I had to look twice when I saw this stall selling cocktails at a festival in Dresden this summer. I thought blimey, now there's finally a decent measure for me. More
Who knew that up until 1948 there were Olympic Medals for art, architecture, town planning, literature, music and sculpture. I certainly didn't (well, I do now). More
Oh I do love some good signage and I saw some very nice ones in Munich recently. More
I'm not quite sure what it is with Socialism and mosaics but they are pretty amazing and very few come better than the work of East German artist Walter Womacka. More
Eisenhuettenstadt, just over an hour east of Berlin, was once the East German socialist model New Town with, at its peak, over 50,000 inhabitants. Today there are only just under 30,000 left. Eisenhuettenstadt (which translated means literally Ironworks City) was built around....well, have... More
When I was in Munich just recently I stumbled upon this rather odd shrine to the late Michael Jackson, outside the 5* Bayerischer Hof hotel where he used to stay when in town. More
...it appears to be essential that one wears a hat. (Photo taken in Trenčín, Slovakia, July 2015). More
Meet Germany's most popular mustard: Bautz'ner Senf. Well, to be precise it's really East Germany's most popular mustard but as it is THAT popular in the East it's overtaking all of the other mustards nationwide. Bautzen (a lovely hill-top town in... More
It's difficult for me to walk past a cemetery and not wanting to have a little wander around it. I found these simple structures covered with Giesskannen (watering cans) at a cemetery in Berlin Koepenick. The colours of all the... More
When I retire I think I will go and travel the world and visit every single telecommunications tower there is. That doesn't mean I can't visit them now, so when I was in Munich recently, one of the first things I did, was go up the Munich Olympiaturm. More
I recently fulfilled one of my lifelong dreams and visited the holy shrine of design and architecture: The Bauhaus in Dessau. When in 1925 the Bauhaus moved from Weimar to Dessau, Walter Gropius, the then director of the Bauhaus, designed... More
Even though I went to Australia as my main hoilday earlier this year I still managed to squeeze in the odd long weekend away here and there. For the last weekend in August I finally managed to cycle for 4... More
I've just come back from a lovely little weekend break to Lisbon which was great, unfortunately the weather wasn't too great. Thankfully the city is full of wonderfully cheerful tiles (or to use the local lingo, loads of wonderfully cheerful... More
I don't know how many of you know Struwwelpeter. Struwwelpeter is a collection of stories of misbehaving children and the disasterous consequences which followed. Think Grimm's fairytales....but much Grimmer (Ha...you see what I did there!!). Well, when I was in Frankfurt... More
Today's treasure are a couple of pictures of lovely old East German motorbikes!! More
I was lucky enough to be invited to Torino last year for a small but impressive design fair called Operae but I have to admit the main reason I wanted to go was to visit the old Lingotto Fiat factory. Opened... More
Is this possibly the coolest Pizza Place EVER?? It's defintley up there with the best I'd say. More
When I saw pictures of this a couple of years ago it went straight onto my 'must see' list and considering it is in Duisburg, which is only half an hour away from my parents' house in Germany, it clearly... More
When I was in Zurich recently I saw these lovely posters for Knies Kinderzoo all over town. I really wanted to get one (or all three) but unfortunately never made it to the zoo and their online shop only ships within... More
The Grant Museum of Zoology is definitely amongst my favourite museums in London. This little gem is jam-packed full of the most amazing preserved animals and skeletons. You can even adopt a specimen for as little as £ 30.00 and... More