From traditional established Munich to its edgy budding cousin Berlin I feel like I've had a pretty decent crash course in German culture in all it's diversity. On our free walking tour we were given a glimpse into Berlin's Nazi and Cold War eras while the 'alternate' tour explored modern Berlin since the fall of the wall just 22 years ago and how the youth have come to terms with their past and found a means of self-expression through street art. The art has bee...

The locals like to call Munich 'München', and this being a funny word, so do I. We arrived in München keen to get our first Oktoberfest started, but thought we'd get some sightseeing done and dusted, because we knew that once we stepped into our first beer tent the odds of us seeing the rest of München would diminish significantly. So we did the good ol' free walking tour that has got us by in so many cities with an American guide who described everything as ...