It is used for everything from a topping for ice cream to a 'cure' for arthritis in Germany. Elderflower Cordial, also known as Elderflower Syrup, is fragrant, refreshing, easy to make and comes from the elder shrub found in the wild almost everywhere.

It began over 250 years ago as trees planted to help travelers find their way, Germany's Avenues Route, the tree lined Deutsche Alleenstrasse. A journey through nature and history down shaded tunnels formed by ancient trees, witnesses to travelers from oxen carts to the present day.

Hitlerland - American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power, by former Newsweek staffer Andrew Nagorski, is an insight on 'interwar' life in Germany, from the view point of American journalists and socialites who lived there. Many were initially impressed when the Nazis took over.

The religious celebrations began with Palm Sunday and Easter, ending with Pentecost and Corpus Christi. Christian festivals which in Germany are public holidays, filled with religious processions as well as a colorful mix of very different secular and pre-Christian traditions.

Father’s Day in Germany is a 'moveable feast', linked to Ascension Day which changes each year. But for those who are new to it the first experience of a German Father’s Day can come as a bit of a shock, as that is not the only way the celebration differs from other countries.

Germany's different regions follow many of their own traditional, and sometimes unusual, wedding customs, but May is the most popular month to get married throughout the country. The age old traditions begin weeks before the ceremony and celebrations can last for days.