Stuttgart was chosen as a place to stop because I had been there and Heather had not. It was that simple! Arriving at the main station (Hauptbahnhof) it was clear that a massive engineering undertaking was underway - what DB are doing is to build over 35 miles of new railway, including eight new east-west underground platforms that will enable trains to serve the city without reversing in the station. The land that the current platforms sit in will be sold f...

The journey to Rüdesheim am Rhein involved four different trains as we travelled to London with East Midlands Trains, then by Eurostar from London St Pancras to Brussels Midi on Friday evening. After enjoying a visit to Fritland and the Little Delirium Café we had pretty much covered the Belgian staples of chips and beer before settling in for the night at the Hotel Alma Grand Place. Saturday morning saw us travel with Deutsche Bahn (DB) on their ICE operate...

People often overlook Germany as a holiday destination, but it is a great country to visit and the people are generally very friendly, there is loads to see and do and just as importantly there is a wide choice of great quality food and drink options available to suit all pockets. We have just had a fabulous week in Bavaria, Southern Germany, based in Garmisch-Partenkirchen around a 90 minute drive from Munich airport. SATURDAY With an alarm set for 0400 on Satur...

This is our third visit to Nuremburg and it will not be the last. There is something about the place that we like a great deal, whether that is the shopping, the old town area, the great food (the German's, like us, do have a wide range of food options and it is not just pork and sausage) and drink or the fact that there is so much to see and do that a week here could easily be filled if you add a couple of side trips in as well. Arriving at Nuremberg's Hauptbahn...

Bamberg was just a 45 minute journey by train from Nuremberg and a nice place to visit for the day. If you enjoy a beer then the town boasts at least eight breweries that you can visit between doing all of those other touristy things. I guess you could however not bother with the historic buildings and museums and just spend the day going from brewery to brewery - that does sound rather tempting! The town is home to two very large church and palace complexes, the...