Our Home Away from Home in Edinburgh is an Elegant Georgian Apartment

Holiday Rental Apartment, Edinburgh, Scotland. Our Home Away from Home in Edinburgh. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Our home away from home in Edinburgh, Scotland, is an elegant Georgian apartment located on a historic crescent lined with imposing Georgian residences, just a stone’s throw from the centre of Stockbridge. The light-filled ground-floor apartment is cosy, comfortable and cleverly-designed, with a secret kitchen for keen cooks. It may be just a short saunter … Read more

Eating Out in Berlin – from Currywurst to Pork Knuckle

Eating out in Berlin, Germany. From Currywurst to Pork Knuckle. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

We’ve tried to eat ‘local’ wherever we’ve stayed on our grand tour this year. In places like Venice that meant eating distinctly Venetian cuisine made from local produce from the Veneto region and Venice’s lagoon. In multicultural cities like New York that meant eating everything from hot dogs and hamburgers to Ukrainian and Korean. However, … Read more

Berlin Designer Souvenirs

Graffiti Postcards, Berlin, Germany. Berlin Designer Souvenirs. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Yes, there is more to shopping in Prenzlauer Berg than vintage. Not everything is retro. There are plenty of contemporary new products too. The neighbourhood boasts brilliant concept stores specialising in cool ‘made in Berlin’ products from local graphic and product designers, visual artists, illustrators, and self-publishers. Here are a few of my favourite stores to … Read more

Our Street: Oderberger Straße, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin

Our Street: Oderberger Straße, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. Oderberger Straße, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

As you can see from our Berlin stories, they’re very much centred on our neighbourhood, Prenzlauer Berg, and are probably much more locally-focused than any other series of posts we’ve written on other destinations we’ve visited for Grantourismo this year. We could probably do a series on what’s on our street – Oderberger Straße – … Read more

Berlin Wall East Side Gallery

Berlin Wall East Side Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

After ‘walking the Wall’ I had to go take a look at the breathtaking art on the Berlin Wall East Side Gallery. This 1.3 km-long section of the wall running by the River Spree between Oberbaum Bridge and the Ostbahnhof is a memorial to freedom, boasting some 100-odd murals by artists from around the world … Read more