Browsed by
Category: Germany

German travel blog

A Walk in the Black Forest

A Walk in the Black Forest

Comments 0 Comment

The Black Forest. The name conjures images of dark, mysterious mountain woods, inhabited by wild animals and supernatural creatures straight from the pages of classic fairytales. It had been a while since I’d been camping and hiking, and since I was in the neighbourhood, I thought I’d spend some time exploring this place of legends. After picking up the hiking map I needed from Stuttgart city centre, I headed back to the hotel for an afternoon of planning. Have wanderkarte…

Read More Read More

Technology Museum Sinsheim

Technology Museum Sinsheim

Comments 2 comments

Long suffering readers will know I have a penchant for historic aircraft and vehicles, and will spend hours contentedly poring over exhibits until the cleaners throw me out. When I found out that the grandaddy of all engineering museums was located at Sinsheim near Heidelberg, it wasn’t a question of if I would go, but rather for how many days. The Technology Museum Sinsheim’s webpage offered this advice: ‘For the exhibitions you need between three and four hours. We definitely…

Read More Read More

Visiting the Berlin Wall

Visiting the Berlin Wall

Comments 0 Comment

I climbed the stairs out of the U Bahn (underground city rail network) and popped out into the cool, overcast afternoon. Soon I was part of the jostling crowd of tourists surging along towards the site of Checkpoint Charlie. I had been a bit crook so hadn’t left the hotel for a couple of days, and to be honest I felt a bit overwhelmed by all the poeple, noise and clamour. During the Cold War, Checkpoint Charlie was a throttled…

Read More Read More

The Trabant

The Trabant

Comments 0 Comment

Trabi Museum, Berlin Cars can earn a cult following for many reasons. It could be timeless style, dependability, or tyre-scorching performance. The Trabant has none of these things, and yet DDR’s little car that could has a loyal following that sees nearly 25,000 of them still out on the road. As long suffering followers of Midlife Crisis Odyssey will know, I’m a bit partial to cars and car culture, so when I found out there was a museum dedicated to…

Read More Read More

Stasi Bunker Museum, Machern

Stasi Bunker Museum, Machern

Comments 2 comments

I was doing some research into things to do in and around Leipzig, Germany, and came across the Stasi Bunker Museum in the nearby town of Machern. This unique museum is only open on the last weekend of every month, which just happened to be when I was visiting. Thankful for this stroke of luck, I jumped on a Sunday train at Leipzig’s main railway station for the half-hour journey to Machern. Being mid-2022, Covid-19 seemed to have been largely…

Read More Read More