Author dorabenley

Vetro Restaurant Dortmund: Charming Italian Restaurant With Deadly Parking An Italian restaurant with outside seating for those few warm days in Dortmund, the Vetro Restaurant sits right across the street from the Holiday Inn. The kind of place where you… Continue Reading →

You emerge from the gift shop where you buy your tickets. In front of you are the woods where the Roman legions were massacred in 9 AD. The display of standards confronts you just before you enter the forest. Modern… Continue Reading →

I don’t think Russia saved Europe from Napoleon. Britain did. Actually I think Napoleon would have been defeated anyway simply because he didn’t have the “right idea” for the nineteenth century — England did. I don’t think anybody won WW1… Continue Reading →

Russia needs borders. Historically that has been its problem for centuries. That’s why it evolved into a totalitarian state centered in Moscow. It’s always threatened by Mongols and peoples from even farther to the East. Somebody — maybe Germany by… Continue Reading →

Best Western Hotel Heide: A Spooky Stay in Oldenburg The Best Western Hotel Heide was one of the spookiest stays of the trip to Germany. There was no air-conditioning and particularly on the second visit we had to leave the… Continue Reading →

What Is Germany’s Role In Europe? Europe has tried to unify itself for centuries. No one has succeeded permanently. First you had the Roman Empire. You had Charlemagne. You had Napoleon. You had Hitler. Now you have Germany and the… Continue Reading →

England and America Nowadays Like Marriage Of Dora and Edward: England is very much in vogue in America. Everything English is admired. If somebody has a British accent people here are impressed. A Brit here could get hired just because… Continue Reading →

Dine Next To Kings: We strolled up and down a canal in downtown Oldenburg while furious bicyclists rushed past. We took photos in front of the bright yellow Schloss that looked like something from the Wizard of Oz. My son… Continue Reading →

England and America Nowadays Like Marriage Of Dora and Edward: England is very much in vogue in America. Everything English is admired. If somebody has a British accent people here are impressed. A Brit here could get hired just because… Continue Reading →

Schloss Oldenburg: The Perfect Lunch Time Companion: When you go out to lunch in Oldenburg you want to have the perfect old world setting. A canal nearby, trees to provide the ideal shade canopy, bicyclists scooting past, and a Schloss… Continue Reading →