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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
From the Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau World Heritage inscription: The Bauhaus is an outstanding example of the Modern Movement, which revolutionized artistic and architectural thinking and practice in the 20th century, and in particular of the progressive architectural concepts of the Jugendstil. In 1919 the Schools of Art and of Applied …
From the Classical Weimar World Heritage inscription: The high artistic quality of the public and private buildings and parks in and around the town testify to the remarkable cultural flowering of the Weimar classical period. Enlightened ducal patronage attracted many of the leading writers and thinkers in Germany, such as Goethe, Schiller, and Herder, to …
From the Wartburg Castle World heritage inscription: The Castle of Wartburg is an outstanding monument of the feudal period in central Europe. It is rich in cultural associations, most notably its role as the place of exile of Martin Luther, who composed his German translation of the New Testament there. It is also a powerful …