Marburg, Germany
George G shares a visit to Marburg, a charming old city that played an important role in the Brothers Grimm fairytales.
George G shares a visit to Marburg, a charming old city that played an important role in the Brothers Grimm fairytales.
A small town in Germany is Marilyn's next stop on her river cruise; it's chockful of attractive sights
An unexpected budget gap has led the German government to sharply raise air passenger taxes
Marilyn takes a day in a small city with a big history and beautiful attractions
George G shares the story of "spargel", a delicacy harvested in the spring in Germany.
Where the Rhine and Moselle meet, Marilyn Jones visits one of Germany's oldest cities
A revuved Paris to Berlin service is the latest in a growing network of sleeper trains
Marilyn Jones visits the home town of Johannes Gutenberg and a museum dedicated to his printing inventions
A Covid-era tax break on meals and catering, extended due to inflation, is set to end on January 1st, when Germany's value-added tax, or VAT, shoots back up to 19% from the 7% rate that's been in effect since 2021. The tax break, which has helped keep the prices of restaurant meals and catering from sharp rises, is estimated to cost the national budget about €3.4 billion a year. Caps on energy prices, which were part of the same economic strategy, will continue, but only until the end of...
Berlin's city officials have agreed on building a maglev train as a prototype for future expansion
Marilyn enjoys a shore visit in one of Germany's oldest and most historic cities
Lufthansa appears to be competing with itself with a confusingly-named new airline... but that may not be the long-term plan
An unstable foundation and a weighty collection call for serious work
George G shares a visit to Dinkelsbühl, a walled city located on Germany's Romantic Road. It was undamaged in the World Wars and is interesting to explore on foot.
Berlin's air connections to the U.S. are slowly increasing