Europe 2026: Spring in Germany

Wandering through a meadow in Saxon Switzerland outside Dresden I’ve been back from Europe for a few weeks now…which makes me realise I never wrote about my May trip to Europe (or my last October one, but that ship has sailed. The South of France is lovely, the Pont du Gard is extraordinary, I would happily retire to Collioure, and the Hague continues to have fantastic food and extraordinary art. There you are.). So before I recount my recent trip, let’s take a look back at the spring. After carefully planning and booking a wonderful trip to Corfu with my mother, there was a sudden pivot a few weeks before leaving that left me needing to concoct a replacement two week trip based in Central Europe. Not a problem. This is what I train for all winter as I read travel books and blogs and create dream itineraries. It had to start in Prague (for family commitments) and end in Frankfurt with a departing flight. I wanted some familiar places but also something new and within a few days a new…

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