoods begin with a story and this weekend we are taking our children to the place where fairytales began. On the 200th anniversary of the publication of the first Grimm Brothers collection, we’ll be trying to make sense of their home city. But the story of Berlin [...]
An accidental adventure: Boris Bike London Nightride
An accidental adventure The Boris Bike London Rush Hour Nightride There’s nothing like hop-on, hop-off tours of a city for stress free sightseeing. But have you thought about hopping onto a bike? Many European cities offer a network of cheap bicycles that locals and tourists can use and they can be a great way to [...]
London 2012 Olympic Park Tour: A Re-generation Story
London 2012 Olympic Park Tour Can The Olympic Games provide a lasting legacy for those in London’s East End? Will the 500 acre Olympic Park and surrounding boroughs become a ‘destination’ to rival the West End of the city? On our post Jubilympic Tour of London, we walked around the perimeter of the Olympic Park [...]
Adventure Ideas 8: Real Vietnam for families
Adventure Ideas 8: Real Vietnam for families Do you sometimes feel you spend time in a country yet never properly get it? Are you too busy being a tourist to pick up on the authentic and notice what the locals are doing? This week’s Adventure Ideas is the first of a new occasional series of ideas [...]
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