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Vienna, where’s the flavour?
Not really any other way to put it. The Viennese cuisine, traditionally, appears to lack a certain something. 400 years ago Salzburg was a fortress for the storing of salt. Time to open the doors and spread a little on the food for flavouring. Tonight’s Viennese meal consisted of Wiener Schnitzel. Not really knowing what…
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Which is more entertaining? Water or electricity?
Almost an epiphany today. We bussed our way over to Schloss Hellbrunn for an afternoon of checking out local attractions. Sure, another newish palatial residence, only 400 or so years old. Residence is a bit of an overstatement as well since the place was only used as a day house for entertaining. No bedrooms, just…
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The Elusive Donut Pretzel
Some said it was only available in some small American town searching for something to put their town on the map. Something that didn’t include commissioning a local artist to build an 80ft fishing lure or stick of pepperoni next to the”Welcome to Bugfart, PA” sign welcoming you to their tiny community. Like most museum…
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Protest the Smoking Instead!
I always figured Europe as a whole to be a more advanced civilization. Extensive train networks, aggressive pricing on phone contracts, multi-lingualism as an essential skill for navigating everyday life (and don’t forget a drinking age at only 16)…but smoking indoors? C’mon already! Even the French have banned indoor smoking, having smokers resort to those…
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Surfing in the Garten, no Sheep
Yesterday was all about the autumn garden stroll through the Englischer Garten. For those of us Anglophiles, that’s English Garden. Apparently a park modeled on the erratic placement of trees and informality, a departure from typical structured gardening. Although created well before the two world wars, no where have I found any mention of the…
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Incessant Church Bells
Alright, so six days into neighboring St. Maximillian church and I still haven’t figured out the rationale behind church bell ringing. They do seem to start at 06:00 and sometimes finish at 22:00, but that might only be once a week, or I have been far too exhausted to be woken by the bells at…
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10 steps from Munich to Neuschwanstein Castle!
This will be a bit of a departure from the regular tale of traveling woe so common in previous posts. Maybe this could be used in the future to direct lost souls like ourselves. You want to do a day trip from Munich. How about Munich to Neuschwanstein Castle? One way is to simply look…
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Nipply Cold in Munich
Vacation…but so miserably cold and wet out there that it’s tough to clamber out of bed. ‘Clamber’…probably with german origins, but likely only used in the phrase above. We’re in a tiny little apartment this time. Clean, simple, brand new being only 2 months old. Have a look for 31 Westermuhlstrasse and your little google…
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Modern Art in Strasbourg
Strasbourg, a set on Flickr. edited carefully by the lovely Melanie
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One night in Strasbourg
Only one night here and I am already regretting the shortness of our stay. All information suggested we could see the sights in a day or so…and that’s all we booked. No where did it suggest such character or quaintness. You can read this as ‘cuteness’, I just didn’t want to use the word best…