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Paris Greeters – Come as a Visitor; Leave as a Friend
Have you ever traveled to a city where you had a friend who lived there? If so, didn’t seeing the city with a local enhance your experience many times over? That’s what you get with a walk from the non-profit organization Paris Greeters. Their volunteer “greeters” will walk you around their favorite neighborhood in a…
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The Colegio de San Francisco de Sales, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Updated April 10, 2024 This photograph of the roofline of the Colegio de San Francisco de Salas, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, is a personal favorite of mine among the thousands I have taken in this beautiful UNICEF World Heritage colonial city. Photos of San Miguel are some of the easiest photos you can…
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The German Pharmacy Museum: Time Travel for All the Senses
Housed in the glorious ruin that is Heidelberg Castle, the German Pharmacy Museum is a delightful assault on the senses—jars, vials, boxes of herbs, minerals, and powders await the pharmacist’s hands. A stuffed alligator with a toothy grin hangs overhead while a unicorn stares down from the wall. The scents of lavender, menthol, and pine…
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Heidelberg Castle, Germany—the Definition of Romanticism (2024)
Romantic, lovely Heidelberg, Germany, would be just another lovely, romantic German town but for the majesty of its icon, Heidelberg Castle. Also known as Heidelberg Palace, because it truly is a palace within a castle within a fortress, Schloss Heidelberg (its German name) has drawn visitors to this pretty city on the Neckar River for…
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Visiting the Thingstätte, Heidelberg: an Older Woman’s Quest for Understanding
Heidelberg, Germany’s, history, its castle and university, its vibrant student life and intellectual air, and the fun of riding the Bergbahn funicular, all give it a kind glow, full of energy and beauty. But there are shadows on this sunny charm, as there are in cities all over Germany. The Thingstätte, in Heidelberg, is one…
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A Visit to the Heiligenberg, Heidelberg, Germany’s Holy Mountain
With my ancestral roots in Heidelberg, Germany, I was curious on my last visit to discover more of its history and legends. I learned one fine way to do that is up on the Heiligenberg, The Holy Mountain. This heavily wooded hill is home to medieval monastery ruins, the remains of a Celtic fort and…
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