Go Ahead Business Analyst Nabin Ghimire hails from Nepal, so he’s no stranger to tall mountains. But the heights of the Himalayas didn’t prepare him for the majesty of the snow-covered Alps, a sight he beheld on our Best of Central Europe: Germany, Switzerland & Austria tour. “It had snowed a couple days before we [...]

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Go Ahead Groups Account Manager Angus Beaton is a self-described “history nerd” who fell in love with fin de siècle Vienna while in college. “I love European history, and I wanted to take my time in Vienna. So the three-night Vienna extension on his Historic Germany: Berlin to Bavaria tour made perfect sense, and it [...]

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Go Ahead Tour Consultant Cara Bisceglia recently returned from a tour of Historic Germany: Berlin to Bavaria. Here, she shares her travel stories. ************* “For my very first Go Ahead tour, I chose Historic Germany: Berlin to Bavaria, because I wanted a comprehensive view of a country I had never visited before.  I’ve always enjoyed [...]

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Go Ahead’s Christina Miele recently returned from our 14-day Best of Central Europe: Germany, Switzerland & Austria tour with some amazing stories. Here, she shares her three favorite highlights from tour. Wine? Why not? Since 1591, Heidelberg Castle has held an enormous 60,000-gallon barrel of wine…and at one point, its contents were the charge of [...]

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If you’re on a diet, you might want to steer clear of Munich’s Theresienwiese during the last two weeks of September. But if you’re looking for one of the world’s great cultural and culinary festivals, the famed Oktoberfest is for you! This year marks the 200th anniversary of the original Oktoberfest, and visitors can expect [...]

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