A British expat's take on life in Germany
Last weekend, I headed to Vienna with an old uni friend, Anna. It was the second time I've been to Vienna, with the first time being about 5 years ago during my last year at uni. Trying to sway away from the typical diary-style I usually write in when writing about a place I've been… Continue reading Travelling Tips: Vienna
Now back at uni, I've got less exciting photos to show. But at the start of the month I went home to England for a week, and I also visited my 16th and final German state, meaning I at least got some decent photos!
The trip from Montpellier to Geneva by train was a little more chaotic than planned, with our initial train direct from Avignon to Geneva being cancelled (new word learnt: supprimé), meaning we had to take a train from Avignon to Lyon and then change there to Geneva. But we arrived just over an hour later than… Continue reading Gallivanting around Geneva
After taking the train from Valencia, we arrived in Montpellier pretty much on time (weird for my travelling luck, but not complaining). Our hotel was perfectly located opposite the train station. We stayed at Hotel Comédie Saint Roch, All in all pretty good with friendly staff, but the breakfast was a little chaotic (I sound… Continue reading Mooching around Montpellier
Summer holiday post time! This year, Tim and I had a similar concept for our holiday as last year - three countries by train, though this year we started the journey by flying to Valencia. I'll keep the posts separate for each three places in case you're interested in reading just one of them. We… Continue reading Vacaciones en Valencia (y Cullera)
Last weekend, I headed (initially as a surprise which didn't turn out as a surprise) to the Netherlands to see Leigh, one of my bestest buddies who I met back at college in German class. Last year, she moved to Utrecht, or a little town nearby, and after seeing that there are direct trains from… Continue reading ‘Uit’ and About in Utrecht
About a month ago, I received a text message from a friend at about 10.30pm on a Monday evening: “How spontaneous are you?”. My reply was: “Not that spontaneous at 10.30pm on a Monday evening.” Luckily, he wasn’t referring to doing something that late on a school night, but he was referring to a spontaneous… Continue reading Colmar, Strasbourg and the Castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg: A Brief Trip to Alsace, France
I genuinely couldn't think of a better pun for the title, so you're going to have to cope with that old one. Sorry. But yes - another year, another city checked off the list. Along with Anna, who I went to Prague with last year, last week I headed to Budapest to see what the… Continue reading Hung(a)ry in Budapest
And then comes my personal favourite - meaning it was such a shame we only had just under 24 hours here! After four days in Austria and five days in Italy, we took the train from Desenzano, via Milan, and arrived in Zürich. What a city! Our hotel was a small ibis budget hotel (because… Continue reading Zooming through Zürich
Sorry for the rubbish pun. It took me a while to think of it, eventually with help from an online rhyming dictionary. Tim had actually already been in Verona and became the tour guide for the day, so the title does kind of fit! Admittedly, Verona was the least exciting place we went to on… Continue reading Being shown-a Verona
Dan in Deutschland 