For someone who doesn't have a driver's licence, I'm a very outspoken proponent of road tripping. What could possibly be more fun than packing a bag, a few friends and racing toward the horizon? Even the inevitable drama resulting from being cooped up together for hours on end has...
"Did you hear that?" I'm whispering even though there are only five of us, shivering in the autumn chill. We're climbing an abandoned listening station atop Teufelsberg - German for Devil's Mountain. Shrouded in mist and dark forest, the place can send shivers down your spine regardless...
Efficiency. Innovation. Modernity. Germany is widely considered the home of all things shiny, new and organised. But there is a lot more to the country than the hipster neighbourhoods of East Berlin, the beer gardens of Munich or Hamburg's red light district. Just over eight percent of Germany's 80 million inhabitants live...
Remember how I promised you we'd travel together in my first post? Well, I intend to keep that promise. I celebrated the New Year in Berlin this year and in the coming weeks I will take you on a little virtual walk through some of the...