We have spent the last 3 days in the beautiful middle Rhine river valley, in a small medieval town, Bacharach, located right alongside the river between Mainz and Koblenz. What a picturesque part of the world, with little villages and medieval castles, dating back to the 11 th century dotted all the way along the river. It is a very busy river with cargo boats as well as tourist boats travelling along the river constantly. This is also a famous wine grape regi...

Just for your interest, these are the many ways that you can choose to take a sightseeing tour around Berlin: Walking, bus, horse drawn carriage, balloon, Douglas DC 3 plane, Travi car! Also bikes of many varieties - 2 wheeled, fat tires, scooter, 3 wheeled bike, tandem bike, 5 person bike, taxi bike. Also, limousine if you really must! This is a tourist mecca, and it is not surpising as this city may not be particularly beautiful, but is an open history book...

Berlin has a very troubled history through hundreds of years of fighting with its European neighbours and the city's architecture has become a real mix of old and modern structures that represent this chequered history. It is certainly a very large, busy and dynamic city. In particular, there is a big tourist presence and the usual bevy of buses and tour guides and souvenir stores that go with that! The public transport system is very comprehensive with trams,...