Ebook: Germany

Watch the sun drop behind Berlin's Brandenburger Tor while sipping chilled champagne at celebrity fave Hotel Adlon, p. 106. Feel the brisk North Sea breeze pummel your face while 'walking on water' between the islands of Eastern Frisia, p. 637. Chat with locals and sample the latest vintages at a Besenwirtschaft, a seasonal wine tavern, p. 399. Let your cares evaporate in the steam rooms and mineral pools of Baden-Baden, p. 434.

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