The humans of Berlin are a mixed bunch, lots of tourists, bicyclists, hipsters and smokers. The day was another day of walking. We decided to walk to the Reichstag and then take a boat trip down the Spree. Our journey took us down Leipzig Strasse to Potsdamer Platz. It was a Monday morning and the streets were thick with traffic and the smell of smokers walking, standing and even riding a bike. I'd been in Germany in 2007 and over the intervening years I'd th...

Its always a leap of faith when you book and pay for something on-line. The plane from Doha to Berlin was a A330 and the flight took around six hours. We arrived at Tegel airport about half an hour late. The plane did not arrive at an aerobridge so we went to the terminal by bus. The terminal building was rather old and reminiscent of an 1970's Australian regional airport and there were only three customs officials to process all the passengers. Through customs...

The flight from Sydney to Doha is very long, but quite bearable in business class. After takeoff we met our friends Tess and Rob in the business class lounge which is located between the economy and business class sections in the A380. It's a great space to chat with friends stretch out. Fed and relaxed with some very nice wines we rejoined Tess and Rob in the lounge and toasted our travels with a lovely glass of Billiecart-Salmon followed by a not as nice Pip...

Off again for another adventure with the husband and my BFF's Tess and Rob Vines. This year the adventure takes us to Europe where we will start with a week in Berlin and then travel north to Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Belarus, Poland and finish with a week in Riga, Latvia. I've been preparing for this holiday for the last eight months. Rekindling my long dormant German through an app called Babel. I hope my high school German teacher Miss Seidler wo...