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Grown-up Travel Guide Daily Photo: Piece of Berlin wall near Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany

Another rather lonely-looking piece of the Berlin wall near Potsdamer Platz in Berlin

A crumbling monument to insanity – the “Colossus of Rugen”

I think it was the bread rolls that really brought it home to me. The sheer scale of the place was one thing, the madness of the entire concept another. But it was when our guide told us about the bakery that I truly understood how reality hadn’t been factored into these grandiose plans. How [...]

The five stupidest things I’ve done while travelling

Now this sounds good. You must have been up all night narrowing this list down to five… Hey, not so fast. I may have made my fair share of mistakes in my younger years but I like to think of myself as a pretty savvy Grown-up Traveller these days. Savvy, perhaps. Pretty, no… All of [...]

Grown-up Travel Guide Daily Photo: Christmas Tree, Hamburg, Germany

Christmas markets 2012 – Hamburg

In case it’s passed you by, here on Grown-up Travel Guide we’ve told you all about the best Christmas markets in Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Rome, London, Amsterdam and Paris. We’re finishing up this year’s coverage today with one final article; for our money Germany is still the country to beat in terms of the overall Christmas market experience, but don’t just think [...]