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"Aquae Granni", actual: Aquisgrán o Aachen
... Hay que ubicarse en el año 800 aproximadamente cuando ya no había imperio Romano y el imperio de los francos, había conquistado la mayoría de lo que conocemos hoy como Europa: Francia, Italia, Suiza, Alemania, Polonia, Lituania, etc etc. Carlo Magno, el segundo rey del imperio, fue como su padre defensor del Papa y de lo que luego seria el Vaticano. Por eso lo de "Sacro imperio", y por eso lo de que ...
The long boring road to Luxembourg
... a canal city I had to make the effort to see it.
In some parts of the city there are more canal barges than cars but nothing beats the massive number of bicycles. These two wheel cycles come in all shapes and sizes. Some are designed to carry children on the back, some have trailers with children in them. Then there are workmen with tools and what have you on them. I even saw one chap with an extension ladder on the side of his bicycle. How he managed I do not ...
Time to Say Goodbye...
I started to feel nervous when I took my parents to the train station last Tuesday. They left for their own vacation in Nepal and I lost my travel expert and organizer (= Mama). Now I have to make sure not to forget important things all by myself :-( And if that wasn't hard enough, I also started the goodbye-marathon!
I have to admit though, Friday's party made it a lot more fun! Thanks again to everyone who was there and made this night so great, especially Lisa! I'm ...
Medieval Village of Monschau Germany
... fortress was besieged in 1543 by Emporor Charles V. Some repairs were done in later years but only for expanding the lower castle. The French confiscated the castle as part of their "National Treasury", and then sold it! The new owners could not afford the upkeep, so to avoid the expense of building tax, they removed the roofs...brilliant, don't you think? Obviously, the place fell into ruins, and it wasn't til the early 19th century, that ...
Gawkin' at Aachen Two
After we exited the outstanding cathedral, we just let the atmosphere of the city of Aachen lead us around. We went into a couple more churches, pictured below and gazed at the array of colourful flowers, fruit and fish at the open air market. They bring to mind the delightful farmer's markets we have encountered almost everywhere we traveled. Its too bad that there aren't more of these in Canada, they are so ...