There are some countries whose names are (or were) exceptions in English, like The Lebanon, The Gambia and others. So was The Ukraine. There doesn’t need to be an explanation. It’s an exception. You might as well ask why Celtic the club has a soft ‘c’ but the Celts are pronounced with a hard ‘c’. […]
The Bayern Munich museum
I have always had a soft spot for Bayern Munich FC ever since I was a kid. Kids like success and Bayern Munich had it in spades. They were immensely successful in the European Championship. They had players like Beckenbauer, Rumenigge and Breitner who were the backbone of the German national team. They were exciting […]
Vienna’s Best Christmas Markets
When it comes to Christmas markets, there’s only German Mitteleuropa that avoids both the saccharine over-the-topness or the shopping pointlessness of their cheap imitations. And the undisputed queen of Adventmärkte is good old stolid Vienna. It’s only in December that the city truly comes to life, for this is when its palaces and baroque churches, […]