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

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

The Can & Cannot’s of Train Travel – Part III

But it's not all bad... The last couple of days in my previous articles, I’ve been explaining why train travel can sometimes be the most awful curse that can be inflicted on anyone for a couple of hours. Today though, to wrap up this collection of posts, I explain what makes train travel more respectable than a lot of other ways of getting around and why I continue to take the train.   Just take this off, then that, take that out of your... 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