When you visit Prague, you will want to plan to spend time in the Jewish Quarter for the complicated history found here. One of the most intriguing places in this area is Prague’s Old Jewish Cemetery. Prague’s Old Jewish Cemetery is the burial place of 100,000 people The Old Jewish Cemetery has a mystic atmosphere…
Do you have a restaurant where you feel instantly relaxed and immersed in the atmosphere? One of my favorite restaurants is the Storytellers Café in Downtown Disney Anaheim. It’s part of the Grand Californian Hotel that borders Disneyland. Not only is the food delicious, but also the setting and theme make me want to settle…
Just a short way from the famed Charles Bridge and the lovely Vltava River, a little-known monument memorializes Prague’s heroes of WWII. It’s in the crypt of the small Saints Cyril and Methodius Church and is open to the public. You may want to add a visit here to your Prague itinerary. Here’s the story….
High on the hill above Prague’s Old Town, Prague Castle is a complex of varied buildings. Royal and religious structures have stood here since the 9th century. Today, it is home to the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. Once in the walls of the castle, you will find architecture of different…
Prague’s Old Town Square is the heart of this grand historic city, capital of the Czech Republic.When you visit Prague, you are likely to cross this square many times and take in all its sights. Here’s a guide to the most notable places in the square. This post contains affiliate links. Clicking on them may…
The Topography of Terror is a Documentation Center in Berlin that opened in 2010 to inform all who visit about the Nazi reign of terror. It’s an outdoor and indoor exhibit built along exposed walls of what once the site of the headquarters of the Secret State Police, the SS, and the Reich Security Main…
The Berlin Holocaust Memorial is odd in many ways, one being its official name: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. From the start, the memorial generated controversy even over this name. Who murdered the Jews? Is this about the Holocaust of WWII or some earlier pogrom? It’s really not clear. Then there is the…
The Tiergarten in central Berlin is an oasis of greenery and ponds in the middle of modern buildings of glass and chrome. I’d looked on Google maps before we arrived in Berlin and knew our hotel was directly across the street. But I didn’t realize that right across the street also are the Brandenburg Gate,…
The impressive Berlin Cathedral, with its magnificent dome, is a landmark in central Berlin. Also known as the Berliner Dom, the church sits among the stately museums on Museum Island, with the Spree River flowing nearby. The Berlin Cathedral is the largest Protestant church in the area and is well worth a visit. Hi there!…
The Berlin Wall is familiar to us and yet much more complicated than I understood before visiting the Berlin Wall Memorial. The line of the Wall, built in 1961, zigs and zags all over the city, rather than being anything like a straight line. The Wall was about 96 miles long. It surrounded West Berlin…