Having arrived in Hamburg in the evening we checked into our hostel, got some food from the local supermarket then went to bed. After a nice bowl of Crunchy Nut (luxury!) we set off to the harbour area, Landungsbrucken. I think at first we were both a bit disappointed with what we arrived to, not the most attractive harbour but I suppose we're more used to the ones from home! It's quite an industrial city so not the most picturesque, although there was a nice t...

The train from Prague to Berlin was quite a long one and showed us areas of both Czech Republic and Germany. We arrived in the afternoon (Saturday 11th) so once we'd checked into our hostel and sorted ourselves out we went to meet Abi's parents, who'd come to visit us. As they had an apartment it was great to just to sit down on a sofa and eat some 'normal' food! Near enough everything is shut on Sunday's in Berlin so we had planned to do a walking tour with Abi...

Visiting Nuremberg was quite a last minute decision but we thought it would be an interesting place to visit for the day, as well as breaking up our journey to Prague. We arrived there in the early evening so after checking into the hostel we went out for dinner and a couple of cocktails in the main square. The next morning we wandered around the town and joined the growing crowds in the square to watch the church clock chime at 12 o'clock. It was a lovely chang...

Our first day in Munich happened to be Easter Sunday so almost everything was shut. We walked through Marienplatz and ended up in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall. It had a really good atmosphere as there was a traditional bavarian band playing and everyone had huge steins of beer (still not a beer fan but determined to find one I like eventually!!) Due to the fact it started to snow we passed a few hours here just taking in the traditional German culture. Easter Mond...