Endlich! After Twenty-one Months …
Although we traveled by train, cars were our destination.
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Call of The North – 3ème Étape
Crossing the Baltic Sea toward Finland.
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Lots of forests and brick buildings at the beginning of our trip north.
Read more "Call of The North – 1ère et 2ème Étapes"Cleo in Munich
Silken wallpaper, golden trim, and lavish embroidery would have well suited our Egyptian queen. Instead, she’s stuck in a gallery with stuffy old philosophers and tyrannical emperors. All of them are at home in the Munich Residenz, the main palace of the House of Wittelsbach. Owing to never-ending repair and restoration work, the approach to the […]
Read more "Cleo in Munich"A Bronzy Interlude
While I wait for my husband to get ready, let my throw a few statues in your direction. Through their taxes, the Bavarian people have recently completed renovations of the wing of the Residenz in München, which houses the Bavarian State Collection of bronzes. The Residenz was the city home of the Wittelsbach dynasty. A palace filled […]
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A long road trip followed by a short train ride to the City of Light.
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You may by now be thoroughly bored by castles and such, but I took nearly 1000 photos at Burghausen and Landshut, so you better settle in to suffer through a few more. Next up is a look inside the Palas, the main living quarters of the Ducal family. Over the centuries, the castle of Burghausen has […]
Read more "More Burg"Burg zu Burghausen
Spending two days in Europe’s longest castle complex, the Bavarian Burg zu Burghausen.
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During our home exchange in Munich, Germany, we were invited to spend a weekend in Europe’s longest castle complex Castle Burghausen. Before you ever reach the main castle, which forms the southern tip of the 1051 m [3448 ft] long walled fortification, you have to pass through five outer courtyards, each one dedicated to a […]
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‘Nässe’: wetness, rain, cloudbursts, downpours, etc. but Munich is gorgeous anyway!
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NOT IN A STRAIGHT LINE by Photolera Claudinha 