Frederic Huels pouring a liter of beer at Hophaus. Picture: Ellen Smith Source: News Limited KOREAN? Check. Peruvian? You bet. New-wave Vietnamese? Everywhere you look. But German?In the annual “hottest food trends for 2014” articles that appeared at the start of the year, we foodies overlooked Bavaria as Melbourne’s next culinary hotspot.But with news the Read more [...]

Vodafone-owned cable operator Kabel Deutschland has introduced high-speed internet services in Beilngries, Greding and Kinding in Bavaria, providing speeds of up to 100Mbps to about 4,200 households. The operator has been engaged in a state-wide upgrade of its Bavarian networks since 2011 and now offers high-speed services to about 500,000 homes, mostly in rural areas. Kabel Deutschland CEO Manuel Cubero said that the company would be able to provide 100Mbps services to 70% of all homes Read more [...]

The driver was nowhere to be found and emergency services were called to the scene. Two helicopters and several rescue vehicles combed the area for the missing person who was thought to be badly injured.    Police eventually located the driver, a 40-year-old woman, at her home. She had only bruises and scrapes from the 60-metre plunge. Likely in a state of shock after the fall, "she even activated the handbrake, removed the keys and exited the vehicle basically uninjured," Bad Staffelstein Read more [...]