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St Paul’s Cathedral the Non-Touristy Way
Dieser Post basiert auf diesem deutschen Originalpost. Sometimes the reasons that make me want to see a place are not the most rational. The reason I wanted to see Prague, for example, was a Donald...
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Being Drawn to Cologne
It was a big deal when I turned 12 years old for two reasons. One: I was allowed to sit in the front of the car now. Not that I got to do it very often as long as my older sisters were around to steal...
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A World of Its Own – Kosovo
This post is based on this German original / Dieser Post basiert auf diesem deutschen Original. While I figured fairly early in my big Balkans trip three years ago that I probably would not get to see...
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Gretchen’s Question, or Travel and Faith
In one of Germany’s most prized pieces of cultural heritage, Goethe’s monumental drama Faust, there is a phrase that has become proverbial in the German language as the Gretchenfrage, or Gretchen’s...
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“All Are Welcome”– The Bahá’í House of Worship
Before I came to Chicago, I had never heard of the Bahá’í. When my friend Jesse suggested that I go to see their House of Worship in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, I was open to it because I have a...
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Guest Post: Jenni’s Top 5 Museums in Armenia
Jenni and I started talking on twitter in the realms of our respective rotation curation of the @i_amGermany account. Her blog on museums, Museum Diary, is insightful and thorough and a true joy to...
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Early Morning Rome – The Colours of the Eternal City
Four years ago, in 2009, I spent four days in the Eternal City with the family I had lived with in the US for a year when I was 16. It was simply an amazing city trip. My host father had organized...
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Fieldstone Churches in Brandenburg
Last week I had a day so bad that I knew right away that it was time to take some distance, get out, and leave my job and my life behind for one day of discovery and enjoyment. I rented a car, not...
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Spiritual Places in Hercegovina
The reason that Bosnia and Hercegovina is equally as complicated as it is beautiful is hard to explain, and I am the last person to claim that it can even be understood at all. Part of it, however, is...
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Bridge in Međugorje, Bosnia and Hercegovina
I have previously written about Međugorje - the third largest pilgrimage site in Europe, although not recognized by the Vatican. There are places in town that I am sure hundreds of photos are taken of...
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