Author dorabenley

This cafe with the glass windows in Trier, had one of the most interesting locations I’ve ever seen. It was right in the middle of the action sandwiched between the formal gardens of the city schloss attached to a basilica… Continue Reading →

A Character Who Has A Life Of Her Own: During my travels this past summer a most bizarre incident occurred. While in LIverpool on the Fourth of July, I wrote a review of the 175th Cunard celebrations on and near… Continue Reading →

I’ve thought for years and years that all of western civilization is moving towards socialism whether you like it or not. I’ve never liked it, but there’s little you can do. Politicians like Reagan slow down the drift toward socialism,… Continue Reading →

Hotel Zur Post: Edwardian Gem In Trier. A quaint old icity inn called Zur Post looks like something from the turn of the century about one hundred years ago. It displays antiques in the hallways and features a grand carpeted… Continue Reading →

The Porta Nigra in Trier Lets Your Imagination Run Wild: You could imagine a Roman legionary in the army crossing under the Porta Nigra in the city of Trier when the Porta Nigra was opened in 200AD. He might be… Continue Reading →

Pastoral poems were never so beautiful as when we got out of the Skodia Octavia at a Burger King and wandered over to the edge of the Moselle River on the border of Luxembourg and Germany in Trier. It was… Continue Reading →

QM2 Man Overboard Reminds Me Of Incident With Skiff At Sea In July: This morning I went on the Cunard website as I have done every morning since July of 2011. I take a screen shot of where the ship… Continue Reading →

Pastoral poems were never so beautiful as when we got out of the Skodia Octavia at a Burger King and wandered over to the edge of the Moselle River on the border of Luxembourg and Germany in Trier. It was… Continue Reading →

Marksburg Castle: A Challenge To Your Imagination: We drove along the Rhine River past Koblenz just to see the shining white Marksburg Castle scintillating in the sun high up on top of the hill. I wanted to feature it in… Continue Reading →

The miraculous bridge withstood whatever the Germans could throw against it during the closing days of World War 2 while Americans took advantage of it to send troops into the heartland of Germany. It was easy to imagine airplanes bombing… Continue Reading →