Archive for the 'Germany' Category



Things to Do and See in Hamburg, Germany

With a 2007 population of 1,769,000, Hamburg is Germany’s second-largest city and Europe’s second-largest port. Hamburg is a lively city that has worked hard in recent years to bolster its tourist activity and has been quite successful in doing so. Hamburg is the cultural and commercial capital of northern Germany. The city features no less [...]

Day Trip to Berlin

From our base in Rostock, we decided to take the train down to Berlin on a day trip. Compared to the UK, travelling by train in Germany is luxury. It would appear the German’s consider the train to be a service rather than a business where the shareholders are the highest priority…but enough of that. [...]