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"Aquae Granni", actual: Aquisgrán o Aachen
Nos hicimos un viajecito a la otra punta de Alemania para visitar la catedral mas antigua de Europa. En la catedral de Aquisgrán o Aachen en alemán, fue donde coronaron a mas de 30 reyes del Sacro Imperio Romano Germano, lugar donde esta enterrado Carlo Magno (el Padre de Europa) y lugar donde se encuentran reliquias sagradas que se exponen cada 7 años, entre ellos la túnica que uso Jesús en el Via ...
The long boring road to Luxembourg
... of scenery this is after so long on the motorway. It’s only about 20 or so km to the town I planned to stay at tonight and so should be there in no time, or so I thought!!!
As I slowly made my way along this road there seemed to be many cars coming towards me but nothing going the same way as I was going, was there something I did not know???
Whatever it was I plodded on and sure enough there was something ahead and that was that the road was ...
Ka kite ano - Until we meet again
I will be honest: yes, I am dating back this first post. I'm writing this after the next post, but let's pretend I’m still in Vaals at my parents’ place getting stuck with packing and speed-thesis-proposal-writing. Both worked out in the end although with some rather creative and inventive solutions.
The past days, everything was about doing something for ...
Medieval Village of Monschau Germany
... the houses. I regret not taking the time on the way into town to take some photos of the amazing "artwork" of the hedges. Some have doors and windows cut into them and some intricate designs. They are enormous beechwood thickets and are quite a sight. There are also a lot of cattle hedges lining the pastures in place of barbed wire and are ideal for protecting the livestock when storms rage. I wish we had more time to explore the village as there ...
Gawkin' at Aachen Two
... and charming. The next big attraction we visited was the Aachen Town Hall. Charlemagne started building this favourite palace in 789, and, after his coronation in Rome in 800, it became his permanent seat of residence. He made Aachen, for a time the most influential center of culture in Europe. Scholars from all over Europe gathered here. I doubt I would have been invited.
A town fire in 1656 ...