Both our heads are pretty much overflowing with facts about Berlin's history. We really didn't know what to expect here. We knew it was going to be a pretty good city, but the history is un-escapable. We knew that the city had been divided after the second world war, but didn't realise that West Berlin was actually an island of the West smack bang in the middle of the East. We knew that the wall had gone up, and later come down, but had no idea of the circumstanc...

Munich, beer capital of the world, and also site of many infamous Nazi events prior to the Second world war. We were blissfully unaware of the dark history here until we took a free walking tour of the city. From Munich Hitler had planned to march to Berlin and overthrow the parliament, after their inability to bring the country out of depression following the first world war. The police found out and blocked the route. A bit of a bloodbath ensued and Hitler fled...

Nurburgring, home to the European Grand Prix, and what a race it was!! It had everything, and finished with Aussie Mark Webber on the podium for only the second time in his career. The day began for us with a champagne buffet breakfast at our hotel in Bonn, where we had met up with Ben and Ann from Hobart, and Ann's sister Di who lives in London. Ben and I had been to Qualifying on Saturday, and seen Webber put in a strong perfomance to qualify 6th. Probably the...