Back to Berlin...and BEYOND

After such a long wait to Thanksgiving and a bit of a stressful last few months I CANNOT believe it is almost Christmas . Less than a we...

Berliners get extra ungemütlichkeit in winter as the days grow short and ice freezes in your/ Ian 's beard. Many try to flee the cit...

Remember 6th grade when all you needed to get an "A" on a project was to bring food? I had one such project on Greece and being t...

We first heard about the Tropical Island south of Berlin driving down to the Spreewald . Like an enormous metallic pimple, it stood ou...

When we made plans to visit Manchester, our friends told us we didn't need much time to for the city. Good thing as we only had 48 h...

Prepare to die Tower Bridge You know the saying if you love something so much you have to let it go? This is kinda like that.

I've always admired the small garden houses that line rail lines, dot the countryside and can be found all over Germany but never imagi...

Happy Memories Camping I love camping, but I've never been in Germany . This is partly because we moved to Berlin with 2 suitcases...

With Ian off at a "stag party" in Manchester , I was left with the question of what to do with myself for a weekend alone. In the...

Ian is in the habit of familiarity. If he's cooking dinner I can guess the meal is going to be Mexican and if we are going to ...