Germany
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Bars Around the World || Short Girl Favorites
One of my favorite things to do when I travel is try local bars, restaurants, and coffee shops. It truly helps you get a deeper insight into the area of the world you’re visiting. And if I’m being completely honest, a drink is just a great way to wind down…
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Useful German Travel Phrases
Unless you’re venturing outside of major touristy cities in Germany, where many people understand/speak English, you can likely get away with not learning German. But from my personal experience, people tend to appreciate that you put in a little effort to try and learn their language! (Even if the conversation…
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A Train Lovers Guide to Train Travel in Germany
SGT Guest Contributor: Jasper – Electrical Engineer, Train Enthusiast, and Short Girl Travel Companion Growing up in the US with a railroad running behind my house was where my love of trains started. Back in 2020 I realized one lifelong dream, working with trains, and recently I checked another off…
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Will Travel for Coffee: Munich, Germany
Munich has a long standing coffee culture – a guide to cafés in the city was actually published all the way back around 1835! That being said, I don’t know that I’d call it a coffee city like Seattle, Vienna, or Havana, but it’s definitely growing. Munich is slowly gaining…
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Where to Eat and Drink in Munich, Germany
Occasionally being a short/petite girl can be a pretty big disadvantage, especially when it comes to being a major foodie! My eyes are always bigger than my stomach and I usually can’t try as many things as I’d like because I just can’t make anything else fit. The struggle is…
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Where to Drink Apfelwein in Frankfurt, Germany
I don’t know about you, but I’d never heard of apfelwein before visiting Frankfurt. What exactly is it? Apfelwein, or ‘Apple wine’ in English, is basically a still, sour alcoholic cider that Frankfurt is known for. Compared to the average American hard cider, Apfelwein is a bit stronger (5-7% ABV)…
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A Guide to Stuttgart’s Car Museums: Mercedes and Porsche
Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of car enthusiasts flock to Stuttgart, Germany every year to visit both the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the nearby Porsche Museum. Personally, I’m not a big car person – I couldn’t even tell you the last time I checked my own oil or changed a…
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Will Travel for Coffee: Stuttgart, Germany
The second leg of my German coffee shop tour was in Stuttgart – Germany’s Autohauptstadt (Car Capital). We were four days into our trip at this point, and I wasn’t sure if it was still jet-lag or something but the coffee just wasn’t hitting like usual. It seems as though…
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Trip Budget Breakdown: 1 Week in Southern Germany
We’d been wanting to take a trip to Germany for a while and finally decided it was the right time. The big question was – when exactly should we go? As much as I wanted to go to Oktoberfest, I knew it’d be an expensive madhouse that we probably didn’t…
