From the city’s neat and bourgeois atmosphere, it might not be too obvious that Edinburgh also caters for those with a taste for all things just a little way out. Besides the thriving indie and folk music scenes, there’s plenty of room for punks, rockers, metal heads and goths in Scotland’s capital. But the dark [...]
Getting around in and out of Berlin
Berlin can get unbearably hot during the summer months. With no sea breeze, few air conditioned restaurants and stifling conditions on public transport, the best respite from the heat is to head to one of the city’s many lakes. Of all of them, Müggelsee is the largest, and makes for a pleasant day trip. More [...]
Loyalty – a lost virtue today? Not in Edinburgh
If you pass Candlemaker’s Row and catch the edge of George IV. Bridge you see a beautiful statue, about two metres high. “Why is there a statue of a dog?”, you may ask. Well, it is a statue honoured by G r e y f r i a r s ’ Bobby because of his [...]
