For the Love of Amber (Bernstein)
In the north of Germany, along the shores of the Baltic and North seas, it is still...
The Villa Hügel & Krupp Stahl
Just outside Essen, and right alongside the railway tracks (appropriately) lies a stately manor house called The...
Sport machen: exercising in Germany
[False Friend alert: Sport machen in German is closer to ‘doing exercise’ in English, not necessarily playing...
The Sanssouci Picture Gallery of Potsdam
The Location of the Palace of Sanssouci Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great) (24 January 1712―17...
Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden
The Dresden State Art Collections, officially the Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden, comprises 14 distinct museums owned and maintained...
Heinrich Schliemann – 19th Century Trump?
Heinrich Schliemann was quite possibly an early version of Donald Trump, German style. On the one hand,...
Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU)
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) is in Munich, Germany. Duke Ludwig IX the Wealthy of Bavaria-Landshut founded the university in...
Bicycling in Germany: Organized or Self-guided Tour?
There is something about bicycling in Germany that somehow frees us from Earth’s tethers—at least figuratively. The sun...