Cash: Think it Won’t Happen to You?
Cash can be a problem when you travel. Here is a story about how a vacation was ruined when a thief stole a handbag full of euros. Use other ways to pay!
Germany
Görlitz: Mesmerizing Art and Cinema
Gorlitz is perhaps the most scenic and unchanged city in all of Germany, spared any bombing during the wars. Gorliwood is its nickname for the movies shot here.
Frankfurt, Germany Museums: What’s New?
What’s New in Frankfurt, Germany’s Museums. New exhibits at the Jewish Museum, the Liebieghaus museum, Städel Museum, the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.
The Road to BauhausLand in Eastern Germany
Bauhaus in Eastern Germany. Visiting the Weimar’s new Bauhaus Museum, new state-of-the-art interactive Bauhaus Museum in Dessau, Erfurt, and Karlsruhe.
Saxony’s Memorable Architecture and Palaces
East Germany has stunning architecture, historical buildings and a vibrant arts culture that makes it a great destination without the crowds of western Germany.
Stuttgart’s Christmas Markets Light Up the City
Stuttgart Germany: Christmas Markets make the holidays festive, with more than 300 stalls and three million visitors, who also visit Tubingen and Esslingen.
Dusseldorf Germany: a Walkable, Friendly City
Dusseldorf, Germany: a clean, walkable city with many beautiful buildings, a pretty river, Media Harbor, Alstadt old town and Königsallee shopping.
Baden-Baden: 2000 Years of Doing People Good
Baden-Baden Germany is a classic spa city with special offerings including Banksy’s destroyed painting, Faberge Museum and their huge Festival Hall.
Four Impressive Monasteries in Southwest Germany
Southwest Germany is blessed with dozens of monasteries, castles, and lush gardens. Take a tour of four of the best–Alpirsbach, Wiblingen, Maulbronn and Salem Palace.
Bavaria’s Viehscheid: When the Cows Come Home
In Bavaria, despite a successful high-tech economy, farmers still do as they have since ancient times. William Krakow describes the annual Viehscheid, a ritual of bringing the cows back down from the mountains to town.
Juist: a Remarkable German Island
Juist, a tiny island off the coast of Germany, can only be reached by ferry boat during high tide. It’s a paradise of simplicity, known as the Magic Land.
Hamburg, Germany’s Music Scene
Hamburg, Germany’s diverse music scene: from the dramatic Elbphilharmonie on the harbor, to the legacy of the Beatle’s first concerts, to vinyl records.