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Donald Trump vs. the Queen: A Letter To Someone In England: What is with you and Donald Trump? Why does he make you an enthusiast for the monarchy? American politics looks weird to any European. Unfortunately the British speak the… Continue Reading →

Hotel Zur Linde: Traditionally German Not one other guest at the Hotel Zur Linde on the outskirts of Hamburg seemed to be an American. All the others appeared to be Germans on vacation trips with their families and dogs who… Continue Reading →

Most hotels we stayed at in Europe either had a hotel restaurant or was located near a restaurant. Jobser Hof in Wurselen was the second — in addition to Motel Drive In located on the outskirts of Luxembourg City —… Continue Reading →

The giant statue of the gray marble lion rising from a mound of green grass up into the sky on the Waterloo Battlefield is what one immediately perceives upon arriving there. It dominates your attention to the exclusion of everything… Continue Reading →

Waterloo Battlefield: Napoleon Wouldn’t Have Recognized It: After lunch we drove out to the actual battlefield. We saw the Lion’s Mound with the statue of a lion on a grassy hill sticking high up in the air. We took pictures… Continue Reading →

Edward Is Everywhere: Santa Fe and Europe Yes, D. H. Lawrence was in Santa Fe and Taos with his German wife who lived there until just a few decades ago. He also painted. His paintings were considered “obscene” too. But… Continue Reading →

We pulled up behind the Wellington Museum and had to walk through a shopping center to get there in the rain. There were flags flying out front. Inside it was mobbed. What a disappointment! The gift shop was more interesting… Continue Reading →

The Chateau looked like a palace on the outside. At least that was something since we couldn’t get a reservation any closer to Waterloo than Genval. It was June, and it was the 200th anniversary of the battle. While my… Continue Reading →

We finally located the Hotel Le Ry d’ Ave in Rochefort in the Wallonia countryside of Belgium, which was no easy task since it was way off the highway. We got assigned to the apartment in the old building dating… Continue Reading →

We checked in at all sorts of establishments on our 18 day tour of Germany. Luxembourg, and Belgium in June. But there was one thing they all had in common. All had interior corridors and most were two or three… Continue Reading →