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Off to Trier and Luxembourg
I'll be off to Trier, Luxembourg, and Strasbourg for the next ten days. There should be some nice Roman villae in the countryside around Trier, and maybe a castle along the Moselle as well. Luxembourg...
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What I Visited - Romans at the Moselle
I'm back with another bunch of photos, so here is one of the usual introductory posts. There are a lot or Roman remains, particularly villae, around Trier and along the Moselle. The land is now mostly...
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What I Visited – Castles in the Eifel and Luxembourg
As promised, here is the introductory post about the castles and fortifications I visited. I decided for the Manderscheid Castles in the Eifel instead of one of the castles directly at the Moselle,...
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Pretty Houses and a Famous Minster – A Virtual Tour through Strasbourg
Strasbourg is a pretty town and even prettier in sunshine. But since I visited the place on a sunny Sunday in late April, there were more tourists than even in Bruges. It was almost impossible to get...
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Urban Wildlife
Here's a little picture post to tide you over while I'm sorting through all those Luxembourg photos to prepare a city tour post.Curious hedgehogI caught that wee chap on the meadow behind our...
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Gibraltar of the North - A Virtual Tour through Luxembourg City
The historical centre of Luxemburg lies on a rocky plateau that is surrounded on three sides by the rivers Alzette and Pétrusse which have carved out a forty metres deep valley. A settlement at the...
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The Earldom of Richmond and the Duchy of Brittany - The History of Richmond,...
The Earldom of Richmond and the Duchy of Brittany were still connected during the rule of Henry III, which led to problems because the duke of Brittany owed allegiance to the king of France, while the...
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"Palaces adorn its every shore" - The Villa Urbana in Longuich at the Moselle
Where the blueish stream expands, behold the multitudeOf villae, proudly gabled, leaning against the rocks,And as the river wanders in a meand'ring course,Palaces alternately adorn its every shore....
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Hiking in the Harz - Ilse Valley and Ilse's Rock
The Ilsestein - Ilse's Rock - is more than a granite promontory in the Harz mountains; it is the home of a fairy queen, a secret crystal cave full of wonders. But it is a long time since she last has...
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Drinking Water for Central Germany - The Rappbode Reservoir in the Harz
During one of our Harz tours we crossed the dam of the Rappbode reservoir and stopped, so that I could take a few photos. But there are no legends about princesses in caves this time, and the lake is...
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Hiking in the Harz - Bode Canyon and Rosstrappe Cliff
The Harz has some beautiful and even spectacular landscapes, from tree-covered mountains and semi-Alpine meadows to charming little valleys with sparkling rivers, from windswept peaks and cliffs to...
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A Few Days on Rügen
I'll be away for a few days, traveling to the island of Rügen near Stralsund for some hiking in the beautiful nature and enjoying the pretty 19th century spa architecture of Binz.The new bridge from...
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Rügen Impressions - Jasmund and Königsstuhl, Kap Arkona
Rügen is a fine place for hiking and I did a good deal of that. Of course, I also visited the best known sights of the Königsstuhl (King's Chair) and Kap Arkona, the latter on a very stormy day. There...
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The Flint Fields at Mukran / Rugia
The formation of the island of Rugia began about 70 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. The area was a shallow sea in which the accumulation of exoskeletons of dead microorganisms over...
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It's That Time of the Year Again
November arrives and with it the annual National Novel Writing Month. I've set up my progress bar on the sidebar again. Hopefully, it will fill up in sync with the required wordcount every day or even...
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I did it Again
The fifth win in a row: National Novel Writing Month 2018. It was rather hard this time, but I kept going for the minimum of 1,667 words every day (on good days it was more) and it paid off.Of course,...
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Impressions from Rugia - The Seaside Resort Binz
Binz is the prettiest of the seaside resort towns at the beaches of Rugia. It started out as fishing and farming village in the Middle Ages (its first mention on a tax collection chart dates to 1318)....
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History of Rugia: Prince Wilhelm Malte of Putbus
I've already mentioned Prince Wilhelm Malte I of Putbus (1783 - 1854) in my prior post. He was the scion of the Slavic noble family of Putbus (the lords of Putbus trace their lineage to the 12th...
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Between Polish Kings and Teutonic Knights - A History of Mediaeval Gdańsk /...
I only spent a few hours in Gdańsk (Danzig in German; also used in English books about the historical Gdańsk), sufficient for a walk through the historical part of the town with its interesting and...
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