#269 Do - Celebrate music in Leipzig. With a musical history that includes the famous Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra that originated in...

#268 Do - Experience a German Christmas market. We arrived in Leipzig (our final destination) and we headed out and joined the locals at...

#267 Eat/Drink - Local. Bamberg is famous for its many breweries and in particular for the Rauchbier, which is a smoked beer. It was...

#266 Do - Brave the cold on a snowy morning. After a long drive yesterday, we headed out this morning to explore Bamberg. It is a...

#265 Buy - locally made goods. We spotted a cute set of vintage children’s skis out the front of a Budapest boutique, Prezent. Filled...

#264 Do - Learn local history. Having arrived in Budapest, we headed to the Hospital in the Rock, an interesting way to walk through the...

#263 Eat - Local in Vienna at Loca! This tiny restaurant off the beaten track in Vienna has a focus on locally produced, seasonal and...

#262 Do - stay in a small, independent, locally owned hotel. Altstadt Vienna is a restored 19th century former aristocrat's town house in...

#261 Buy - off to the opera in a locally designed and made dress by Dunedin designer, Darlene Gore. Darlene was 18 when she first learnt...

#260 Do - remember to look up. We’ve arrived in Vienna and I am in awe of the incredible buildings that are in every direction you look....