Hello, Hannover

Good Morning, Hannover... To escape the complete emptiness that envelops Frankfurt every Friday night for the entire weekend, and in order to be with Anna’s family for a family celebration, we went up to Hannover last weekend for a change (which is supposed to be as good as a rest). Needless to say, owing to our usual quality planning, it also ended up being my first day of ‘proper’ work in a long time so, barely able to see from tiredness,... Read More

The Can & Cannot’s of Train Travel

  From Munster to Frankfut, mit liebe (with love). With summer heat rapidly covering every corner of Germany (along with E-Coli), it’s time for a raft of German holidaymakers to look forward to the spuriously-titled ‘savings’ priced tickets and, if they’re especially lucky, have a free roasting thrown in. I say that because last year, many of the intercity trains in Germany suffered malfunctioning air conditioners, sending temperatures... Read More

The Travel Bahn

A German Barbecue. Last time I wrote, I was staying in Ochtrup in the North-West of Germany, in particular I was patiently working my way around various galleries in the Dutch town of Ootmarsum, having some difficulty believing that artists in a town completely full of artists could still command such high prices for their work. Anyway, after one more night, a trip briefly around a park in a town called Gronau (along with a trip to the local McDonalds... Read More