Tag: Germany

  • Official Name: The Federal Republic of Germany Established: 1871 (German Empire), West Germany and East Germany 1949, Reunification 1990 Population: 83,166,711 (2019 estimate) Religion: 31.7% Protestants, 31.2% Roman Catholics Language: German Capital: Berlin Order of Visit: Thirteenth  First Visit: 11 May 2006 Last Visit: 09 April 2024 Duration: 12 Days Visit Highlights: Heidelberg Castle, Attending…

  • Tuesday 09 April 2024Highlights: Visiting Palace Pławniowice, Exploring Wawel Royal Castle Today was a long travel day from Berlin, Germany to Krakow, Poland. This is a roughly 600 km trip which was originally expected to take 6 hours but leaving at 07:30 and arriving at 17:15 it took 9.5 hours. This was mostly due to…

  • Sunday 08 April 2024Highlights: Brandenburger Gate, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, The Canals of Berlin, the stunning Berlin Cathedral, visiting the remaining section of the Berlin Wall, exploring an underground bunker. Today our Tour CEO Christin kindly offered a tour of Berlin that wasn’t part of the official G Adventure tour. Originally this…

  • Sunday 07 April 2024Highlights: Getting lost trying to get to our hotel, meeting our tour group Today we ended our short pause in Helsinki to get to the start of our G Adventures Eastern Europe, Croatia and the Balkans tour starting in Berlin.

  • Friday 30 August 2019 Highlights: Singapore Airlines A380 First Class The thing to keep in mind about Australia and travel is it is so far away. My return home started on Thursday evening in New York (USA), which was Friday morning back home, and it will take almost 48 hours to get back there.