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Cologne & Heidelberg
A Travel Blog entry by meganwadey from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cologne & Heidelberg Thursday 31/7/08 - Friday 1/8/08 Tour: "31/7: At Cologne, you will visit the awesome twin-spired gothic CATHEDRAL. Then the afternoon's highlight: a romantic RHINE CRUISE past castle-crested cliffs, terraced vineyards, and ...
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Dusseldorf / Cologne
A Travel Blog entry by kddeitrick from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
... becoming a bit weary. We were more interested in sleeping in than being adventurous. After exploring a small portion of Cologne and doing a thorough tour of the Dom we headed out for Amsterdam. Amsterdam is the last destination of our ...
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Road Trip #1: Cologne
A Travel Blog entry by nessamilan from Cologne, Germany
... It also gave me very good insight into why it was considered to be an aphrodisiac and it's controversial appearances in 18th century renaissance painting. You see, chocolate was highly looked down upon to drink at public cafes, even though it was cool to ...
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The Burgs and The Rhine
A Travel Blog entry by ryanandpatti from Cologne, Germany
... town somehow managed to avoid being flattened by Allied bombs in WWII and offers an old town center filled with beautiful Renaissance and middle age buildings. The town is also perched on a river, giving Bamberg a Venice-esque feel, ...
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The grand cathedral
A Travel Blog entry by jcastellan from Cologne, Germany
... how this was allowed to happen only 80 years ago. Around the corner I saw the Romerturm (Roman Tower). Then I went to see the Praetorium, an old Roman governor's palace which is below the Renaissance town hall. Then caught the train back to ...
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Ahh, all of these days were just a BIG blur
A Travel Blog entry by lynlee.honea from Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
... . We saw the Roman Praetorium, the medieval church of St Maria im Kapitol, some ruins of governmental buildings in the Renaissance Town Hall, an old Roman water sewage system, walked the streets and found lots of modern shops and did some shopping, ...
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Jejak 7: Koeln, Die Alte Dom
A Travel Blog entry by danang_ap7 from Cologne, Germany
... dibawa oleh arsitek-arsitek Islam jauh hari sebelumnya kepada para bangsa Eropa yang saat itu masih percaya tahayul. Hingga zaman Renaissance tiba. Di kota ini juga adikku hampir saja tersesat, hingga baru 10 menit kemudian ketemu dalam keadaan nangis ...
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10 hour sunset
A Travel Blog entry by doctormick from Los Angeles, California, United States
... at the pictures (I did see them off later; GQ was moderately diverting but the only good thing is Esquire was the peel and sniff cologne sample – made me smell nice all the way to LA. I also learnt that Jimmy Choo now makes cheap shoes for H&M ...
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Living family history in Vienna (Wien)
A Travel Blog entry by skadhi from Vienna, Wien, Austria
Now I've been in Vienna for a week. Flew here from Cologne, Germany on Air Berlin. Air Berlin was an excellent and kind of cheap airline, I would suggest it for easy travel around Europe and you can check a bag for free. I don't have a ton of ...
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Ruth's italy travelogue 1998 florence the ...
A Travel Blog entry by thera from Florence, Italy
... my way back, the food market is shut for the day. I can't feel too bad, though, wandering through the charming Renaissance streets. I enter the churchyard at San Lorenzo. The cloisters center around a splendid orange tree, and I relax for a few ...
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Copenhagen, Denmark
A Travel Blog entry by tbassplayer from Copenhagen, Zealand, Denmark
... buildings. Copenhagen is a very compact city but at the same time it's not very tall. Several buildings are built in the Renaissance style and many others look like Canal houses from Brussels or The Netherlands. Above the 5 or 6 story houses, there is ...
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AMA Waterways
A Travel Blog entry by mncruise from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
... and really takes you back into time. The square is surrounded by many well preserved half-timbered houses as well as the Renaissance city hall built in 1608. Especially well-known is the very small and narrow so-called "Spitzhäuschen" (the "Pointed ...
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A Spanish Carnival
A Travel Blog entry by paddyt from Peñaranda de Duero, Castille and León, Spain
... mouthpiece like a trumpet, but is made of wood and has finger stops like a flute. The a recital by a harp of the renaissance period, and finally a concert by a quartet of singers - a countertenor (male alto singing the soprano line), a tenor, ...
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coming off the train confusion hit me like ...
A Travel Blog entry by chet88 from Paris, France
... door. Each room was as extravagant and opulent as any room in the Louvre. Even the guest rooms were of remarkable Renaissance architectural genius with unbelievable paintings on the walls and ceilings, rugs half the size of Mom & Dad's backyard, ...
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Day Trip in Frankfurt
A Travel Blog entry by aprilrain from Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
... walk around the city. First, I snapped a picture of the Train Station, which features a facade constructed in Neo-Renaissance style. This was a style popular with the Industrial Revolution era architects. This classic late 19th-century glass-and-iron ...
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In London
A Travel Blog entry by allison_bakke from London, United Kingdom
... canals running thoroughout the old part of the city). Half-timbered, midevil buildings and beautiful neo-classical and French renaissance architecture, all decked out in lights for Christmas. Strasbourg had the best Christmas markets yet, and an ...
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The Introduction
A Travel Blog entry by danblank from Raglan, New Zealand
... , but the Gardens were actually pretty damn cool -- they had a section of themed gardens with some really interesting Chinese, Indian, Renaissance and so on sculptures). Scott the local took me out with his girlfriend (he's got a four-year old son, but ...
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Florence - Home of David
A Travel Blog entry by sanderson256 from Florence, Italy
... the capital of Italy back when it was one of the mightiest cities in the world. Florence is of course the home of the renaissance and its most famous monument is the Statue of David. Supposedly the perfect man. Our first stop was the hills of Florence ...
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3 Days in Munich
A Travel Blog entry by harrellrl from Munich, Germany
... on the outside - just big. The inside is an entirely different matter. Among the rooms I visited were the Antiquarium, a renaissance room with "ancient busts" (about 2/3 are fakes) of Roman emperors and paintings of 120 Bavarian villages as they appeared ...
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Magnusstrasse 20, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
... location for a walk at night. Food was good, staff pleasant. A credit to the Marriott Corp.! Best Renaissance anywhere from PHXroadwarrior I travel about 150 nights a year and stay exclusively at Marriott brand properties, and have ...
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