Tag Archives: Germany

May 21

Insider Guide to Berlin

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Berlin is a historic city, with a modern feel. A seductress for history buffs, who swoon in the city’s heart bursting with museums. A green city with its urban forest spreading outward from Tiergarten along arteries of roads and canals.  Berlin is super charged with social and political history. Simply put, Berlin is alive! Berlin’s edgy bohemian reputation offers a lot for top […]

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January 31

Schnitzel, Vampires, Fasching and Heidelberg

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Wandering cobblestone streets to the student prison is a five-minute walk from a small restaurant, the Schnitzelbank, which prepares the city’s best traditional dishes. I live in Germany’s most romantic city, Heidelberg. Although the prison stop incarcerating students, it did so after 136 years in 1914, the tradition of one crime befitting punishment still continues. […]

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November 05

German Christmas Markets Enchant During the Holiday Season

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Meeting attendees and business travelers visiting Germany in late November–December 24th have the unique opportunity to visit the traditional “Christkindlmarkt” or Christmas Markets. These outdoor, wonderlands of gifts, food, and music literally and figuratively light up historic squares of cities, villages and towns all across Germany. Decorative stalls feature handmade items such as ornaments, nutcrackers […]

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December 24

Christkindlesmarkts in Germany

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The Weihnachtmarkt in Heidelberg was like walking through a movie set with stalls of crafts, and candies, as well as wursts of many kinds to feed the thousands that attend. The enticing smell of glühwein, more aptly fortified with rum or schnapps, is accompanied with gingerbread to assist patrons soak the alcohol fort hat second […]

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