A Newsletter About Germany, For People With Roots

Most Germany travel writing is aimed at people deciding whether to go.

This one is written for people who already know they're going to, eventually. Not because they saw it on a list of European cities to visit before fifty, but because their family came from there, or their grandparents did, or their surname did. The country means something to them before they even arrive.

That's a different kind of travel interest, and it deserves a different kind of newsletter.

Heimweh Letters is where I write about Germany. The places, the food, the regions, the things travel guides tend to flatten. It's free, it goes out weekly, and signing up also gets you the resource below.

A Free Guide for Families: Before It's Gone

Before It's Gone is a heritage resource I put together for families with German roots who don't want to lose what's still here.

It covers four things:

1. How to ask the questions you haven't asked your older relatives yet.
2. How to find the specific region in Germany your family came from.
3. Which traditions are worth keeping, and how to keep them without making it a project.
4. And how to plan a trip back to Germany that means something, rather than a standard holiday with a map.

It's not a travel checklist. It's closer to a conversation about what's worth preserving, written for people who already know the answer but haven't started yet.

Sign up for Heimweh Letters and I'll send it to you as a PDF. No gating or no upsells. It's yours.

What you'll get in your inbox

Regional context, not landmarks. Germany is a federation of sixteen states that can be as compatible as a family reunion. Most travel content treats it as one country. This one doesn't. I cover specific regions like Saxony, Bavaria, the Rhineland, and the former eastern territories. Along with the accents, food, and history that actually make each one different.

The trips travel guides skip. Villages, market towns, and unremarkable districts that don't rank on TripAdvisor but matter if your family came from one of them. Honest notes on what's worth the detour, what isn't, and what you won't get without a hire car and a willingness to eat at the one bakery in town.

Food writing that respects the source. Recipes, traditions, seasonal markers like spargel in May, biscuits in December, and the things a German grandmother knew without having to explain. 

My perspective, not a brand's. I'm one person writing this. Canadian-born, Welsh by choice, German at heart. I travel Germany with my own heritage in mind and young children to pass it on to. Expect opinions, occasional stubbornness, and no affiliate link roundups.

About Heimweh Letters

Heimweh is a German word that translates roughly as homesickness, but that undersells it. It implies a longing for somewhere you may never have been, or may never be able to return to. It feels like the right name for a newsletter written for people whose relationship with Germany runs through their family rather than their passport.

I'm Eran. I grew up in Canada with German parents, moved to Wales, and now spend a fair amount of my time writing about Germany for people who have some version of that same story.

Tour My Germany started as a family project. My mother Gerhild, who started it all with her recipe site Quick German Recipes, was part of it from the beginning. And my niece Lydia, who takes care of making sure everything is up-to-date... when she's not throwing herself off a mountain (with a parachute).

Today I run the site and write the newsletter. The family connection is still there in the work, just like in every other aspect of life.

My promise

Heimweh Letters is written by me, Eran Fulson. It goes out from tourmygermany.com and germanatheart.com, which are sister sites under justlikeoma.com. One newsletter, one writer. You'll only receive it once per issue regardless of where you signed up.

It's one letter at a time. No automated sequences, no multiple daily emails, and no selling your information to third parties. The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of every issue, and it works.

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