Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg

Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg World Heritage Site

From the Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg World Heritage inscription: These memorials are of outstanding universal value as bearing unique testimony to the Protestant Reformation, which was one of the most significant events in the religious and political history of the world, and as outstanding examples of 19th-century historicism. They are all associated with …

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Dresden Elbe Valley

UNESCO World Heritage Site #163: Dresden Elbe Valley

From the Dresden Elbe Valley World Heritage inscription: The 18th- and 19th-century cultural landscape of Dresden Elbe Valley extends some 18 km along the river from Übigau Palace and Ostragehege fields in the north-west to the Pillnitz Palace and the Elbe River Island in the south-east. It features low meadows, and is crowned by the …

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This Week In Travel – Episode 103

This week’s guests are Johnny Jet and Alastair McKenzie. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News Choosing Your Airline Seat Based On Your Social Network LAX Declared World’s Most Social Airport We Handled This Poorly Some major U.S. hotels moving into Iraq House Republicans look to ‘strip’ TSA screeners of their ‘officer’ title iAmbassador controversy …

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Paris Syndrome and Setting Travel Expectations

Recently on This Week In Travel, we came across a story about Japanese tourists who visit France and come down with something called “Paris Syndrome“. Paris Syndrome is a condition that strikes tourists who visit a place and find that it doesn’t live up to how they imagined it. Some Japanese have a vision of …

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This Week In Travel – Episode 102

This week’s guest is Pam Mandel from Passports With Purpose. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Over Cancer Worries; Will U.S. Follow? Cockroach Chaos at 30,000 Feet! In-flight Infestation Leads to Lawsuit American Airlines food killed passenger, claims lawsuit AA declares bankrupcy Every year, about a dozen Japanese tourists …

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The Business of running a Popular Travel Blog

I don’t like talking about business on my blog. Honestly, the business part of what I do isn’t really that interesting compared to the traveling. I don’t travel to have a business, I have a business so I can travel. Nonetheless, about once a year I allow myself the indulgence to write about the business …

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