Two landmarks for the price of one: Berlin’s Fernsehturm, or TV Tower, is reflected on the facade of the Park Inn, near Alexanderplatz. The Fernsehturm is the tallest building in Germany, at a bit over 1200 feet. It and the Brandenburg Gate are…
My “Finding Reiner” blog continues to be a challenge in crossing historical time zones. Reiner’s old letters describe his school and neighborhood, and I search 1940s maps and the Internet to find my route to his past. If I had…
One hundred years ago, July 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, a young Serb nationalist shot and killed Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, which then ruled Bosnia and quite a few other places now independent . Their goal was an…
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre Dame, massive like the Jeronimos Monastery, soaring like the Empire State Building, beautifully-detailed like the Chrysler Building…or it…
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre Dame, massive like the Jeronimos
I’m deep into last-minute research for my “Finding Reiner” adventure. My suitcase is packed with device chargers, plug adaptors, Swiss Army knives, bandaids, spare batteries,
I’m deep into last-minute research for my “Finding Reiner” adventure. My suitcase is packed with device chargers, plug adaptors, Swiss Army knives, bandaids, spare batteries, and clip-on, flat water flasks for the trail. But, my desk is covered…
Sometimes it is not just history that makes for a fun visit to a new location as there are many varied and exotic sights to be seen in the modern world! On this occasion back in July 2003, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of…
On Monday August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. My son, my elderly German mother-in-law, Lütte, and I were hunkered down in my husband’s office at Tulane Medical School. Our decision to stay seemed smart at the time. My…
When we first started including a week-long February school break in our travel plans, our goal was to go somewhere significantly warmer than New York City. We still try for that, but once in a while something else calls, and we found ourselves…
Two landmarks for the price of one: Berlin’s Fernsehturm, or TV Tower, is reflected on the facade of the Park Inn, near Alexanderplatz. The Fernsehturm is the tallest building in Germany, at a bit over 1200 feet. It and the Brandenburg Gate are…
My “Finding Reiner” blog continues to be a challenge in crossing historical time zones. Reiner’s old letters describe his school and neighborhood, and I search 1940s maps and the Internet to find my route to his past. If I had…
One hundred years ago, July 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, a young Serb nationalist shot and killed Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, which then ruled Bosnia and quite a few other places now independent . Their goal was an…
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre Dame, massive like the Jeronimos Monastery, soaring like the Empire State Building, beautifully-detailed like the Chrysler Building…or it…
Sometimes, while traveling or at home, you just fall in love with a building. It might be majestic like Notre
I’m deep into last-minute research for my “Finding Reiner” adventure. My suitcase is packed with device chargers, plug adaptors, Swiss
I’m deep into last-minute research for my “Finding Reiner” adventure. My suitcase is packed with device chargers, plug adaptors, Swiss Army knives, bandaids, spare batteries, and clip-on, flat water flasks for the trail. But, my desk is covered…
Sometimes it is not just history that makes for a fun visit to a new location as there are many varied and exotic sights to be seen in the modern world! On this occasion back in July 2003, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of…
On Monday August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. My son, my elderly German mother-in-law, Lütte, and I were hunkered down in my husband’s office at Tulane Medical School. Our decision to stay seemed smart at the time. My…
When we first started including a week-long February school break in our travel plans, our goal was to go somewhere significantly warmer than New York City. We still try for that, but once in a while something else calls, and we found ourselves…
