When you plan your travels, sometimes you want to go somewhere you’ve never been. And sometimes you want to make a return visit. We each have only one lifetime, and…
Notre Dame stands in the middle of the city on the island where Paris was born. It’s seen centuries of sunrises and sunsets and generations of people have walked in…
Berlin is a city of modern buildings and culture. It also is easy to find places that allow you to look at Berlin’s history, especially of the last 100 years.…
Bastogne, a small town in southern Belgium, sits in rolling farmland, with stands of the Ardennes forest just outside of town. On our visit, colorful umbrellas decorated the main street.…
Bridges come in all styles, shapes, and sizes, made of stone, wood, or cast iron. What makes a bridge iconic? What draws us to cherish any certain bridge? While they…
Flossenburg Concentration Camp was one of the hundreds of camps run by the Nazis during World War II. It’s set in the lovely forested land of eastern Germany, just a…
Want to step out of the present and enter the world of Medieval Germany? Rothenburg ob der Tauber offers you the perfect opportunity. The old town of Rothenburg, with its…
Enter the gates of the Luxembourg American Cemetery and you are on rich green lawns surrounded by acres of woods. White crosses stand in memorial to the soldiers who gave…
Budapest is a city split down the middle by the Danube river. It was two separate cities until 1873. The Buda side of Budapest, with its Castle District, is hilly…
Perched on a hill overlooking the Danube, the Castle District of Budapest dates back more than 700 years. King Bela IV staked his claim here so that he could ward…
