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Guide to the carnivals of Frankfurt Rhein-Main

Brilliant Guide to the carnivals of Frankfurt Rhein-Main

it is carnival season again, and this year TripReporter offers up a guide to the carnivals of Frankfurt Rhine-Main a German region comprising one of the biggest collections of carnivals in Europe.

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Night train to Berlin

The Night Train to Berlin. Loaded with romance

On a rainy night in February, I was waiting in Paris’s Gare de L’Est station for the night train to Berlin. Those last four words are loaded with romance. And I was taking this winter journey in search of the romance of rail travel in a European winter.

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Bavaria In the Footsteps of Hitler

I wanted to know more about why Bavaria became such an important region for Hitler; walking in his footsteps from his seat of power in Munich, to the grandeur of the rally grounds in Nuremburg and up into the stunning alpine mountains of Obersalzberg and Berchtesgaden, where he spent more time in his house there than in Berlin. Is there anything left standing from the dust and rubble 70 years on that will help me understand the insanity of those terrible years?

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Andy Mossack goes cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Can he really leave his wallet at home?

Cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Experience the perfect way to cruise.

Andy Mossack goes cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Can he really leave his wallet at home?

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On the trail of Richard Strauss in Germany

This is the view from composer Richard Strauss’s house in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Is it any wonder that he wrote the “Alpine Symphony”?

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Alpha Holiday Lettings has announced their annual list of top 10 alternative Christmas market destinations to help shoppers and travelers find more adventurous destinations this Christmas.

Cologne Christmas Markets. Markets and Magi.

Perhaps it was the gluhwein kicking in, or my extra portion of bratwurst. Whatever it was, I found myself getting rather disoriented.at the Cologne Christmas Markets.

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