Visit Dresden

The Kaiserburg above a rebuilt medieval city, the Nazi rally grounds and the Nuremberg trials courtroom.

Red-sandstone castle ruin above the old town of Heidelberg and the Neckar valley.

Altbier in the 'longest bar in the world', Gehry's dancing towers at the harbour and the Konigsallee.

Billy Pilgrim comes unstuck in time between Dresden and Tralfamadore; so it goes.

The Peace Park and the hypocentre, plus Dejima, the island where Japan traded with the world for 200 years.

The Bridge on the River Kwai, the Death Railway to Hellfire Pass and the Erawan waterfalls.

Waikiki beach, the Pearl Harbor memorial and the Diamond Head crater hike.

Visit Munich, capital of Bavaria in Germany. Explore Marienplatz (historic central square with the Glockenspiel clock tower and New Town Hall), see the Deutsches Museum (one of the world's largest museums of science and technology), relax in the English Garden (one of the largest urban parks globally with a Japanese teahouse and river surfing), and sample traditional Bavarian fare like Weisswurst (white sausage) and pretzels at a beer hall such as Hofbräuhaus.