When Julie backpacked in Europe in the early 1990s, visiting Neuschwanstein Castle was on every traveller’s wish list. But it was hard to reach on public transport and wildly expensive for a backpacker budget. She…
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Munich was heavily bombed in WWII and although it has both surviving and many restored old buildings, it’s more famous for beer and Oktoberfest than anything else. Still, there’s enough to keep a tourist on…
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From Vilnius we flew to Munich where Oktoberfest was in full swing. It’s been held at Theresienwiese in central Munich for 187 consecutive years, barring a two year hiatus in 2020/21 due to COVID. For…
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Rothenburg is on the Romantic Road through southern Germany and is well known for its preserved medieval old town. In 1631, during the Thirty Years War, Count Tilly wanted to quarter his soldiers in Rothenburg.…
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