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Roofline of the Colegio de Sales, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Destinations | Mexico | Photo of the Week

The Colegio de San Francisco de Sales, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

ByDonna Reading Time: 5 minutes

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…

The Bamberg Court Pharmacy at the German Apothecary Museum. We see the wood worktable strewn with various tools and materials, plus a large pharmacist's scale. Behind the table is a sort of mezzanine with steps up to a desk where the apothecary could do paperwork. On the left wall is a center-opening multi-paned window with the silhouette of a woman customer behind it, waiting to speak to the pharmacist. The woodwork has a warm golden glow.
Destinations | Europe | Germany | Museum Mondays

The German Pharmacy Museum: Time Travel for All the Senses

ByDonna Reading Time: 14 minutes

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…

The beautiful ruins of Heidelberg Castle, sitting halfway up a mountain, surrounded by lush green foliage. The castle buildings reflect many eras of building style but are all built with red sandstone from the Neckar Valley. Only the center building looks complete. The others are in ruins.
Destinations | Europe | Germany

Heidelberg Castle, Germany—the Definition of Romanticism (2024)

ByDonna Reading Time: 23 minutes

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…

Looking down onto the Thingstatte arena from the top row of seats, through some small white flowers, on a bright spring day. Green trees behind and a clear blue sky above.
Europe | Germany

Visiting the Thingstätte, Heidelberg: an Older Woman’s Quest for Understanding

ByDonna Reading Time: 15 minutes

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…

The Neckar River, in Heidelberg, winds past a row of beautiful big homes on the bank. Behind them, the Heiligenberg, aka Holy Mountain, rises as a rounded hill covered in thick, deep green forest. A clear blue sky is overhead.
Europe | Germany

A Visit to the Heiligenberg, Heidelberg, Germany’s Holy Mountain

ByDonna Reading Time: 8 minutes

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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