My Stopover

Ice carver Mikhail Fedotov from Russia works on his masterpiece “Bremen’s Town Musicians” in the northern Germany city of Bremen on Sunday, Nov. 16. Some 40 artists turned out to carve 28 figures inspired by the Brothers’ Grimm fairy tales. The city’s ice skulpture festival opens its doors to the public on Nov. 22 and [...]

Here’s some travel guide etiquette when traveling to Germany. As the saying goes when your in Rome do as the Roman same when your in Germany. Shaking hands Shaking hands is an important part of German culture. It is customary to shake someone’s hand when you meet them for the first time, and at every [...]

At exactly 11.11 o’clock began the fifth season on Tuesday (11.11.2008) in the Karneval cities at Rhine and Main. With loud greetings of Alaaf and Helau from thousands people in Cologne, Dusseldorf and Mainz that start the Karneval season of this year.