T’Was Many Nights Before Christmas

Frankfurt's Cathedral When I moved to Germany back in April (God, was it really that long ago already?), there was only a small number of things I was really looking forward to – one was the availability (not to mention the price) of beer, which had been relatively restricted in Malaysia. Next after that, was the availability (again, to say nothing of the price) of good meaty meals, something which I also seriously lacked in Malaysia. Then,... Read More

Hello Eppstein

Every morning, I take the same train from my home in Frankfurt to work, in a town on the outskirts of Wiesbaden. It flies along, skips most stations, and especially with winter descending on us (in my case, for the first time in 2 years basically), it’s often not fully bright yet so even more difficult to spot anything of interest. But, it gets me there on time and that’s really the main thing.   The results of the time warp... So you can... Read More

10 Things About Germany – Part II

A couple of weeks ago (at least), I started off with a list of 5 things you need to know about Germany – that you might not otherwise expect. After writing such an epic piece, I was then so excited about continuing that I promptly forgot, and would never have remembered again in fact, only that a friend wrote me on Twitter the other day asking what was up with the rest of the article. Indeed.   So here we go, this episode I’m going to hit... Read More

It’s Hannover Zoo

The bank holiday weekend here in Germany saw us travel north up to Hannover, to visit Anna’s relatives and also to see the many sights of Hannover – since we were seriously rushed the last time we stayed. Since we were staying with family this time, there was no need for us to chance our arm again with any of the many hotels in Hannover.   Oh dear... Regarding what exactly to do while in Hannover, the word on the strasse holds that Hannover... Read More

10 Things About Germany

I’ve been living in Germany for close to 6 months now (if not already), and in that time, I’ve found my way with some things, gotten completely lost with others and sometimes I still can’t believe that any tourist manages to find their way around. So, since most of the people reading the blog are English speakers (otherwise they’re not really ‘reading’ it now, are they?) and therefore more likely to visit Germany for a holiday rather than... Read More

In The Lap of Luxury

Lately we’ve been taking the train to wherever we’ve been needing to go, instead of chancing our arms with the complete randomness of the ‘mitfahrgelegenheit’ system of car-sharing, where you book a ride with someone and then pray for three things to happen; a) That they actually show up in the first place. b) That they’re not a crazed maniac. c) That your fellow passengers are also not crazed maniacs.   Taking the train negates at... Read More

Re.Discover Frankfurt

Carnival time! Recently, with a very important visitor over to see us in Frankfurt, we had cause to re-visit a few attractions we haven’t seen in some time – in one or two cases, ‘some time’ being in the order of years, rather than weeks.   The regular carnivals have continued to show up in Frankfurt, as much as seems to be practical and one in particular lasted right up until the day I had been hoping it would be around – by which... Read More

Hello Bacharach!

So, this is it? Last week, with a VI-visitor (very important visitor) over to check out Frankfurt for a couple of days, I needed to come up with somewhere interesting and scenic to visit, and quick. The big ‘needs’ were that it had to be not too far from Frankfurt, not too expensive to get to from Frankfurt and interesting and scenic enough to merit staying there for a few hours upon arrival – something which is notoriously difficult, with me... Read More

Telephone Sheep & The Shopping Centre From Hell

Since our trip to Munich, no other opportunity to escape Frankfurt for a weekend has presented itself, and so we’ve been instead trying to come up with things to do for a weekend in Frankfurt. It’s not that there aren’t options – it’s just that a lot of the options seem pretty much the same. Anything that has ‘market’ in the title is more or less guaranteed to be a bunch of food trucks, with random drink stalls dotted throughout. Which... Read More

We’re Going To The Zoo…

Once again in the constant battle between me and time, time has won out and I’ve realised I haven’t updated the blog in quite a while. Apologies, as always, but things are slightly more hectic than usual and I just haven’t had time. Hopefully though, I can do something about that the next few days – or try, at the very least.   Welcome to Frankfurt Zoo! A couple of weeks back, right after the excitement and the adventures of Munich, we... Read More