Celle might not be the first German city that comes to mind when you start planning a city break. But as soon as you walk into its historic old town, it is easy to see why so many people enjoy visiting this charming place. Nearly 500 half-timbered
Goslar has just about everything you could hope for in a historic German town: centuries-old half-timbered houses, façades covered in dark slate, narrow winding streets and the small Abzucht river flowing right through the centre. The old town is so well preserved that the entire historic centre
“Just make sure you don’t lose the children.” It is probably the joke people make most often when you tell them you are going to Hameln. Luckily, I had already found a very practical solution: for this city trip, I left the children at home and travelled