Oberamergau in southern Germany is best known for its every 10 year Passion Play, its colorfully painted houses, and it’s wood carvings. Continue reading “Photo POSTcard: Oberamergau, Germany-A Little Town With Lots of Action”
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Photo POSTcard: The Little Frillensee in the German Alps
This could be a scene in the American Rockies, but it’s not. It’s the Frillensee in the German alps.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: Germany’s Highest May Pole
The tradition of putting up a may pole on May 1 is alive and strong in the Bavarian region of Germany. Continue reading “Photo POSTcard: Germany’s Highest May Pole”
Photo POSTcard: “Prost” in Munich
You had better be very thirsty if ordering a beer at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich. A standard glass of “helles” (light) or “dunkel” (dark) is a liter of brew. Continue reading “Photo POSTcard: “Prost” in Munich”
Photo POSTcard: Sun Set Over Notre Dame de Paris
The sun sets over the Seine River in Paris as storm clouds silhouette the Notre Dame cathedral.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: Following in Ernest Hemingway’s footsteps
I would not presume to follow in Ernest Hemingway’s literary footsteps-but I can follow in his culinary footsteps at Deux Magots, one of his hangouts when he lived in Paris.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: The Louvre at night in the rain
Paris-The city of lights-Beautiful, romantic, iconic in the rain……unless you are lugging your suitcase trying to find your hotel. Continue reading “Photo POSTcard: The Louvre at night in the rain”
PhotoPOSTcard: Beautiful Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat church
Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat is a beautiful Romanesque style church in the town by the same name in the Limousin region of central France. It is one of 78 structures in France protected under the UNESCO “Routes of the Santiago de Compestela”. France has four historic “Ways of St. James” as the early Christian pilgrimage roads leading to the town of Santiago de Compestela in northern Spain were called. Santiago de Compestela was believed to be the burial site of St. James, and thus became a pilgrimage destination.
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Photo POSTcard: French Resistance Remembered
70+ years after the end of World War II, the French Resistance is still remembered. Graffiti on a barn door in the Limousin area of central France symbolizes the victory of the French Resistance over the invading German forces. The V stands for Victory and the double cross is the Cross of Lorraine, the symbol of the French Resistance, chosen by General Charles Du Gaul to represent the resistance movement.
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Rose
Photo POSTcard: Sun sets on London
The sun sets over Westminster Bridge, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London, England.
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Rose