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A cathedral has stood here since the year 800 in the Dark Ages. The current cathedral is the third one on this site constructed in the 1200’s not long after the Third Crusade. We were driving through Munster on our… Continue Reading →

Restaurant Worth The Stay: The restaurant on the ground floor of Ibis Styles Osnabrueck in Germany was a welcome change from the dark, cellar-like restaurant that we ate at the day before in Oldenburg at the Best Western Heide Hotel…. Continue Reading →

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 can expect a nice pot of fresh flowers on… Continue Reading →

Vetro Restaurant Dortmund: Charming Italian Restaurant With Deadly Parking

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 →