Tagged With "Kaiser Wilhelm"
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Nov. 3, 2013: Brandenburg Gate
Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate is surely one of the world’s most-recognized landmarks, and symbolizes Berlin in the way the Eiffel Tower means Paris and the Parthenon means Athens. It’s been the ceremonial center for marches and...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Mar. 29, 2015: J. S. Bach's Tomb
This week marks Johann Sebastian Bach's 330th birthday on March 21 or 31, 1685. The difference is due to the change, during his lifetime, from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. Above, his vault in the floor of the Thomaskirche, Leipzig Germany....
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Apr. 8, 2015: Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
Jesus appears to float above the altar in the modern version of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche) in Berlin. The modern church, which Berliners mostly call by its short name, stands next to the original church, built in...
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Haut-Koenigsbourg, atop Alsace's Vosges Mountains
Haut Koenigsbourg is an improbable bastion atop the Vosges mountains, with views of the Rhine, Alsatian villages and Germany’s Black Forest.
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Get Your Drink On at Hofbrauhaus – Munich, Germany
Samantha and her husband had a great time drinking a liter of beer, listening to music, enjoying a pretzel, and making new friends at Hofbrauhaus in Munich, Germany. Check it out while in the area. You won't be disappointed.
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Cologne: Just Passing Through
PHeymont reflects on a pleasant but far-too-short day in a city that's calling him back for more...some day!
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Koblenz: At the German Corner
Join PHeymont for a stroll through Koblenz's Old City and a bit of history and art.
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Buffalo Bill Cody's Grave, Lookout Mountain, Golden, Colorado
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American scout, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Clair, a small town in the Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but he grew up for...
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Berliner Dom: Cathedral of Empire
Many of the cathedrals and major churches of Europe can trace their foundations back a millenium or more, and their present buildings on those foundations for six or seven hundred years. But Berlin's Dom, or Cathedral, while in the same location as...
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Strasbourg's Station: Monumental Illusion
Inside the giant glass bubble, Strasbourg's pre World War I Gare Centrale lives a new life as a major European rail hub.
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Sintra's Two Fabulous Palaces
Sintra is one of Portugal's top tourism attractions, and its two very different National Palaces are a big part of the draw.
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July 14, 2016: Humboldt, University, Berlin, Germany
This historic university has a very impressive list of alumni and professors.
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June 15, 2019: A Kaiser in Koblenz
In Koblenz, a huge memorial makes a statement about the past by its sheer size if in no other way.
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Sept. 27, 2019: A Kaiser in Cologne
A giant equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm II is one of the last survivors of its kind.
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January 14, 2016: World's Largest Granite Bowl, Berlin, Germany
On a guided walking tour of Berlin, I came across this unexpected gem.
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Apr. 8, 2015: Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
Similar view in Coventry England . Most of the City was destroyed by war. The shell of the old Cathedral next to the new Cathedral.
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Saint Maurice: from Empire to Europe
A church built as an emblem of empire, of Germany's annexation of Alsace-Lorraine now calls itself a 'European parish' for all
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Auto History at Germany's Technical Museum
At the German Technical Museum in Berlin, it's as much about the history of cars as it is about the cars themselves.
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Ballinstadt: Hamburg's Emigration Museum
In Hamburg, the Emigration Museum tells the fascinating story of what might be called "Ellis Island in Reverse"
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Visiting the Reichstag, Berlin
The Reichstag building, home these days to Germany's Bundestag, offers visitors a great view of the city and the building's history.
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Strasbourg History: Between the Lines
Strasbourg has spent almost 1500 years on the edge of competing cultures, rulers and loyalties, leaving it with a character all its own.
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A Rambler in Berlin
PHeymont shares 'sights and seens' from his wanderings in the German capital last summer
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Kaiser Wilhelm's Railroad Station, Potsdam
A special railway station built for Kaiser Wilhelm II near his suburban palace survives today as a railroad training school.
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Wandering in Hamburg
PHeymont shares bits and pieces from a recent re-visit to Germany's big port
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Munich, Germany: My Top 7 Free Things
Visiting Munich? Samantha has some suggestions for enjoyable—and free—activities in the Bavarian capital.
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Lancaster's Landis Valley Village and Farm
Stephanie shares a visit to the Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The site preserves the German immigrant heritage story of the region.
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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany
George G shares a visit to Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church—kept as a memorial after extensive bomb damage during World War II.
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Koblenz, Germany: Historic Treasure
Where the Rhine and Moselle meet, Marilyn Jones visits one of Germany's oldest cities
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Florence's Small Museums
Jonathan L takes us on a tour of some of Florence's smaller museums and galleries
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Prague's Jerusalem Synagogue: Where Gumbo Was (#129)
In a city with some of the oldest synagogues in Europe, we wandered into one of the newest, just over a century old. It’s not far from Prague’s main rail station.
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From Corfe Castle to Kingston Lacy - Part 2
When we last met " Brave Dame Mary", (Lady Mary Banks) in 1645, she had just been rudely ejected from her "palatial" apartments in Corfe Castle by a troop of Parliamentarian "Roundhead" soldiers having been betrayed by the foul Colonel Pitman.
